1, long summer egg. Speaking of long summer, the most classic food of that day was "Long Summer Eggs". Every summer, Jiangnan people eat boiled eggs or salted duck eggs, thinking that eating eggs in the long summer can keep fit. According to legend, since the day of long summer, the weather has been sunny and warm, and it has gradually become hot. Many people, especially children, will feel tired, lose their appetite and gradually lose weight. This is the so-called "squat". Nu Wa Niangniang told the people that every year during the Long Summer Festival, children hang cooked chicken, duck and goose eggs on their chests to escape the heat. Although there is no scientific basis for this statement, it has been passed down from generation to generation and eventually became the custom of long summer, and "eating eggs to nourish the heart" coincides with the theory of "nourishing the heart in long summer" in traditional Chinese medicine.

2. Long summer rice. The traditional long summer rice is also five-color bean rice. With the improvement of living standards and rich materials, it later became glutinous rice with fresh broad bean peas, bamboo shoots, amaranth and other vegetables, which meant "bumper harvest" and was quite ceremonial. Moreover, there is an old saying that "a thousand supplements are not as good as a long summer supplement". Eating long summer rice is also because the temperature is gradually rising at this time, and the temperature difference between day and night is large, so the human body consumes more, and the body will feel tired and get sick more easily, so it is necessary to pay more attention to health care. Eating long summer rice also sends a message that people want to be healthy all year round.

3, long Xia Guo. Chang Xia Guo, also known as Chang Xia _, is a special food with long summer solar terms in Yiyang, Jiangxi. In the past, long summer was one of the most important solar terms. People will get together and women will prepare long summer fruits one day in advance. Chang Xia, present the prepared Chang Xia Guo and Chang Xia Guo to each other with family and neighbors. People think that using Xia Guo on the same day in the long summer can eliminate diseases and disasters for one year. Long summer _ is cooked with rice and kneaded into small dumplings. Add bean sprouts, dried beans, dried shrimps and peas to make "long summer soup", also called long summer soup. According to legend, eating long summer is to send spring to welcome summer. The more varieties, the richer the spring harvest and the more festive it is.

4, taste three fresh. "Don't eat from time to time" is the secret of diet and health left by our ancestors. Nature provides different food lists in different seasons, and eating fresh vegetables is the way to keep balance between body and mind. Therefore, there is a folk custom of "tasting three fresh foods in long summer", that is, on the day of long summer, we should taste three kinds of seasonal fresh foods. Three chords are generally divided into "three chords of the earth", "three chords of the tree" and "three chords of the water". The three fresh plants are broad bean, amaranth and cucumber (or amaranth, broad bean and garlic sprout). There are few cherries, loquats and apricots (or plums, apricots and cherries). The three delicacies are conch, puffer fish and shad (or shad, shad and yellow croaker).