The customs and diets of solar terms in summer include drinking tea, eating pineapple, eating grass, eating litchi, eating rice grains and eating noodles.

1, drink tea

There is a folk custom of drinking tea in the dog days of summer. Tea in the dog days is tea cooked by more than ten kinds of Chinese herbal medicines such as honeysuckle, selfheal and licorice.

2. Eat pineapple

There is a folk saying in Taiwan Province: Eat pineapple in summer. That is to say, pineapples are the best in this season, and the pronunciation of pineapples in Minnan is the same as that of "Wanglai", so they are also used as a symbol of praying for peace, good luck and prosperous business.

3. Eat Xiancao

Many places in Guangdong have the custom of eating fairy grass in the summer. Xiancao is an important medicinal and edible plant resource and is known as "Xiancao".

4. Eat lychee

People in Putian, Fujian have the custom of eating lychee, mutton and rice grains during the summer heat, which is called "over the summer heat".

5. Eat bad rice

People in Putian, Fujian still have the custom of eating rice grains in the summer. Rice grains are made by mixing rice with white rice koji and letting it ferment until it is thoroughly cooked. On the summer day, cut it into pieces and add some brown sugar to cook.

6. Eat noodles

There is a custom of eating noodles in Linyi urban and rural areas in the summer. On this day, both the married daughter and the married son will go back to their parents' home, cook a sheep and cook a pot of cold noodles. The whole family will drink mutton soup and eat noodles with joy and have a good time in the summer.