Eat traditional foods in the long summer: eggs, long summer tea, long summer soup, military vegetables, wheat silkworm, foot bone bamboo shoots, Qijia porridge, long summer rice and so on.

Xiaoman's food: wild garlic, cactus, dandelion, lettuce and so on.

After the long summer, the principle of diet is "nourishing yang in spring and summer", focusing on nourishing the heart, which can not only supplement nutrition, but also strengthen the heart by drinking more milk, eating more soy products, chicken and lean meat. Eating more vegetables, fruits and coarse grains at ordinary times can increase the supply of cellulose, vitamins B and C and prevent arteriosclerosis.

Xiaoman is the second solar term in summer. At this time, the temperature and precipitation began to increase, and the wheat in the north gradually matured, but the grain was not full, so it was called Xiaoman. Xiaoman is the eighth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the China lunar calendar. It is called Xiaoman when the sun reaches 60 degrees from May 20th to 22nd in the Gregorian calendar every year. The name Xiaoman is related to the growth of crops. In some areas in the south, the name Xiaoman is also related to rain and irrigation. "Xiaoman is planting seedlings in the long summer" and "plants are rushing to Xiaoman Valley for autumn". Xiaoman is a season suitable for rice planting.