What did Chang Xia eat on May 5th? Dietary customs in the long summer.

Eat eggs on May 5th in the long summer. The custom of "eating eggs in the long summer" has a long history. As the saying goes, "if you eat eggs in the long summer, it will not be summer when it is hot."

Dietary customs in the long summer:

Ningbo: It is a custom in Ningbo to eat "foot bone bamboo shoots", which are cooked with black bamboo shoots, each three or four inches long and not cut open. When eating, choose two bamboo shoots with the same thickness and eat them in one bite, saying that eating them can make your feet and bones healthy (healthy). Then eat soft food (Junda food), saying that after eating it, there will be no rash in summer, and the skin will be as smooth as soft food.

Changsha: People in Changsha eat glutinous rice flour mixed with rat grass in summer, which is called "Long Summer Soup". There is a folk saying that "Ma Shi stepped on the into the pit after eating the soup of Chang Xia" and "Chang Xia ate a ball (pronounced" Tuo ") and crossed the river with one foot", which means that he is extremely powerful and as light as a swallow;

Shanghai: In Shanghai in the long summer, a strip of food made of wheat flour and sugar is called "wheat silkworm". When people eat them, they can avoid "summer".

Fujian: Eating shrimp noodles in southern Fujian in the long summer means buying sea shrimps and cooking them in the noodles. When cooked, sea shrimp will turn red, which is an auspicious color. Shrimp is homophonic with summer and is a wish for summer.

Eastern Zhejiang: In the long summer, in the rural areas of eastern Zhejiang, there is a custom of eating "seven porridge", that is, farmers give each other beans and rice and cook a pot of porridge with yellow sugar, which is called "seven porridge". It is said that after eating this kind of porridge, the neighborhood is harmonious, and they are bent on going to Xia Geng for summer sowing.

Anhui: There is another saying, don't sit on the threshold in summer. In Anhui, it was recorded in the "Taihu County Records" in the tenth year of Daoguang: "It is said that in summer, bamboo shoots and amaranth are used as soup, and it is forbidden to sleep at the threshold during the day, which is also called worrying about summer fatigue." It is said that sitting on the threshold on this day will make you tired and sick in summer.

Jiangnan: There is a saying in Jiangnan that "three creations" are tasted in the long summer. The "three new" are cherry, green plum and shad. "Three innovations" also refer to "bamboo shoots, cherries, plums", "cherries, plums, wheat kernels" and "bamboo shoots, cherries and broad beans". In short, in the long summer, you can eat fresh food in season.