1, eating noodles, the long summer season, is the season when wheat debuted. Old Beijing pays attention to eating noodles in order to celebrate the wheat harvest. It is said that the custom of eating noodles in the long summer originated in the Jin Dynasty. At that time, eating noodles was to commemorate the festive taste of the northern wheat harvest, and it also meant good weather and good harvest in the coming year. There is a saying that summer is a new day. Eating noodles in the long summer can strengthen the body and bring good luck to people.

2, eat summer cakes, also known as sesame cakes, with different shapes, such as riding the champion, Guanyin to send children, monkeys holding peaches and so on. In modern times, most of them have been replaced by jellyfish cakes. Summer cakes are often used by mothers to give to their married daughters. Eating summer cakes in the long summer is said to be neither sick nor thin.

In the long summer, you should go to bed early and get up early. Chinese medicine believes that "summer qi and heart qi are interlinked." In the long summer, we should pay attention to going to bed early and getting up early, and pay attention to "rest" to avoid sweating after exercise. In terms of diet care, it is advisable to take the principle of "increasing acidity and reducing bitterness, tonifying kidney and liver, regulating stomach and regulating qi", and the diet should be light and eat more vegetables, fruits and coarse grains. You can do a few small moves before getting up, which is conducive to strengthening your physique, keeping in good health in traditional Chinese medicine and prolonging your life.