2. Hot surface. Some people like to eat hot noodles in hot summer, which is called "pot picking". It is said that it means "evil". Eating hot noodles is to drive away evil and sweat more to get rid of the moisture and summer heat in the human body.
3. Summer solstice soup.
People in Changsha, Hunan, eat soup balls made of glutinous rice flour mixed with rat grass on the summer solstice, which is called "Summer solstice soup". As the folk saying goes, "Eat the summer solstice soup, and the mashed stone steps into a pit". "Eat a ball on the summer solstice, and cross the river with one foot", which means that you are extremely powerful and as light as a swallow.
4. Summer solstice cake. After the summer harvest, new wheat is on the market, so it is a custom to eat noodles every day and try 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".
5, pea cake. On the day of the summer solstice, in the custom of old Nanjing, adults asked children to sit on the threshold and eat pea cakes to prevent all diseases. The origin of this custom is because the summer weather is hot, and people don't think much about diet, so that children can eat pea cakes first to appetize. In addition, old Nanjing will eat bowls of cold noodles and weigh themselves on the summer solstice.
6. Summer solstice eggs. Hengyang, Chenzhou, Yongzhou and Xiangxi in southern Hunan eat summer solstice eggs. On the summer solstice, the whole egg is cooked, peeled and boiled with red dates, which is called "eating summer solstice eggs". In southern Hunan, mainly Jiahe, Lanshan and Guiyang get up in the morning of the summer solstice, cook the whole egg, dye the skin of the egg with red paper or red dye, put it in a small net bag, tie it on the chest of teenagers and children, and hang it until noon or afternoon, then peel off the eggshell and eat the egg. People think that eating eggs on the summer solstice can strengthen the body and stomach and walk vigorously. As the saying goes, "The summer solstice eats eggs, but the slate is trampled."
7. New wheat. In some parts of Shandong, it is a custom to cook new wheat grains on the summer solstice. Children use small hedges made of new wheat straw to fish new wheat grains in soup, which is both a taste and a game.
8. Dog meat. Eating dog meat on the summer solstice is mainly popular in Guangdong, China. There is a proverb in Guangdong that says "dogs on the summer solstice have no way out", which is the custom of eating dog meat on the summer solstice. It is worth noting that dog meat is hot, and eating dog meat on the summer solstice should be enough. Don't eat too much, so as not to cause physical discomfort such as getting angry.