As one of the twenty-four solar terms, Beginning of Summer is a relatively important solar term. It is the alternation of spring and summer. It is also a solar term when all things grow and is suitable for sowing. Below are the health-preserving foods and climate characteristics of the Beginning of Summer solar term that I have compiled for you. I hope it will be helpful to you.

Healthy foods during the Beginning of Summer

1. Black rice

Black rice is made by squeezing the juice from black rice leaves (also known as green leaves) and dipping glutinous rice into steamed rice. . It is said that eating black rice in the Beginning of Summer will prevent you from getting sick in summer, it can expel wind and poison, and black mosquitoes will not dare to bite.

2. Black rice cake

Black rice cake is also one of the traditional Beginning of Summer snacks in Ningbo. It is made by mashing the black rice leaves and soaking them in water, and then soaking the glutinous rice with the juice of the black rice leaves to dye it. After turning black, the soaked black glutinous rice is steamed with sugar and then hand-pressed into glutinous rice cakes. It tastes like a faint aroma of black leaves.

3. Beginning of Summer Soup

In the Beginning of Summer, people eat soup balls made of glutinous rice flour mixed with wormwood, called "Beginning of Summer Soup". As the saying goes, "If you eat soup at the beginning of summer, you will step on the stones to form a pit." There are often strong winds around the beginning of summer, called "Dragon King Storm". When the east wind blows in the Beginning of Summer, it is commonly believed that there will be floods. The proverb says, "The east wind blows in the Beginning of Summer and the rain is full of rain." If there is thunder at the beginning of summer, there will be more thunderstorms in the future. As the saying goes, "Thunder strikes at the beginning of summer, and it will happen every three days."

4. Eggs

Eating eggs in the Beginning of Summer can not only withstand the test of "sunsummer", but also bring a happy life. There is a custom of eating eggs at the beginning of summer, which can prevent common summer symptoms such as lack of appetite, body fatigue, limb weakness, and weight loss. Eggs are calm in nature, can replenish qi deficiency, and have the functions of calming the mind and nourishing the heart.

5. Beginning of Summer Tea

In order to welcome the Beginning of Summer, there is also the custom of drinking tea in the Beginning of Summer in Jiangxi, my country. It is said that if you don’t drink Beginning of Summer tea, you will have a miserable summer. One day, the women gathered tea from seven families and cooked and drank it together. They said that drinking tea from seven families at the beginning of summer would ensure that they would not feel sleepy throughout the summer.

6. Foot bone bamboo shoots

Eating "foot bone bamboo shoots" in the Beginning of Summer is a unique custom in Ningbo. Not all the bamboo shoots currently sold in the vegetable market can be used to make "foot bone bamboo shoots". It is best to use wild mountain bamboo shoots or black bamboo shoots. The key to eating "foot-bone bamboo shoots" lies in their shape. Before cooking, flatten the bamboo shoots and cut them into sections of about 4 centimeters, which are shaped like foot bones. Only by eating them can you "keep your foot bones strong."

7. Qijia Porridge

In the rural areas of eastern Zhejiang, there is a custom of eating "Qijia Porridge" at the beginning of summer. That is, farmers and neighbors give each other beans, rice, and brown sugar. , cooked into a pot of porridge, called "Qijia Porridge". It is said that after eating this kind of porridge, the neighbors will be harmonious and can focus on plowing and planting in the summer.

8. Beginning of Summer Rice

During the Beginning of Summer Festival in the old days, in Ningbo countryside, red beans, soybeans, black beans, green beans, mung beans and other five-color beans were mixed with white japonica rice to cook "five-color rice", which is called "five-color rice". Rice for the Beginning of Summer. Nowadays, some families in urban and rural areas of Ningbo still retain this ancient custom, but the ingredients of Beginning of Summer rice have been changed to five other foods: broad beans, soybeans, bamboo shoots, mustard greens, plus soy sauce or bacon, called five kinds of rice.

9. Junta vegetables

Ningbo people still have the tradition of eating Junta vegetables at the beginning of summer. Junta vegetables are a seasonal vegetable that comes on the market around the beginning of summer. It is said that after eating Junta vegetables There will be no prickly heat in the summer after, and the skin will be as smooth as Junta.

10. Wheat silkworms

During the Beginning of Summer Festival, farmers in suburban counties of Shanghai take wheat flour and sugar to make inch-long strips of food, called wheat silkworms. "Xia Xia". The tender grass heads from the Beginning of Summer are mixed with rice flour and fried into pancakes, called "tan cakes", which are a favorite food of people in Shanghai and Pudong areas. Sugar plums, fermented glutinous rice, salted eggs, etc. are also regarded as seasonal foods, which are called seasonal foods. They are tasted and called "three new foods".

11. Three delicacies

Tasting three delicacies at the beginning of summer is also called "eating three delicacies at the beginning of summer" or "seeing three new things at the beginning of summer". The three delicacies are generally divided into "three delicacies from the ground", "three delicacies from the tree" and "three delicacies from the water". The three delicacies are broad beans, amaranth, and cucumbers (some say amaranth, broad beans, and garlic sprouts). The three fresh fruits of the tree include cherries, loquats, and apricots (some say they are green plums, apricots, and cherries). The three delicacies of water are conch, pufferfish, and anchovy (some say they are anchovy, pomfret, and yellow croaker).

The dietary principle after the Beginning of Summer is "nourishing yang in spring and summer". Nourishing yang focuses on nourishing the heart. To nourish the heart, you can drink more milk, eat more soy products, chicken, lean meat, etc., which can not only supplement nutrition, but also play a role in nourishing the heart. Psychotonic effect. Eating more vegetables, fruits and whole grains can increase the supply of fiber, vitamins B and C, and can prevent arteriosclerosis.

12. Noodles

Wheat is mostly grown in northern my country, and the Beginning of Summer is the time when wheat comes into play. Therefore, most areas in the north have the custom of making and eating noodles during the Beginning of Summer to celebrate the wheat harvest. . There are three main types of pasta in Beginning of Summer: summer cakes, noodles and spring rolls.

Climatic characteristics of the Beginning of Summer solar term

After the Beginning of Summer, Jiangnan officially enters the rainy season, with both rainfall and rainy days increasing significantly. Continuous rain not only causes moisture damage to crops, but also causes various Prevalence of disease. Wheat heading and flowering is the most susceptible period to scab infection. If warm but rainy weather is expected in the future, spraying should be carried out from the beginning to full flowering stage.

Cotton in the south often suffers from outbreaks of anthracnose, blight and other diseases under continuous rainy weather or sudden warm and cold weather conditions, resulting in large areas of dead seedlings and lack of seedlings. Necessary measures to increase temperature and reduce humidity should be taken in a timely manner and combined with chemical control to preserve and strengthen the seedlings. "Plant more rice seedlings during the Beginning of Summer, and the warehouse will be full of millet." Around the Beginning of Summer is the hot season for early rice transplanting in the north and south of the country. "You can plant full-month rice seedlings, but you can't harvest full-month grass." At this time, the temperature is still low. Management must be strengthened immediately after planting rice seedlings, early topdressing, early tillage, and early treatment of diseases and insect pests to promote early onset. The mid-season rice planting must be completed as soon as possible. The spring shoots of the tea tree grow the fastest at this time. If you are not careful, the tea leaves will age. As the saying goes, "It is rare to pick during the Grain Rain, but it will not stop picking in the Beginning of Summer." Therefore, we must concentrate our efforts and make surprise purchases in batches.

Around the beginning of summer, the temperature rises rapidly in North China, Northwest China and other places, but precipitation is still not much. In addition, spring is windy, evaporation is strong, dry atmosphere and soil drought often seriously affect the normal growth of crops. In particular, hot and dry winds before and after wheat grain filling and ripening are important disastrous weather factors that lead to reduced yields. Timely irrigation is a key measure to combat drought and disasters. "We hoe the ground for three days in the beginning of summer," when weeds grow very quickly. "If you don't hoe for one day, you won't be able to hoe for three days." Cultivating and hoeing can not only remove weeds, resist drought and stains, but also increase ground temperature and accelerate the decomposition of soil nutrients. , which is of great significance in promoting the healthy growth of crops such as cotton, corn, sorghum, and peanuts in the seedling stage.

After the beginning of summer, it is a critical period for large-scale planting of early rice. The timing and amount of rain during this period are closely related to future harvests. The farmer's proverb goes well: "If it doesn't rain in the beginning of summer, the plow will hang high." "There will be no rain in the beginning of summer, and there will be no rice in the mill." There is also a folk custom of weighing oneself in fear of the summer heat. It is said that after weighing one's weight on this day, one will not be afraid of the summer heat. , will not lose weight, otherwise you will be plagued by diseases. There is also the custom of drinking tea at the beginning of summer in Jiangxi. It is said that if you don’t drink tea at the beginning of summer, you will have a miserable summer. As early as ancient times, kings often went outside the city to welcome summer in the first days of summer. The day to welcome summer was the Beginning of Summer.

The "Book of Rites and Monthly Orders" explains the beginning of summer: "The crickets chirp, the earthworms come out, the king melons grow, and the bitter herbs show." It shows that at this time, frogs begin to make noises to announce the coming of summer, and earthworms He was also busy helping the farmers loosen the soil, and the wild vegetables on the rural field edges were competing with each other to be unearthed and growing day by day. In the morning, when people welcome the early summer glow and stroll through the countryside, fields and seaside beaches, you will feel the deep affection of nature from the gentle sunshine. When you are in the countryside, fields or on the beach, you will feel the deep affection of nature from the gentle sunshine.

How to nourish the heart in the beginning of summer

1. Live carefully

"Huangdi Neijing" says: "In the third month of summer, this is called the show of flowers, the harmony of heaven and earth, and the harmony of all things. "Huashi, lie down at night and get up early, never tire of the sun." The climate changes are more obvious after the beginning of summer, so you should go to bed late and get up early to adapt to the changes of yin and yang. At the same time, people should develop the habit of taking a nap after the beginning of summer. Nap time varies from person to person, generally half an hour to 1 hour is appropriate. Too long a nap time will make people feel lack of energy. Don't be greedy for coolness during lunch break, and avoid sleeping in windy areas to prevent catching cold and wind and causing diseases.

2. Eat a clean diet

Yang Qi rises in summer, and eating too much greasy and irritating food can cause acne, oral ulcers, constipation and other diseases. It is recommended to drink more milk and eat more soy products, chicken, lean meat, etc., which can not only supplement nutrition, but also achieve the effect of strengthening the heart. Eat more vegetables, fruits and whole grains to increase the supply of fiber, vitamin C and vitamin B and prevent arteriosclerosis.

3. Slow exercise

After the beginning of summer, the temperature gradually rises and it is easy to sweat. Sweat is the fluid of the heart. If you exercise vigorously at this time, it is easy to cause the body to be dehydrated, so you should choose Walk, jog, do Tai Chi and other slow-paced aerobic exercises, and drink warm water after exercise to replenish body fluids. The intensity of the activity should be such that you do not feel tired, and the duration should not exceed 1 hour to reduce the load on the heart and prevent myocardial ischemia.