What are the traditional customs in hot summer?

Traditional customs in summer include taking a cruise on the moon in summer, drinking sheep, eating noodles, drinking tea, frying grass and tofu and enjoying lotus flowers in summer.

1, lunar cruise in summer

In the hot summer, the ancients were by no means alone at home, acting as "otaku" and "otaku". Instead, they took this summer heat as a holiday. "Summer Moon Tour" was one of the folk customs at that time. In the old society, every June, scholars and women gathered together.

2. Drink sheep in summer

"Drinking sheep in summer" means drinking mutton soup in summer, which is a popular summer custom in Yimeng Mountain area and southwest Shandong in the old revolutionary base area of central and southern Shandong.

Step 3 eat noodles

Summer is coming, and Linyi has the traditional custom of eating noodles in urban and rural areas.

Step 4 drink tea

Fu Cha, as its name implies, is the tea people drink in dog days. Free tea is usually served from the beginning of June to the end of August in the lunar calendar.

5, stir-fried grass tofu

With the arrival of the summer solar term, people in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province have the custom of frying grass and tofu. Grass bean curd refers to the shape of bean curd made by frying Cao Xian, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, Prunella vulgaris with Chinese herbal medicines such as chrysanthemum and honeysuckle, and eating it after cooling.

Step 6 enjoy the lotus flowers

June, where the summer heat is located, is also called "Lotus Moon". According to legend, June 24th is the birthday of the lotus, so people have the custom of appreciating the lotus.