Beginning of Summer is the seventh solar term among the twenty-four solar terms. The first solar term in summer is an important solar term that marks the peak season of growth for all things.

After the beginning of summer, the sunshine increases, the temperature gradually rises, thunderstorms increase, and crops enter the stage of vigorous growth.

It is also such a solar term that heralds a good harvest, and people from all over the world will also have specific food customs to welcome the arrival of this solar term.

Beginning of Summer Rice Beginning of Summer Rice is a delicacy eaten before the Beginning of Summer in some parts of the south.

The Beginning of Summer rice is commonly known as "Douxia rice". People will cook bamboo shoots, broad beans, garlic sprouts, etc., then add green plums, cherries, etc., and finally distribute the prepared Beginning of Summer rice to neighbors who send rice.

Folks believe that eating Beginning of Summer rice can prevent children from heatstroke. There is also a saying that the Beginning of Summer rice means "a good harvest".

The beginning of summer is coming, and people in Ningbo, Zhejiang, like to eat shank bamboo shoots, which are a kind of wild bamboo shoots. Local people believe that these wild bamboo shoots represent hope and health, meaning that people can grow like bamboo shoots and stay strong.

Beginning of Summer Eggs Before the Beginning of Summer, every family will cook Beginning of Summer eggs in advance, put in walnut shells, tea leaves, star anise, etc. for steaming. When choosing eggs, the rounder the better, this will make your life appear complete and you can have good harvests throughout the year.

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If you have children at home, eating a Beginning of Summer egg can also pray for the safety and health of your family.

In some places, there is also the tradition of "egg fighting". On the day of the Beginning of Summer, children will hang hard-boiled eggs around their necks and play the egg fighting game in groups. That is, the eggs will collide and the unbroken ones will

For the winner, the loser has to eat the egg.

There is a custom of eating black rice in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It uses glutinous rice as raw material, and adds the juice of Nanzhuo leaves. It is soaked together with the glutinous rice according to the proportion for six hours. When the glutinous rice is completely dyed black, it can be steamed for 20

minutes or so.

Folks believe that eating black rice in the Beginning of Summer will keep you away from mosquito bites and keep your body healthy.

There are many folk customs about the Beginning of Summer, most of which have beautiful meanings. Although there is no basis for it, they are also the ancestors' yearning and pursuit of a better life.