1. Southerners eat noodles in summer solstice, while Zhejiang people eat batter in summer solstice. The summer solstice is the earliest solar term in Chinese and foreign civilizations, because the astronomical method for determining the summer solstice is particularly simple: the shortest day with the shadow of wooden pillars in a year is the summer solstice. During the summer solstice, our country has some traditional foods.
2. In China, there has always been a folk saying that "eat noodles in jiaozi from the solstice in winter", which means that you should eat jiaozi from the solstice in winter to prevent your ears from freezing off, and you should eat noodles made of new wheat from the solstice in summer to thank the good weather in the first half of the year. Eating noodles on the solstice in summer is a custom in many places.
3. In ancient times, people usually held sacrificial ceremonies from the summer solstice to pray for God to bless the disaster. "Zhou Li Chun Guan" contains: "With the coming of summer, go to local things". Sacrificing to God in the summer solstice of the Zhou Dynasty means eliminating plague, famine and starvation. At this time, new folk wheat came out, and people sacrificed pasta to the gods. The custom of eating pasta from summer solstice has also spread to this day.
During the summer solstice, new wheat just appeared, so eating noodles during the summer solstice also means tasting new things.
However, there is a saying in Zhejiang that "on the solstice of summer, eat a round paste and step on a stone." In the past, many farmers would put on bamboo sticks, put them in the cracks of the flowing paddy fields, burn incense as sacrifices and pray for a bumper harvest. Therefore, Shaoxing, Zhejiang still has the habit of eating round paste until the sun in summer.
What is the must-eat food in summer in southern solstice?
wonton
People in Wuxi have the custom of eating wonton at noon, which means that wonton is harmonious. The folk proverb says: "The solstice wonton in summer and the solstice group in winter bring together the Ankang people in the four seasons."
Round paste
People in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province have the habit of eating round paste until the sun in summer. "On the solstice of summer, when you eat a round paste, you will step on a stone." In the past, farmers would put a bamboo stick on the prepared paste and put it in the gap of paddy fields to burn incense and pray for a bumper harvest.
Dog meat, litchi
Eating dog meat and litchi in the summer of solstice is a "patent" that Lingnan people want to eat. People in Cantonese-speaking areas in Guangzhou and Qinzhou and Yulin in Guangxi also like to eat dog meat and plums on the solstice in summer.
Summer solstice eggs
The custom of eating summer solstice eggs in Hengyang and Xiangxi, Hunan Province. As the saying goes, "Eating eggs from summer to Sunday makes the slate rotten", and people believe that eating eggs from summer to Sunday can strengthen the body.
Summer solstice cake
After the summer harvest, new wheat comes on the market, so it is a custom to eat noodles and try new wheat every day. Some people mix them with wheat flour and spread them into pancakes for baking cooked food. With vegetables, pods, tofu and bacon, it is usually called "summer solstice cake" after ancestor worship.
What is more healthy to eat in summer solstice?
1, duck meat is very suitable for people who are hot, because ducks are waterfowl and cold. According to the treatment principle of "heat is cold" in TCM, people with hot body are suitable for eating duck meat, and those with weak constitution, poor food and clothing, fever, dry stool and edema are more beneficial.
2. Bitter vegetables have the functions of relieving fever, relieving summer heat and eliminating fatigue. Summer solstice heat is hard to stop, just need to eat spleen and dry food, bitter gourd is the most suitable choice.
3. Pumpkin contains protein, amino acids and other nutrients, and is also rich in carotene, which can protect eyesight, improve blood sugar and strengthen the heart and kidney.
4. Celery is sweet and bitter, slightly cold, and has the functions of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, calming liver and cooling blood. Eat often. It has a good curative effect on cough with excessive phlegm, toothache and eye swelling. Celery also has the function of lowering cholesterol, which is very good for our health.