In the hot summer, people always try their best to resist the heat. Air conditioners, fans, cold drinks, and various summer artifacts have appeared. Among many summer artifacts, there is a traditional drink, which can not only relieve the heat, but also bring people a unique cultural enjoyment. That is, sour plum soup.

Sour plum soup, a drink with a long history, is said to have originated in Qin and Han dynasties and has a history of thousands of years. It has won the love of the broad masses of people with its sweet and sour taste and the effect of relieving summer heat and quenching thirst. Whenever summer comes, many families will prepare some sour plum soup for their families to quench their thirst.

The production of sour plum soup is not complicated. Boil the raw materials such as dark plum, hawthorn, licorice and rock sugar in water, and then turn to low heat to boil until the soup becomes thick, and you're done. The cooked sour plum soup has a bright red color, a moderate sweet and sour taste, and a rich aroma permeates the air, which makes people want to have a drink.

Sour plum soup not only has a unique taste, but also has rich nutritional value. It is rich in organic acids, vitamins and minerals, which can effectively supplement the nutrients needed by the human body. At the same time, Sour Plum Soup also has a good medicinal value, which can clear away heat and toxic materials, moisten the lungs and relieve cough, and also has a good effect on treating colds, coughs and other diseases.

While tasting sour plum soup, we can also feel its cultural connotation. In the traditional culture of China, Sour Plum Soup is endowed with many meanings, such as "Come through thick and thin" and "Persistence in adversity". When people taste sour plum soup, they often think of these meanings, thus producing a sense of spiritual satisfaction.

Generally speaking, sour plum soup is a delicious drink with high nutritional value. It can not only relieve summer heat and thirst, but also contains rich cultural connotations.

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Sour plum soup has always been a good summer drink. "Tu Gong Mei Jian" contained in ancient books is the oldest sour plum soup. "Plum-stewed water" mentioned in "Old Wulin Story" in the Southern Song Dynasty is also a refreshing drink similar to sour plum soup. In the Qing dynasty, it was improved into a royal drink by the imperial dining room, and the so-called "Tugong Mei Jian" was. It is known as "Qing Gong Yi Bao Yu Zhi Wu Mei Tang" because of its effects of removing heat and cooling, relieving heartache, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, eliminating epidemic disease and quenching thirst.

Later, it was introduced to the people, so vendors selling sour plum soup can be seen everywhere in the streets and lanes and at the door of dried and fresh fruit shops. Put a crescent halberd on the stall (indicating that it is cooked at night) and hang a sign that says "iced hot water sour plum soup". The stall owner holds a pair of small bronze bowls, which clank from time to time. Passers-by are hopeful that Mei has quenched her thirst, and she feels cool when she hears the sound.

After a bowl, the summer heat disappears completely. At that time, the operators of sour plum soup not only peddled and set up stalls for sale along the street, but also many shops mainly selling sour plum soup. For example, the Tianqiao "Qiujia", Xidan archway "Lu Yu Zhai", Dong 'anmending Street "Yu Yuan Zhai" and so on. After the ebony is soaked, it is boiled with rock sugar, honey and osmanthus, and it becomes sour plum soup after being chilled.