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What's the first day of the dog days? Why do you eat dumplings?

What day does Sanfu start in 2018? The time of Sanfu is different every year, but Sanfu is the hottest time of the year, so what day is the first day of Sanfu? Why does Sanfu eat dumplings?

What's the first day of the dog days?

The start time of the dog days in 2018: July 17, 2018.

July 17, 2018 - July 26, 2018, the first fall, 10 days

July 27, 2018 - August 15, 2018, zhongv, 20 days

August 16-25, 2018, last 10 days

Dog days in 2018: 40 days in total

why should Sanfu eat dumplings?

1. Toufu eating dumplings

It is a traditional custom for people to eat dumplings when they are in a dog's day, because people have a bad appetite and can't eat anything. Dumplings are just appetizers in the traditional Chinese custom.

People are suitable to eat noodles in the dog days. There is a saying in the North called "tou Fu dumpling Er Fu noodles, San Fu pancake stall eggs". It's about what people should eat in the dog days. The custom of eating noodles in Funi has been started since the Three Kingdoms period.

According to the Weishi spring and Autumn Annals, when he Yan 'laid down the sun eating soup cake, took the towel and wiped his sweat, his face was bright', people knew that he Yan's skin white was not covered with powder, but natural white. The "soup cake" here is hot soup noodles.

Why do you eat hot noodles in hot days? In the book of Jingchu years of age by Liang zongbi of the Southern Dynasty, he said: 'in June, there is an eclipse soup cake, which is named Bi evil. "May is a bad month, and June is also on the side of the bad month, so we should also" fight against evil ".

This is superstition. The new wheat is ground into flour to cook soup. After eating, the whole body perspires. The new grain is rich in nutrition. Perspiration can drive diseases. Eating soup cake in June is scientific.