1, eat lotus roots in the summer. In the south of the Yangtze River, there is a saying that lotus root is eaten in the summer, and as early as the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, lotus root was appointed as a royal tribute. Every summer comes, people are used to eating lotus roots.

2, eat jiaozi in the summer. As the saying goes, "cold is in March 9th, heat is in dog days". People in dog days lose appetite and tend to be thinner than usual, which is commonly called bitter summer, and dog days are around the solar terms in the small summer. During this period, jiaozi is the food to stimulate their appetite and relieve their hunger for northerners.

3, eat mangoes in the summer. In Taiwan Province, the summer heat is the most mature and delicious season of mango. Because mango contains a lot of vitamins, eating mango regularly can moisturize the skin.

4, eat eel in the summer. After summer, Monopterus albus is strong and fat, and enters the spawning period, and its taste becomes more delicious and its nourishing function reaches its peak. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Monopterus albus is warm and sweet, and has the functions of invigorating the middle warmer, benefiting qi, nourishing the liver and spleen, removing rheumatism and strengthening bones and muscles.