Ancient summer drinks were made of honey and dairy products.

In the Han Dynasty, a kind of drink called honey water appeared, which was made of water and honey, and was called Sprite in the Han Dynasty. Honey water was a high-grade drink in the Han Dynasty, and honey water was more popular for the upper class. With the development of the times, at the end of the Han Dynasty, the practice of honey water as a beverage has become more common among the people.

In the Han Dynasty, there also appeared a kind of ice food called Crispy Mountain, which is a dairy product from the nomadic people in the north. When the ladies-in-waiting heated the crisp to almost melt and reached a very soft state, they dripped the melted crisp on the plate, made the shape of mountains, and finally frozen it in the icehouse, thus making the ancient people's summer high-end delicious ice product Crispy Mountain.

Ancient ways to cool off the summer:

1. Living in a cool house: Generally, in ancient times, wealthy families or royal aristocrats would choose a treasure house of geomantic omen, that is, a place with water around them to build a house, use the principle of machinery to send water to the roof, and then lie down along the eaves to form a cooling effect, and also drill wells indoors, leaving wells in the room, so that the temperature can be reduced in summer, and cover it in winter.

2. Bitong drinking: The ancients used lotus leaves as drinking glasses. When drinking, they took lotus leaves as drinking glasses in the lotus pond and picked them conveniently, which was quite interesting. Take the lotus leaf with stem and pierce the lotus core, so that the piercing hole is connected with the hollow lotus stem. The lotus leaf is filled with wine, and then the hollow leaf stem is bent into a trunk shape, and the wine is sucked from the end of the stem. The ancients called this way of drinking with a lotus leaf cup "Bi Tong Drink".