In the Lixia solar term of the twenty-four solar terms, there is a custom of eating the Beginning of Summer rice. Why do we eat the Beginning of Summer rice? What is the origin of this, and what is the preparation of Beginning of Summer rice. It is said that Beginning of Summer rice is delicious, delicious and tasty. Let’s take a look at how to make Beginning of Summer rice.
On the day before the beginning of summer, children ask for a bowl of rice from the neighboring households, which is called "Douxiaxiami". Dig up some bamboo shoots, "steal" some broad beans, and use some garlic sprouts. On the first day of summer, the rice and ingredients collected in the meal are cooked in the open air. Green plums, cherries, etc. are placed on the rice and distributed to the people who gave the rice the day before. The first family has a small bowl. It is believed that children can prevent heatstroke after eating it.
Beginning of summer rice is added with bamboo shoots, peas, broad beans, amaranth and other condiments, which means "abundant grains". Eating five-color rice at the beginning of summer also means good health all year round
How to make Beginning of Summer rice:
1. Wash and drain the glutinous rice
2. Heat the oil and fry the diced bacon. When fragrant, add the diced bamboo shoots and peas and stir-fry them together
< p>3. Add a little cooking wine and stir-fry until the ingredients are about half cooked. Add the washed glutinous rice and stir-fry together until the rice is slightly yellow. Add water. If the taste is heavy, add some salt.4. Cook over high heat After boiling, simmer on low heat for about 40 to 50 minutes.
"Zhu" means support. There is a line in Su Shi's "Shiyuan Sencha" that "there is no need to hold up the intestines and stomach to write five thousand volumes of text." The Beginning of Summer is the beginning of summer. People in Shengzhou eat eggs on their hearts, bamboo shoots on their legs, peas on their eyes, and people on their bodies. The purpose is to pray for the health of their body, mind, legs and other important parts, and to prevent illness. , the wish to survive the hot summer smoothly.
In the old days, 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" in the countryside. Later, it evolved into glutinous rice cooked with Japanese bean meat, and the dishes included amaranth and yellow croaker. Soup is called "beginning of summer rice". Eggs boiled in black tea or walnut shells are called "Lixia eggs" and given to each other. Weave an egg cover with colorful threads and hang it on the child's chest or on the tent. Children make a play by holding on to the Beginning of Summer eggs, and win if the eggshell is strong but not broken. The proverb says: "If there are eggs on the chest at the Beginning of Summer, the child will not suffer from the summer."
The summer syndrome is a common symptom of abdominal distension and anorexia , fatigue and weight loss, children are especially susceptible to summer heat. There are also five-color silk threads used to tie children's hand ropes, called "Lixia ropes". On this day, it is the custom in Ningbo to eat "foot bone bamboo shoots", which are cooked with black bamboo shoots. Each one is three to four inches long and is not cut open. When eating, you have to pick two bamboo shoots of the same thickness and eat them in one bite. It is said that eating them can "kick your feet" "bone health" (good health). Next, eat soft vegetables (juntacai). It is said that after eating it, you will not get prickly heat in the summer, and your skin will be as smooth as soft vegetables.
After the Beginning of Summer, it is the hot summer. People eat some food in the Beginning of Summer, often with the wish of praying for blessings and peace. For example, people in Shengzhou, Zhejiang believe that on the first day of summer, they eat eggs to support their hearts, bamboo shoots to support their legs, and peas to support their eyes; people in Changsha, Hunan Province eat soup balls made of glutinous rice flour mixed with wormwood, which is called "Lixia soup", a folk proverb goes, "If you eat Lixia soup, you will step into a pit with stones."
Farmers in suburban counties of Shanghai use wheat flour and sugar to make inch-long strips of food called "wheat silkworms" on the first day of summer. People eat them to avoid "sick summer"; Tongshan County, Hubei Province Folks regard the Beginning of Summer as an important festival. People in Tongshan eat strawberries (strawberries), shrimps, and bamboo shoots in the Beginning of Summer, which is called "eating pickles to make your eyes bright, eating shrimps to make you strong, and eating bamboo shoots to strengthen your bones." In southern Fujian, people eat shrimp noodles in the Beginning of Summer, that is, Buy sea shrimp and mix it into noodles for cooking. The sea shrimp turns red when cooked, which is an auspicious color. Shrimp is a homonym for summer, which is a wish for summer.