In different parts of China, there are different customs on the summer solstice, and the food is different!

1. Cold noodles

"Winter solstice jiaozi summer solstice noodles", there is a folk saying that "eating noodles on the summer solstice makes a day shorter", and eating noodles on the summer solstice is an important custom in many places. At the same time, the summer solstice is the new wheat season, and the newly harvested wheat is ground into wheat flour to make pasta, so eating noodles on the summer solstice also has the saying of eating "new wheat".

What kind of noodles to eat in the summer solstice, the north and the south have their own characteristics, such as Yangchun noodles, shredded pork noodles, three fresh noodles, crossing the bridge, cold noodles with sesame oil and so on. Noodles with gravy in the north and Zhajiang Noodles. Although the summer solstice is not the hottest time, it is the beginning of hot summer, so eating noodles on the summer solstice is also called "falling noodles".

2. Eat wonton

"Wonton in summer solstice is free from summer" and "Wonton will not grow prickly heat once eaten". In the summer solstice, the Jiangnan area also pays attention to eating wonton, which means "chaos and harmony".

There are different sizes of wonton in the south of the Yangtze River. The wonton is as big as a silver ingot, white, fat and stocky, with a lot of stuffing. Small wonton skin is thin and soup is fresh, and the stuffing is very simple, just a little pork. In hot summer, in addition to cold noodles, there are cold wonton in Shanghai. The cooked vegetable wonton is blown cold, poured with thick peanut butter, and flavored with balsamic vinegar.

In some places during the summer solstice, "Summer solstice cakes" are also eaten, which are made into pancakes with vegetables, tofu and bacon. Shaanxi, Gansu and other places will also eat zongzi; In some areas, there is also the custom of eating eggs on the summer solstice.

3. Drink cold soup

Before and after the summer solstice, the temperature rises and it is easy to be sultry and sweaty.

A cup of winter melon tea, a bowl of mung bean soup, tremella soup and other sugar water in the south can cool down the summer heat.

4. After eating the summer solstice in Xia Guo, Myrica rubra, litchi, watermelon, peaches and plums are all good choices.

enjoy bayberry on the summer solstice. "In the summer solstice in Yang Meihong, Myrica rubra will produce insects in the summer", that is to say, the picking time of Myrica rubra is only one solar term-that is, half a month.

5. Try fresh vegetables

"Bitter summer is not bitter", and you can eat more bitter vegetables such as bitter gourd and coriander on the summer solstice.

6. Eat duck

"Avoid the bitter summer and eat duck". Duck meat is also very suitable for the summer solstice. Duck meat is delicious whether it is fried or stewed.

7. Eating fish in summer

Summer is the "golden season" for eating fish. The fish in summer is near the spawning period, and it has accumulated more fat and nutrients, and its body is fat and firm, so the meat tastes the most delicious.

8. Litchi: Cantonese in Guangzhou and Qinzhou and Yulin in Guangxi like eating dog meat and litchi in the summer solstice very much, and they are not hot together.

9. Over the water: On the day of the summer solstice, all parts of Shandong want to eat cold noodles, that is, over the water. Weaving a delicate small hedge with wheat straw and fishing for noodles in the soup again and again is a game full of fun for children.

1. Round paste: "When you eat round paste on the summer solstice, the stones will growl." The paste is made of rice flour and cooked with leeks and other condiments, which is also called round paste. In the past, many farmers would put the prepared paste in the gap of the paddy field with bamboo sticks and insert it in the flowing water.

11. Summer solstice soup: Eating soup balls made of glutinous rice flour mixed with rat's grass on the summer solstice in Changsha, Hunan Province, is called "Summer solstice soup". As the folk saying goes, "Eating summer solstice soup makes a pit for mashi", and "Eating a ball (pronounced" Tuo ") on the summer solstice means crossing the river with one foot, which means great strength and being as light as a swallow.

12. Wheat porridge: Wuxi, Jiangsu will have wheat porridge for breakfast on the summer solstice.

13. Summer solstice cake: At the summer solstice, when the summer harvest is finished, new wheat comes into the market, and it is a custom to eat noodles and taste new ones. Some people mix them with wheat flour and spread them into pancakes for baking cooked food. Sandwiched with vegetables, pods, tofu, and bacon, they are eaten after ancestor worship, which is commonly called "summer solstice cake".