The summer solstice is one of the 24 solar terms. The summer solstice in 2018 is June 21, which is the longest day. What are the customs among Chinese people about the summer solstice and how to keep healthy? Come and have a look.
Summer solstice time of 2018: June 21 lunar calendar May 8, 2018
Summer solstice custom
Do not shave
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Thunderstorm is the most taboo in summer solstice
In the folk, especially for farmers, it is the most taboo to be afraid of thunderstorm on the summer solstice. According to the folk saying: 'there is thunder on the summer solstice, and drought in June; there is rain on the summer solstice, and there is heat in three seasons. 'for the farmers who depend on the weather for food, whether it is drought or hot, it will affect the harvest of crops. So, in the old days, people hoped not to thunder or rain at the summer solstice.
Sacrifice gods to heaven
In ancient times, the solemnity of the summer solstice was no less than that of the Dragon Boat Festival. From the Zhou Dynasty, every summer solstice, the imperial court will hold a grand ceremony to pray for disaster relief. In addition to sacrifice, the court also used the way of singing, dancing and music to pray for the peace of the country and the people. In the Song Dynasty, from the summer solstice, hundreds of officials in the imperial court had three days off. In the Liao Dynasty, women gave each other powder fat bags to remove the sweat smell.
The court attaches great importance to the summer solstice, and the people are no exception. Every summer solstice, farmers are busy offering sacrifices to gods, called "offering sacrifices to heaven", to pray for good weather. There are also differences between the north and the south in the worship of heaven. The people in the North ask for more rain to prevent drought, and the people in the South ask for more sunshine to prevent waterlogging. Up to now, many areas still keep the custom of offering sacrifices to heaven on the summer solstice.
Key points of summer solstice care
Health preservation and health care should conform to the characteristics of the season. From the beginning of summer, the body's Yang Qi begins to evacuate continuously. The focus of health preservation in the summer solstice is to maintain Yang Qi. However, it should be noted that although the summer solstice is the most vigorous time of Yang, the Yin Qi in the body also begins to appear, so we should not forget to nourish the Yin while nourishing the Yang, otherwise it is easy to suffer from diseases due to the imbalance of yin and Yang.
Physical adjustment in summer solstice
The summer solstice is very hot. You can get through the heat successfully by doing the following.
1. Adapt to the season change, this season to go to bed late and get up early plus lunch break, to ensure that there are more than 7 hours of sleep every day.
2. Cultivate spirit and mentality, keep cheerful and optimistic, broad-minded, fresh and energetic.
3. Strengthen the protection, avoid the hot sun, take a reasonable lunch break and recuperate the spirit.
4. The indoor and outdoor temperature difference should not be too large, and it is not suitable to sleep in the open at night.
Characteristics of summer solstice diet
Summer everyone will feel no appetite, loss of appetite, summer diet should pay attention to the following items.
1. In summer, the digestive capacity of human body is relatively weak, so the diet in summer should be light, and the greasy and hard to digest food should be reduced. It is better to eat more fruits and vegetables in season.
2. In summer, the human body sweats a lot and needs more energy. We should not be picky about food, thick and thin pronunciation, meat and vegetable collocation, and balanced nutrition intake.
3. It is better to eat more vinegar in summer, which can help digestion, promote appetite, kill bacteria and eliminate fatigue.
4. In summer, it is better to eat more bitter taste, less sweet and salty, and more detoxification and fire-fighting food.
5. Pay attention to water supply, high temperature in summer, sweating, water shortage is prone to dizziness and headache.
6. It is better to eat more food with soup and water, cold noodles, over water, mung bean porridge, soup and rice, appetizer, simple and easy to make.
Vegetables for summer solstice
Summer eat more vegetables of the season, the first vegetable is balsam pear, bitter balsam pear is a weapon to reduce the fire, and contains alkaloids, urea and other substances, eating in summer is of great benefit to the body.
Secondly, you can eat more tomatoes, cucumbers, Luffa, celery, asparagus, lotus root, eggplant, coriander, Flammulina mushroom and other vegetables, which can cool off the summer heat, promote appetite, and eat cool rice in summer.
Fruit for summer solstice
There are many fruits in summer season, so choosing proper food can supply nutrition for human body. Watermelon is the first fruit in summer. Watermelon is cool and contains a lot of vitamins and microelements. It is the best choice for summer.
Secondly, you can eat more grapes, cantaloupes, apples, litchi, hawthorn, virgin fruit, mango, etc. the fruit is rich in water and minerals, providing nutrients for the human body, cool, moist, fresh and comfortable.