According to the concept of Chinese people, the best way to keep healthy is to keep healthy according to the solar terms. Tomorrow is the summer solstice of 2014-2017 at 12:24:06 on June 21, 2017, and may (small) 27, 2017 in the lunar calendar. Do you know how to keep healthy in summer solstice?
June 21 or 22 of each year is the summer solstice. This day is the longest day and the shortest night in the northern hemisphere. From this day on, into the hot season, all things in the world grow most vigorously at this time. In ancient times, Suxin called this day the northernmost, which means the northernmost day of the sun's birth. After the summer solstice, the sun gradually moves southward. In the northern hemisphere, day shortens day by day and night lengthens day by day. (this article is exclusively compiled by WYH, editor of sihai.com. If you need to reprint it, please indicate the source and source. Related article link: http://www.4hw.com.cn/life/jieri.html)
What do you eat at the summer solstice?
1. Lettuce, cold noodles
In the past, there was a saying in old Beijing that "winter solstice wonton and summer solstice noodles". Old Beijing's customs and habits, every summer solstice can start to eat lettuce, cold noodles, eat these raw and cold food can effectively help reduce the fire appetizer, promote appetite, but will not be too cold and damage health. Therefore, when the summer solstice is approaching, cold noodles and other foods begin to sell.
2. Hot side
Some people like to eat hot noodles in the hot summer. It's called "pot pick". It's said that it means to fight evil. Eating hot noodles is to dispel evil and sweat more to get rid of the stagnant moisture and heat in the human body.
3. Summer solstice
People in Changsha, Hunan Province, eat soup balls made of glutinous rice flour mixed with mouse curd on the summer solstice day, which is called "summer solstice soup". According to the folk saying, "eating summer solstice soup, stepping stones into pits", "eating a ball on the summer solstice (pronounced" Tuo ") and crossing the river with one foot", which means that they are as light as a swallow.
4. Summer solstice cake
After the summer harvest, the new wheat is on the market, so some people eat noodles and try new customs. Some people use wheat flour to mix the paste and spread it into pancakes and bake it. With vegetables, pods, tofu, and bacon, it is eaten after ancestor worship. It is commonly called "summer solstice cake". (this article is exclusively compiled by WYH, editor of sihai.com. If you need to reprint it, please indicate the source and source. Related article link: http://www.4hw.com.cn/life/jieri.html)
5. Pea cake
On the day of summer solstice, in the old Nanjing custom, adults would ask their children to ride on the threshold and eat pea cake to prevent all diseases. The origin of this custom is because the summer weather is hot, people do not think about food, so that children first eat pea cake appetizer. In addition, old Nanjing in the summer solstice this day to eat a bowl of cold noodles called weight.
6. Summer solstice
Hengyang, Chenzhou, Yongzhou and Xiangxi in southern Hunan eat summer solstice eggs. On the summer solstice, cook the whole egg, peel the shell and add the red date soup to eat, which is called 'eat the summer solstice egg'. In the south of Hunan, Jiahe, Lanshan and Guiyang got up in the morning of the summer solstice, boiled the whole egg, dyed the skin red with red paper or red dye, then put it in a small net bag, tied the front chest of teenagers and children, hung it until noon or afternoon, then peeled the shell to eat the egg. People think that eating eggs in the summer solstice can strengthen the body, strengthen the stomach and make people walk vigorously. There is a saying that eggs are eaten in summer solstice, and stone slabs are crushed. '
7. New Wheat
In some parts of Shandong Province, there is a custom of cooking new wheat grains on the summer solstice. Children use a small fence made of new wheat straw to fish for new wheat grains in the soup. It's not only a game, but also a game. (this article is exclusively compiled by WYH, editor of sihai.com. If you need to reprint it, please indicate the source and source. Related article link: http://www.4hw.com.cn/life/jieri.html)
8. Round paste
In the summer solstice, people eat a round and paste Jiao, which makes the stone rumble. Before, many farmers would wear the made Jiao Tuo with bamboo sticks, insert it in the water gap of the paddy field, and burn incense to sacrifice, praying for a good harvest. Therefore, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, still has the habit of eating Jiaojiao at the summer solstice.
9, zongzi
Some areas in the northwest eat Zongzi in the summer solstice. In Northwest China, such as Shaanxi, rice dumplings are eaten on this day, and chrysanthemums are used as ashes to prevent wheat from being damaged by insects.
10, Mai Zhou
People in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province eat porridge for breakfast on the day of the summer solstice. Porridge is not only a delicious food with pleasant fragrance, spleen and stomach, and salty for the old and the young, but also can effectively alleviate people's poor appetite in the 'bitter summer', and it can also eliminate dampness and diuresis, which is a rare delicacy on the summer solstice.