1, the traditional foods eaten in the summer solstice are: cold noodles, wheat porridge, summer solstice soup, wonton, hot noodles and so on. In the past, old Beijing had the habit of eating cold noodles on the summer solstice. Eating these raw and cold foods can effectively help reduce fire and stimulate appetite. On the day of the summer solstice, people in Wuxi will eat porridge for breakfast, which can effectively alleviate the loss of appetite during the "bitter summer". People in Changsha eat soup balls made of glutinous rice flour mixed with rat grass on the summer solstice, which are called "summer solstice soup".

2. The summer solstice is one of the twenty-four solar terms. It is regarded as the summer solstice when the sun moves to 90 degrees on June 2 1 day or 22 of the Gregorian calendar every year. At this time, the position where the sun shines directly on the ground reaches the northernmost part of the year, almost directly on the Tropic of Cancer, and the sunshine time in the northern hemisphere is the longest. After the summer solstice, yin qi begins to grow and yang qi begins to decline. "However, the summer solstice is not hot", "The summer solstice is three years old." Although the summer solstice indicates that the hot summer has arrived, it is not the hottest time. The temperature will continue to rise for a period of time after the summer solstice, and it will be the hottest weather in about twenty or thirty days.

3. The ancient people in China divided the summer solstice into three stages: the first stage when the antlers were dissolved, the second stage when cicadas began to sing, and the third stage when Pinellia ternata was born. The Summer Solstice is also an important traditional folk festival-"Summer Solstice Festival". Folk customs include offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, avoiding summer, eating noodles and zongzi. In addition to relieving summer heat and quenching thirst, summer solstice should try to be calm emotionally and pay attention to sleep at the same time. The weather is hot and the metabolism of human body is accelerated, so the intensity of exercise should be moderately reduced.