1, eat lotus root

Every small solar term, people have the custom of eating lotus roots in summer. Lotus root has the effects of clearing away heat, nourishing blood and relieving annoyance, and is suitable for eating in summer.

2. Eat new things

Eating new things in the summer is a folk activity of Hakka people. After the light summer, the Hakka people taste new rice, grind the newly cut rice into rice, make a good meal for worshipping the god of five grains and ancestors, and then everyone eats new wine and so on. It is said that "eating new things" means "eating new things", which is the first new day after the Summer Festival.

3. Eat six sides

There is also an important festival around the summer heat, that is, the "Heavenly Day" held on June 6 of the lunar calendar every year. In the past, people also paid attention to eating six different types of noodles on the Day of Heavenly Holidays, and the custom of eating noodles in Furi began at least in the Three Kingdoms period.

4, eat three treasures

At this time of year, people have the custom of eating three treasures-Monopterus albus, honey lotus root and mung bean sprouts.

5. Eat jiaozi

People in Furi have poor appetite and tend to be thinner than usual, which is called bitter summer, and jiaozi is the food to stimulate appetite and relieve hunger in traditional customs. What's more, the jiaozi we ate this day was mostly vegetarian stuffing, and the refreshing vegetables effectively improved people's loss of appetite.

6. Eat mutton

The custom of eating mutton in Xuzhou can be traced back to the period of Yao and Shun. There is a saying among the people that there is a bowl of soup for sheep in Pengcheng without a prescription from a god doctor.