What is the custom of light summer solar terms?

Little summer, the eleventh of the 24 solar terms, is July 6 this year.

Although the summer heat is not the hottest season in a year, it is followed by the hottest summer heat in a year, and the weather will become more and more hot and humid, and it will begin to enter the dog days.

"eat new things" in summer

In ancient times, there was a folk custom of "eating new things" in summer. That is to say, after tasting the new rice after the slight summer heat, people will grind the newly cut rice into rice and make a good meal to worship the five grain gods and ancestors. Please bless the good weather. The newly-beaten rice will be ground into powder and made into various delicacies, which will be shared with neighbors and villagers to express their wishes for a bumper harvest.

Eating jiaozi on the head is a custom in northern China. Fukui people have poor appetite and tend to weigh less than usual, which is called bitter summer. In traditional customs, jiaozi is a food to stimulate appetite and relieve hunger. Some places in Shandong eat raw cucumbers and boiled eggs to cure the bitter summer, and eat eggs in the morning without eating other foods.

There is also the custom of eating lotus roots in summer. During Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, lotus root was designated as a royal tribute. Lotus root is homophonic with "even", so people eat lotus root to wish a happy marriage. Lotus roots, like lotus flowers, shed mud without being stained.

Dry paintings and clothes.

In summer, there are customs of painting, calligraphy and painting and clothes drying.

Folk sedan chair shops, clothing evaluation shops, leather goods shops, second-hand bookstores, calligraphy and painting shops, pharmacies and various shops all need to dry all kinds of goods. People in cities and rural areas should dry clothes and bedding.

Wandering in summer

Many places in our country have the custom of "swimming and squatting" every summer. Every summer, on the first day of the first lunar month, every family should help the old and take care of the young, go out to play and enjoy the wild flowers and weeds in nature. Because the word "Fu" and "Fu" are homophonic, and "Fu", that is, "Fu", means "Fu".