Such as glutinous rice balls for the Lantern Festival, rice dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival, and mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival, the same goes for the upcoming Beginning of Summer. There are many traditional delicacies eaten during the Beginning of Summer in various places ~ Beginning of Summer is one of the traditional twenty-four solar terms.

Meaning: Farewell to spring and the beginning of summer.

The beginning of summer heralds the arrival of summer, and the weather will gradually get hotter.

In ancient times, people would hold grand "summer welcome" ceremonies; folk also gradually formed a series of customs such as eating "five-color rice" and eggs, which meant to ward off disasters and pray for blessings.

Beginning of Summer Rice: Every day before the Beginning of Summer, children ask for a bowl of rice from the neighboring households, which is called "Douxia Rice".

Dig some bamboo shoots, "steal" some broad beans, and use some garlic sprouts. In the beginning of summer, cook the rice and ingredients in the open air. Put green plums, cherries, etc. on the rice and distribute it to the families who gave the rice the day before. Each family has a small bowl.

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It is believed that children can prevent heat stroke after eating it.

The Beginning of Summer rice is filled with condiments such as bamboo shoots, peas, broad beans, and amaranth, which means "abundant grains." Eating five-color rice at the Beginning of Summer also means good health all year round.

Beginning of Summer Eggs: This is a Han custom south of the Yangtze River.

Every time during the Beginning of Summer, people eat boiled eggs or salted duck eggs, believing that eating eggs in the Beginning of Summer can strengthen the body.

Beginning of summer eggs are the most classic food on Beginning of Summer.

The day before the Beginning of Summer, the family begins to cook Beginning of Summer eggs. They are usually boiled with powdered tea leaves or walnut shells. Watching the eggshells slowly turn red, the house is filled with a fragrant aroma.

Tea eggs should be eaten while they are hot. When eating, pour good Shaoxing wine and sprinkle some fine salt inside. The wine is fragrant and the tea is fragrant, fragrant and delicious.

In addition to eating Beginning of Summer eggs, there are other ways to play.

From the boiled eggs, pick out the whole ones that are not broken, weave them into egg covers with colorful threads, and hang them on the children's chest or on the tent.

The children also have to hold the Beginning of Summer eggs (that is, touch the eggs), which is the happiest and most exciting thing of the day. When holding eggs, the egg shell is strong and does not break.

Beginning of Summer Porridge: Beginning of Summer Porridge is a traditional snack in Leiyang, Hunan Province and belongs to the Beginning of Summer Festival food.

This snack is a must-have in Leiyang’s diet.

Leiyang people have always attached great importance to farming and mulberry activities, and are particularly sensitive to the twenty-four solar terms.

When every solar term is approaching, people always like to offer some festival food in the form of sacrifices to intuitively and vividly remind each other not to forget about farming, not to miss the farming season, and to enjoy the joy of life through delicious food.

For example, Beginning of Summer is the time for rice transplanting. Farming is hard, so every household cooks Beginning of Summer porridge to express their best wishes for a good harvest.

Beginning of Summer porridge is made with rice as the main ingredient, accompanied by more than a dozen condiments such as refined meat, glutinous rice balls, vermicelli, dried bamboo shoots, Chinese toon, pork offal, red dates, peas, bean sprouts, and eggs.

After the pot is heated, it is steaming and the aroma is overflowing.

Neighbors give each other gifts to show off their craftsmanship and to build rapport.

Unfortunately, Beginning of Summer porridge can only be eaten during the Beginning of Summer.

Lixia Guo: Lixia Guo, also known as Lixia Kueh, is a festival food custom.

A kind of rice dumplings and glutinous rice balls eaten during the Beginning of Summer. Rice is steamed, mashed and made into small dumplings, and then cooked into a "soup" with bean sprouts, dried tofu, dried shrimps, peas and the like. It is called "Lixia".

"Soup", also known as "Lixia Kueh", is a family meal.

As the saying goes: "Eating Lixia Kueh" means you are not afraid of heavy rain (dare to work in the rain).

After the Beginning of Summer, it is hot summer. People eat some food in the Beginning of Summer, often with the wish of praying for blessings and peace.

Other customs: People in Shengzhou, Zhejiang believe that on the first day of summer, they eat eggs to support their hearts, bamboo shoots to support their legs, and peas to support their eyes; people in Changsha, Hunan Province eat soup balls made of glutinous rice flour mixed with rat grass on the first day of summer.

, named "Lixia Soup", the folk proverb goes "Eat the Beginning of Summer Soup, step on the granite to form a pit", "Eat a dumpling (pronounced as "tuo") in the Beginning of Summer, and cross the river with one foot", the metaphorical power is extremely powerful, and the body is as light as

Yan; Farmers in suburban counties of Shanghai use wheat flour and sugar to make inch-long strips of food called "wheat silkworms" on the first day of summer. People eat them and say they can avoid "sick summer"; folk in Tongshan County, Hubei Province regard the beginning of summer as a day.

On important festivals, people in Tongshan eat bubbles (strawberries), shrimps, and bamboo shoots at the beginning of summer, which is called "eating bubbles to make your eyes bright, eating shrimps to make you strong, and eating bamboo shoots to strengthen your bones." In southern Fujian, people eat shrimp noodles at the beginning of summer, that is, they buy sea shrimps and mix them with them.

When cooked in noodles, shrimp turns red when cooked, which is an auspicious color. Shrimp is a homophone for summer, which is a wish for summer.

In the Mindong region of Fujian, people mainly eat "guang cake" (baked with flour and a little salt) at the beginning of summer.

In Zhouning, Fu'an and other places in eastern Fujian, the cakes are soaked in water and made into dishes, while in Jiaocheng, Fuding and other places, the cakes are cut in half and fried bean sprouts, leeks, meat, pickled vegetables, etc.

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Some villages in Chunchi Town, Zhouning County eat "Lixia paste". There are two main types, one is rice paste and the other is sweet potato paste.

A large pot is used to cook the soup, which is extremely rich in content, including meat, bamboo shoots, wild vegetables, chicken and duck offal, tofu, etc. Neighbors invite each other to drink the soup.

This is somewhat similar to the custom of eating "Qijia porridge" at the beginning of summer in rural areas of eastern Zhejiang.