"Eat a chicken during the ups and downs, and you will be in good health for a year." During the dog days of summer every year, Changsha folk have the custom of eating chicken, among which the head-down is the most solemn. People in Changsha are also very particular about eating chicken. First, they have to eat the rooster, and they have to buy it and kill it on the same day and eat it on the same day. Second, they have to boil water with roadside thorns and stir-fry the chicken with wine. Next, add ginger, and some add half a pound of ginger to a chicken. As the saying goes, "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, it doesn't take the doctor to prescribe medicine." In the dog days of summer, people consume more physical energy and must supplement nutrition appropriately. Chicken is like this. In addition, adding ginger, etc. when roasting chicken can also play a role in removing dampness and strengthening the body. Method: Take a chicken that weighs less than a pound, rooster is the best. Fry the roadside thorns and perilla seeds first and set aside. Then chop the chicken into small pieces and stir-fry in boiling oil until it is medium cooked. , add the ginger slices, cook in a tablespoon of white wine, stir-fry again, add salt, and then pour all the fried roadside thorn herb water into the pot. Add the fungus at the same time. Cover the pot and simmer slowly until a strange aroma fills the room and the soup dries up. Then it is ready to be served. How to eat: In the old days, when people ate stir-fried chicken with ginger in Changsha, they had to pay special attention to it: they should close the doors and windows when eating, wear long-sleeved clothes, put on shoes and socks neatly, and tie the trouser legs tightly with ropes. Fans, cattail fans and the like, then pour a small glass of wine and eat slowly. Eating so that you can sweat profusely is intended to dissipate the cold in the body and prevent autumn cold syndrome. Folk proverb goes: "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, and it won't bother the doctor to prescribe medicine." It is best to eat chicken stir-fried with ginger during the three days of the dog days. If conditions do not permit, it is usually eaten for one day. In rural areas, herbs are also used to cook stir-fried chicken with old ginger and boiled water with roadside thorns to dispel cold, warm the feet and strengthen the body. It is said to be able to clear away old rheumatism. This practice continues to this day.