Traditional delicacies eaten during the Beginning of Summer include: Beginning of Summer eggs, Beginning of Summer rice, Beginning of Summer fruit, Beginning of Summer tea, and shrimp noodles.

1. Beginning of Summer Eggs: During the Beginning of Summer, people in the Jiangnan area eat boiled eggs or salted duck eggs. After being passed down from generation to generation, it eventually became the custom of Beginning of Summer.

2. Beginning of Summer rice: The traditional Beginning of Summer rice is also made of beans of 5 colors plus rice. With the improvement of living standards and the abundance of supplies, it later became glutinous rice plus fresh broad beans. Some vegetables such as peas, spring bamboo shoots, amaranth, etc. are made to symbolize a good harvest and have a sense of ritual.

3. Beginning of Summer Fruit: Beginning of Summer, also known as Beginning of Summer Kueh, is a specialty food of the Beginning of Summer solar term in Yiyang, Jiangxi. Lixia Kueh is steamed rice, then kneaded into small balls, then added with ingredients such as bean sprouts, dried tofu, dried shrimps, and peas to cook Lixia Kueh, also called Lixia Soup.

4. Beginning of Summer Tea: In ancient times, Beginning of Summer tea was also called Qijia Tea. On the day of Beginning of Summer, when new tea came on the market, women would gather tea leaves from the seven families to cook and drink them together.

5. Prawn noodles: In southern Fujian, there is a custom of eating shrimp noodles on the beginning of summer. It is said that shrimp has the same pronunciation with summer in Hokkien, and shrimp turns an auspicious red color after being cooked to express good wishes.