Sunstroke is the 12th solar term in the 24 solar terms of a year. On July 23 or 24 every year, when the sun reaches 120 degrees of the Yellow meridian, it is sunstroke. Today is the 24 solar terms in the summer, so what are the rich habits of the solar terms? Let's get to know.
What are the customs of summer heat
Great summer custom: drinking summer sheep in Lunan
There is a custom in the south of Shandong Province to drink summer sheep (that is, to drink mutton soup) on the day of great summer. In Zaozhuang City, many people go to the local mutton soup house to 'drink summer sheep' on the day of summer heat.
Zaozhuang's habit of eating sheep is related to local farming and climate. Zaozhuang is a famous wheat producing area. When it fell, it was the end of wheat harvest and the new market. It is a short period of agricultural leisure. At the beginning of the summer harvest, people are tired. It's time to rest and enjoy. What's delicious in the countryside? I.e. a new wheat bun. Mercilessly, he killed a sheep and didn't give up eating by himself. He took his married daughter back, took his nephew and son to his mother's house, ate new wheat steamed bun and drank mutton soup. Your daughter picked it up. I can't pull it back. I can also steam new flour buns, kill a sheep, and take her back to eat sheep. So it became a folk custom.
The custom of great summer heat: to send "great summer boat" to Zhejiang Province
It is a folk custom in Zhejiang coastal areas, especially in many fishing villages in Taizhou, to send the "five saints" to the sea and send them to the summer to protect the people. When delivering the "summer boat", there are rich and colorful folk art performances.
It has been hundreds of years since the "summer boat" was launched in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province. The "great summer boat" was built in full accordance with the reduced proportion of the old three masted sailing boat, with a length of 8 meters, a width of 2 meters and a weight of about 1.5 tons, carrying various sacrifices. After the start of the activity, more than 50 fishermen took turns to carry the "summer boat" on the streets, with drums and firecrackers blaring, and the streets were full of people praying for blessings. The ship was finally transported to the wharf for a series of blessing ceremonies. Later, the "great summer boat" was pulled out of the fishing port by the fishing boat, and then ignited in the sea, letting it sink and float, so as to bless people's harvest and healthy life. Taizhou Jiaojiang people also have the custom of eating ginger juice and egg during the summer. Ginger juice can remove moisture from the body. Ginger juice and egg can 'nourish people'. There are also elderly people who like to eat chicken porridge, which means they can nourish the Yang.
Summer custom: eating litchi in Putian, Fujian
Putian people have the custom of eating litchi, mutton and rice lees in the summer, which is called "over the summer". Litchi contains glucose and vitamins, rich in nutritional value, so eating fresh litchi can nourish the body. First, soak the fresh litchi in the cold well water, and taste the products as soon as the summer comes. At this moment, eating litchi is the most comfortable and nourishing. Therefore, some people say that eating litchi in summer has the same nutritional value as eating ginseng.
Mutton in warm soup is one of Putian's unique snacks and high-grade dishes. After slaughtering the sheep, remove the hair and dirt, put the whole sheep into the pot of boiling soup, scald it, remove it and put it into the big pottery jar, then pour the boiling soup into the pot, soak it for a certain time, and then take it out for listing. When eating, cut the mutton into slices. The meat is fat, crispy and tender. It tastes delicious.
Rice distiller's grains are made by mixing rice with white rice koji to make it ferment and ripen thoroughly; on the day of summer heat, they are cut into pieces and cooked with some brown sugar. It's said that we can 'replenish our vitality'. On the day of the great summer heat, litchi and mutton are often given to each other as gifts between relatives and friends.
Great summer custom: Guangdong great summer eat 'Fairy grass'
Many places in Guangdong have the custom of "eating fairy grass" in summer. Xiancao, also known as liangfencao and cactus, is an important medicinal and edible plant resource. It is known as "fairy grass" because of its magical heat relieving effect. The dried stems and leaves can be made into burnt fairy grass. Guangdong area is called Liangfen, which is a kind of desserts for relieving summer heat.
Burning fairy grass itself can also be used as medicine. There is a folk saying: if you eat fairy grass in the summer of June, you will not grow old. Burning Xiancao is one of the famous snacks in Taiwan. It can be eaten cold or hot. Its appearance and taste are similar to that of Guiling cream, another popular snack in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. It also has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification. But pregnant women should not eat this food.
Summer custom: eating pineapple in summer in Taiwan
During the summer, there is a custom of eating pineapple in Taiwan. The common people think that this season's pineapple is the most delicious. In addition, the pronunciation of pineapple in Minnan is the same as "Wanglai", so it is also used as a symbol of praying for peace, auspiciousness and prosperous business.
In addition, before and after the great summer is June 15 of the lunar calendar, which is also called "half year festival" in Taiwan. Because June 15 of the lunar calendar is half of the whole year, the whole family will eat "half year round" together after worshiping the gods on this day. Half year round is made of glutinous rice flour and red noodles. Most of them will be cooked into sweet food to taste, symbolizing reunion and sweetness.