Summer solstice custom activities
1、? Summer solstice? Food:
Wheat dumplings? With? Summer solstice cake? Jiangnan food customs generally include wheat dumplings, corn millet, plums, wonton and noodle soup. Wujiang county annals:? On the summer solstice, wheat dumplings are made, and the sacrifices are finished first, so they are paid for each other. ? Not only eat? Wheat dumplings? , and will? Wheat dumplings? As gifts, give each other gifts. On the summer solstice, farmers also roll pancakes, bake them, and add vegetables, pods, tofu, and bacon to eat after ancestor worship. Summer solstice cake? , or distributed to friends and relatives.
Winter Solstice Wonton and Summer Solstice Noodle: Since ancient times, China people have had it? Winter solstice wonton and summer solstice noodles? It is said that eating noodles on the summer solstice in the south of the Yangtze River is an important custom in many areas. After eating summer solstice noodles, a day is shorter than a thread? The statement. There are many kinds of noodles in the south, such as Yangchun noodles, dry soup noodles, shredded pork noodles, three fresh noodles, noodles with sesame oil and cold noodles, while noodles with gravy and Zhajiang Noodles are in the north. ? Because the new wheat on the summer solstice has appeared, eating noodles on the summer solstice also means tasting new things. ?
2. Sacrificing to the gods and ancestors: The summer solstice is the harvest time. Since ancient times, it has been customary to celebrate the harvest and sacrifice ancestors at this time in order to pray for a good year. Therefore, the summer solstice, as a festival, was included in the ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods. "Zhou Li? Spring official "contains:? With the arrival of summer, it brings local things. ? In the Zhou Dynasty, the summer solstice offered sacrifices to the gods, meaning to eliminate famine, hunger and death. The summer solstice is just after the wheat harvest. Farmers both thank God for the blessed harvest and pray for it? Autumn newspaper? . Around the summer solstice, some places hold grand ceremonies? Summer wheat? , is ancient? Summer festival? The remains of the activity.
Summer and shelter: On the summer solstice, women give each other folding fans, powder and other things. "Fuyang miscellaneous? Courtesy:? On the summer solstice, there are resignations about entering the fan and the powder fat capsule. ? Fan? , so as to give birth to the wind; ? Powder fat? Apply it to dispel the turbid gas caused by body heat and prevent prickly heat. In the imperial court? Summer solstice? After that, the royal family took out? For winter storage and summer use? Ice? Summer and shelter? And since the Zhou dynasty, it has been used in dynasties and has become a system.
Shandong custom of eating custom in summer solstice
Summer solstice is the earliest festival in China. Before the Qing dynasty, there was a national holiday on the summer solstice, and I went home to reunite with my relatives and have a drink. The Book of Rites also records the obvious phenomena of summer solstice solar terms in nature: When the summer solstice arrives, the antlers are released, cicadas begin to sing, Pinellia ternata is born, and hibiscus is glorious. ? It shows that at this time of the year, antlers begin to fall off, cicadas begin to sing, and Pinellia ternata and hibiscus gradually flourish and bloom. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the summer solstice is the season when the yang is the most prosperous. Health preservation should conform to the characteristics that the yang is abundant in summer, pay attention to protecting the yang, and focus on one? Long? Word.
On the day of the summer solstice, cold noodles are generally eaten in all parts of Shandong, commonly known as crossing the water. Winter Solstice jiaozi Summer Solstice Noodles? Proverbs. In Laiyang, Yantai, new wheat is recommended on the summer solstice, while in Huangxian (now Longkou City, Yantai), new wheat grains are cooked to eat. Children weave a delicate small hedge with wheat straw and fish it into their mouths again and again in soup, which not only eats wheat grains, but also is a kind of game, which is very interesting for farm life.
In Pingyin area, ancestors are sacrificed on the summer solstice.
Furi. After the summer solstice, the third Geng day is the first day, the fourth Geng day is the middle day, and the first Geng day after beginning of autumn is the last day, which is collectively called Fu Day. People in Furi have poor appetite and tend to be thinner than usual. Is it popular to call it that? Bitter summer? Some places in Shandong eat raw cucumbers and boiled eggs to cure it? Bitter summer? Eat eggs in the morning and don't eat other food.
On the day of Furi, people in Shandong should improve their diet, and people in eastern Jiaodong eat noodles. Beginning of autumn (jiaozi) subduction surface. ? Yantai Zhaoyuan eats dumplings, Binzhou Wudi is used to eating noodles, bean soup and noodles, Jining Zoucheng likes to drink ice water, and some people go to Yishan cave for the summer.
There is a custom to improve the diet of cattle in Linyi area. Furi cooked wheat kernel soup for cows to drink. It is said that cows are strong and can work without sweating. The folk song says:? Spring bullwhip, licking Niu Han (bull), wheat kernel soup, licking beef rice, licking cattle without sweating, stayed up until the summer solstice in jiaozi? , delicious month again. ? It's the season of planting autumn vegetables after falling, is there? Can you grow buckwheat with radish in the first place and radish in the second place? Proverbs
Shandong Customs and Lingnan Customs of Summer Solstice Eating Custom
Dog meat was originally the staple food of China people. Later, an emperor named Zhao was a dog, so it was forbidden to eat dog meat, because eating dog meat meant eating the emperor. During the Qing dynasty, Manchus were emperors, but Manchus didn't eat dog meat, so they wanted to ban it, but they couldn't. Only the number of people who ate dog meat in China gradually decreased, so eating dog meat changed from a meat staple food in China to a meat non-staple food.
Eating dog meat and lychee on the summer solstice is what people in Lingnan want to eat under the pretext? Patents? . People in Cantonese-speaking areas of Guangzhou and Qinzhou, Yulin and other areas of Guangxi also like to eat dog meat and plums on the summer solstice. It is said that it is not hot to eat dog meat and plums together on the summer solstice, is it? Winter solstice fish gives birth to summer solstice dog? Therefore, the habit of eating dog meat and litchi on the summer solstice continues to this day. What is the custom of eating dog meat on the summer solstice? Summer solstice dog, no way to go? On the day of the summer solstice, many dogs were killed and there was no way out. According to the folk saying, dog meat is warm, invigorates vitality, and is hot and dry. It is only suitable for eating in autumn and winter. Eating dog meat in summer will get angry, and external heat plus internal heat is harmful to the body. But the summer solstice is an exception. Eating dog meat on the summer solstice is not only not hot, but also beneficial to the body. It's probably the truth that we live together. Of course, eating dog meat in the summer solstice should be enough, and don't eat too much, so as not to cause gastrointestinal diseases such as indigestion. Why are you so keen on eating dog meat on the summer solstice? There is a local saying that eating dog meat on the summer solstice can dispel evil spirits, strengthen the body and resist the plague. ? After eating the summer solstice dog, the west wind detoured? As long as people eat dog meat on the summer solstice, their bodies can resist the invasion of the west wind and rain, catch fewer colds and be in good health. It is based on this good wish that it has been achieved? Summer solstice dog meat? This unique folk food culture. The only difference from the folk tradition is that with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the scene of every household killing dogs on the summer solstice no longer exists today. However, every household's habit of eating dog meat remains the same, and the only difference is that they buy more food than kill it.
Guangdong people have a habit of eating dog meat, especially in Yangjiang. According to relevant data, it is said that killing dogs to repair the body in the summer solstice originated from the year after Qin Degong ascended the throne in the Warring States Period, and it was very hot in June, and epidemics prevailed. Qin Degong pressed it? Dogs are yang animals, which can bring misfortune? Said, ordered his subjects to kill dogs to ward off evil spirits, and later formed the custom of killing dogs on the summer solstice. ? Summer, eat tonic food? Folk songs, also shows that tonic food began in long summer. At present, residents in Lingnan area do not have the habit of eating dog meat in summer, but eat dog meat for tonic in winter. As the saying goes? Sell quilts and eat dog meat. Because dog meat is hot and dry in medicine, it tastes salty, sweet and sour; Warming spleen and stomach, tonifying kidney and supporting yang, intellectual fit and benefiting qi, dispelling cold and strengthening yang. ? Compendium of Materia Medica, so it doesn't make sense for Guangdong residents who have traditional living habits and characteristics of Lingnan medicine to eat dog meat in summer, let alone have no enthusiasm, which is a matter of common sense.
Nowadays, people in Guangdong like to nourish and eat cold food in summer, so residents generally cook Qingbuliang soup, Carassius auratus black bean soup, pharmacological sparerib soup, chopped green onion bean soup, white gourd lentil thin broth, etc., boiled red, mung bean paste, millet porridge, sago porridge, ginkgo porridge, bean jelly, lotus seed soup, bean curd, sweet potato soup, etc., and drink tremella papaya syrup, cold soybean milk, sugar cane water and herbal tea. Moreover, in summer, the food is more vinegar, less salt, less ginger and less garlic, and the taste is light, with flour, lean meat, vegetables and melons as the main ingredients.