At this time of year, in the south, traditional foods that people eat include white dew rice wine, longan, white dew tea, sweet potatoes, black-bone white chicken, etc.
1. Bailu rice wine. Old Nanjing people from southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang have the custom of brewing their own white dew rice wine.
In the old days, every household in the countryside in Jiangsu and Zhejiang would make wine every year when the white dew arrived.
The main raw material of Bailu wine is glutinous rice, sorghum and other grains. This kind of wine is mild in nature and is very suitable for drinking in autumn.
Whenever guests come to their homes, people often serve them with white dew wine.
2. Longan: There is a traditional saying in Fuzhou that "you must eat longan in white dew".
The folk belief is that eating longan on the day of Bailu has a miraculous effect of nourishing the body.
Longan during the Bailu solar term has a small core, sweet taste and good taste, so it is perfect to eat longan at this time.
In addition, longan also has a variety of beauty and beauty effects, which is very beneficial to the human body.
3. White dew tea White dew tea is tea picked during the white dew season. There is a folk saying that "spring tea is bitter, summer tea is astringent, drink tea with autumn white dew". At this time, the tea tree has experienced the intense heat of summer, and its temperature is right before and after the white dew.
Another great growing season.
White dew tea is not as fresh and tender as spring tea, nor is it dry and bitter like summer tea. It has a bit of over-the-top flavor and feels just right.
After taking a sip, your lips and teeth will be filled with a sweet and mellow taste, which is deeply loved by seasoned tea drinkers.
4. Sweet potatoes Folks believe that eating sweet potatoes during the White Dew Festival will not cause stomach acid. Therefore, in the old days, it was customary for farmers to eat sweet potatoes during the White Dew Festival.
Sweet potato is an ingredient that we often eat in our lives. It has the effect of enhancing intestinal peristalsis, laxative and detoxification.
Sweet potatoes are rich in protein, starch, pectin, cellulose, amino acids, vitamins and various minerals, and their sugar content reaches 15% to 20%.
It has anti-cancer, heart protection, prevention of emphysema, diabetes, weight loss and other effects. Traditional Chinese medicine regards sweet potatoes as a good medicine and has the reputation of "longevity food".
5. Silky-bone and white-feathered chickens have the custom of celebrating the White Dew Festival in Wenzhou, Zhejiang and other places.
In Cangnan, Pingyang and other places, people collect "ten kinds of white" on this day to simmer black-bone white chicken. It is said that eating the food made in this way can nourish the body and prevent people from arthritis.
Southerners eat these during the white dew season, which is generally recognized as a local custom.
In fact, in our hometown in the north, we grow many crops in our own land, and sweet potatoes are the food we particularly like to grow and eat.
When I was a child, I would dig sweet potatoes with my parents in the fields, put them in cardboard boxes, and then go home to make various sweet potato foods.
Especially on the White Dew Day, we will eat boiled sweet potatoes, steamed sweet potatoes, and roasted sweet potatoes. Our parents told us that we should eat sweet potatoes during the White Dew Season, so that the year will go smoothly, we will be healthy, and we will live longer.