The solstice in summer is the harvest season of wheat. Since ancient times, there has been the custom of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors from summer solstice to pray for disaster relief and bumper harvest. From the Zhou Dynasty, every summer to Sunday, the imperial court held a grand sacrifice ceremony in the form of songs and dances and music. Therefore, it is recorded in Historical Records: "On the solstice of summer, music and dance are used to worship the land."
2. Summer solstice noodles
Since ancient times, there has been a folk saying that "noodles are eaten in winter and jiaozi is eaten in summer". There is also a folk proverb: "Eating noodles in summer makes the day shorter." Because the new wheat was harvested from summer solstice, the ancients intended to taste new noodles from summer solstice. The method of noodles in summer solstice is not the usual hot soup noodles, but the water. In ancient times, cold water was taken from wells. After the handmade noodles are cooked, they are directly fished into a basin filled with cool well water. When the noodles are cold, take them out and put them in a bowl, then pour them with seasonings and side dishes prepared in advance. The ancients ate cold water in hot summer to remind people to pay attention to heatstroke prevention and cooling. In addition, the ancient folk used slender noodles, which lasted longer than the summer solstice, just like people also ate noodles on their birthdays. In order to win a good lottery.
3. Summer solstice cake
In ancient times, during the summer solstice, farmers rolled up pancakes, baked them with vegetables, pods, tofu and meat, ate them after ancestor worship, or distributed them to relatives and friends. This is called "summer solstice cake". On the solstice of summer, there is an ancient custom of eating wheat dumplings, which are also given to each other as gifts.
4, summer solstice call a person
In ancient times, people were called from summer to sun. In order to test fatness and seek good luck, there was a custom of calling people from summer to sun in ancient times, which expressed the strong desire of the ancients to pray for beauty.
5. Improve the food of dairy cows
On the day of summer solstice, there is an ancient custom of improving food for cattle. The ancients would cook wheat kernel soup to feed cattle on the solstice of summer. They all say that cattle are strong, can work and don't sweat.
6. The custom of taking tonic.
From the summer of the lunar calendar to the third Geng day in the future, it entered the dog days. At this time, the weather is hot, people lose their appetite and start to lose weight, which is called "dry summer". In ancient times, people began to take time off for the summer vacation and pay attention to dietary supplements, and the ancient government also stopped working.
7. Give each other some summer gifts.
On the solstice of summer, ancient women had the custom of giving each other folding fans, powder and other things. "Youyang Miscellaneous Gifts and Differences" contains: "On the summer solstice, there were words when I entered the model and wrapped it in powder." Fan, thus generating wind. Powdered fat is used to dispel turbid qi caused by body heat to prevent miliaria. These are things commonly used in ancient times to cool off the heat, and ancient women gave each other gifts to cool off the heat.
8. Eat wonton
On the solstice of summer, there is an ancient custom of eating porridge in the morning and wonton at noon. There is a proverb: "Summer solstice wonton winter solstice reunion, four seasons Ankang people reunion." The ancients began to weigh the children after eating wonton, hoping that the children would grow up healthily and be strong.