At 11:47 this morning, Xiaoshu entered the solar term of Xiaoshu. Although Xiaoshu is not the hottest time of the year, it gets hotter every day. What do people mean by "Xiao Shu San Hou"? Which is the third time? What did the ancients eat in the solar term of summer heat? Let's get to know with Xiaobian.
Date of Xiaoshu in 2018:
Saturday, July 7, 2018 (May 24, 1898)
Three cases of slight heat
The ancients thought that Xiaoshu was not the hottest time of the year, so it was called Xiaoshu.
Xiaoshu can be divided into three periods: one is when the wind comes; the other is when crickets live in the house; and the third is when Eagles start to kill. As soon as the warm wind comes, there will be no cool wind on the earth after the small summer sun, but heat waves in all the winds. Five days later, because of the heat, the crickets left the field and went to the corner of the courtyard to avoid the heat. Three eagles start to kill. In another five days, eagles move in the cool air because of the high temperature on the ground.
What does Xiaoshu eat to keep healthy?
Xiaoshu is the 11th solar term of the 24 solar terms, and it is also the time when the body's Yang is most vigorous. So when people work, they should pay attention to the combination of work and rest to protect the masculinity of human body. So what does Xiaoshu eat to keep healthy?
Xiaoshu is about to enter the dog days. The weather is hot, the human body sweats a lot and consumes a lot. We must pay attention to supplement physical strength, relieve heat and prevent heatstroke for health care. Folk in this season has always eaten three treasures - eel, honey lotus root, mung bean sprout custom.
New food
In the past, there was a folk custom of "eating new" in Xiaoshu, that is, tasting new rice after Xiaoshu. After the farmers milled the newly cut rice into rice, they prepared rice to offer sacrifices to the five grain gods and ancestors, and then everyone ate and tasted new wine.
Ricefield eel
As the saying goes, "little summer eels compete with ginseng". Almost all classic dishes are made of eels. Monopterus albus grows in the mud caves on the water bank. The most nourishing and delicious one is the summer Monopterus one month before and after Xiaoshu. At this time, it can play the role of Tonifying Qi, liver and spleen, removing rheumatism and strengthening muscles and bones.
Mungbean sprout
In summer, cooking a bean sprout dish can clear away heat, detoxify, diuresis and dehumidification. At the same time, mung bean sprouts have low heat, high moisture and cellulose content, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and have the function of defecation. It is recognized as a good summer slimming product.
The lotus root
In summer when the air is dry and the water is not enough, lotus root can cool blood, nourish yin and clear away heat. For the elderly, summer lotus root is a good food for nourishing the spleen and stomach.
Dumplings
"Dumplings, noodles, pancakes and eggs". It's a traditional custom for people to eat dumplings in front of their heads. People in front of the sun have poor appetite and are often thinner than those in the ordinary days. It's called bitter summer, and dumplings are just appetizers in the traditional custom.
Volt surface
At least the Three Kingdoms period has already begun. "Wei spring and Autumn Period": "Fu solar eclipse soup cake, take a towel to wipe sweat, the face is bright". The soup cake here is hot soup noodles. In the book of Jingchu's age, it says: 'in June, when the sun fell on the pancakes, it was named PI evil. "May is a bad month, and June is also on the side of the bad month, so we should also" fight against evil ". You can also eat water and fried noodles in the dog days.
mutton
Xuzhou people go to sleep and eat mutton, which is called "eat sheep". This custom can be traced back to the period of Yao and shun. There is a saying in the folk that there is a bowl of soup for sleeping sheep in Pengcheng, and there is no need for a doctor to prescribe a prescription. Xuzhou people like to eat Fu sheep better than the local folk song 'pick up the girl on June 6, new wheat cake mutton soup'.