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Why does Bailu solar term eat longan

Bailu is one of the traditional 24 solar terms. The arrival of Bailu means that the weather turns cold and autumn will officially come. There is a custom of eating longan in some areas of South China. Why do you want to eat longan? Bailu solar terms and those folk customs we'll learn about together.

Why does Bailu solar term eat longan

It is a traditional custom in many places to eat longan in Bailu solar term. It should be the season when longan is on the market. It is said that eating longan in Bailu solar term can make up a lot.

The custom of eating longan on Bailu day has a long history. Longan has many functions, such as nourishing qi and spleen, nourishing blood and calming nerves. It can also treat anemia, insomnia, neurasthenia and other diseases. People in Fuzhou think longan is' very nourishing '. White Dew, longan is fully mature, the sweetest, the best taste, Fuzhou people in this day particularly like to buy longan. According to reports, old Fuzhou people like to soak peeled longan in porridge. The longan is crystal clear. Children can eat more rice for this. Experts said that longan meat is sweet and nourishing. It can enter the heart and spleen, and it's good at nourishing the heart and spleen. It's sweet and delicious, not greasy, not damming Qi. It's really a good food for nourishing the heart and spleen, and it's also a good food for white dew in autumn.

Longan itself has many effects, such as tonifying qi and spleen, nourishing blood and calming nerves, moistening and beautifying skin, etc. it can also treat anemia, insomnia, neurasthenia and many other diseases. Moreover, before Bailu, longan is big, with small kernel and sweet taste, so Bailu can't eat longan better. Whether it's a real tonic or not, it's a tonic, so people in Fuzhou are used to this tradition Custom.

The traditional custom of Bailu solar term

Eat longan

Fuzhou has the saying that "white dew will eat longan". According to the local custom, eating longan on Bailu day has great body tonic effect. Eating a longan on this day is equivalent to eating a chicken. Because longan itself has many effects, such as tonifying qi and spleen, nourishing blood and calming nerves, moistening and beautifying skin, and it can also treat anemia, insomnia, neurasthenia and other diseases. And the longan before Bailu is big, and the kernel is small and sweet, so Bailu can't eat longan better. Whether it's a real tonic or not, it's a tonic. So people in Fuzhou are used to this traditional custom.

Bailu rice wine

There is also the custom of brewing Bailu rice wine in the old Nanjing of Southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In the old days, when Bailu came to the countryside in the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang every year, every family brewed wine to entertain guests. Bailu rice wine is brewed from glutinous rice, sorghum and other grains, which is slightly sweet, so it is called Bailu rice wine.

Drinking white dew tea

Old Nanjing people are very fond of Bailu tea. After the hot summer, Bailu tea is a good time for its growth. Bailu tea is not as fresh and tender as spring tea, not soaked, nor as dry and bitter as summer tea, but has a unique sweet and mellow fragrance, especially loved by old tea customers.

Eat sweet potato

It is believed that eating sweet potato in Bailu can make people eat sweet potato silk and sweet potato silk all year round without stomach acid. Therefore, farmers used to eat sweet potato on Bailu Festival.

Pick 'ten kinds of white'

In Cangnan, Pingyang and other places in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, people gather ten kinds of white on this day (also known as "three kinds of white") to simmer black bone white hair chicken (or duck), which is said to nourish the body after eating. This "ten kinds of white" is ten kinds of herbs with the word "white", such as hibiscus, baimaoku, and so on, which corresponds to "Bailu" literally.

Sacrifice to the king Yu

Bailu season is the day when people in Taihu Lake sacrifice to Yu king. Yu Wang is the legendary hero of water control, Dayu. Fishermen near Taihu Lake call him "water Bodhisattva". On the eighth day of the first month, the Qingming Festival, the seventh day of the seventh day of the seventh month and the Bailu festival every year, there will be an incense festival for Yu king. Among them, Qingming Festival and Bailu spring and Autumn Festival are the largest, lasting for a week. At the same time, they also offered sacrifices to the God of land, the God of flowers, the silkworm flower girl, the door god, the God of house, and Jiang Taigong. During the activity, "fighting fishermen and murderers" is a play that must be performed. It places people's hope and yearning for a better life.

Collect clear dew

"Compendium of Materia Medica" said that when autumn dew is long, it can be collected on a plate, and it can be boiled to make it thick and pleasant, which can prolong people's life. Qiulu village has the spirit of killing. It's suitable for frying the medicine that moistens the lungs and kills people. In Hunan, Hubei, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui and Sichuan, in autumn, people collect the dew of grass head with porcelain, and dye the forehead and heart of children with cinnabar or superior ink, which is called Tianzhi, to eliminate all diseases.

Date beating

Before and after Bailu, the farmers began to collect dates. Most of the time, they beat dates with bamboo poles. They just need to use light force to reduce the damage to the jujube trees. Otherwise, the output of jujube trees will be worried next year. This situation is called "deafness".