1. Summer solstice cake, as the proverb goes, "Summer solstice, eat all wheat cakes". There has been a custom of the Summer Solstice Festival since ancient times, and people will share the Summer Solstice cake after offering sacrifices to their ancestors. Summer solstice cake, half-moon cake, looks similar to the northern pasta leek box, but the materials and methods are different. The most common way is to mash wormwood, mix it with wheat flour, add a proper amount of sweet bean paste in the middle of the cake, and bake the cake in a hot pot. Summer solstice cake looks ugly, but it tastes fresh and refreshing, sweet but not greasy. It is an authentic green food suitable for all ages.

2. Wonton, in Wuxi, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, has the custom of eating Wonton on the summer solstice. Wonton has a long history, which is called "like a chicken egg, rather like a chaotic image of heaven and earth". Taking the meaning of chaos, it is said that eating wonton can make you smart. When eating wonton on the summer solstice, some people mix noodles in the wonton, which can avoid "summer", and compare the length of noodles with the long day time of the summer solstice to get a good color for longevity.

3. Summer solstice noodles, there is a folk saying that "eating summer solstice noodles makes a day shorter", that is, the daytime begins to get shorter gradually. Eating noodles on the summer solstice is an important custom in many areas. As the saying goes, "Noodles on the winter solstice in jiaozi", eating noodles on the summer solstice is just the time. There are many kinds of noodles in the south, such as Yangchun noodles, dry soup noodles, shredded pork noodles, three fresh noodles, noodles with sesame oil and cold noodles, while in the north, noodles with gravy and Zhajiang Noodles are the main ones. On the day of the summer solstice, noodle restaurants in the north are very popular. No matter Sichuan cold noodles, Dandan Noodles, braised pork noodles or Zhajiang Noodles, all kinds of noodles are very popular.

4. Pea cake. On the day of the summer solstice, there used to be a custom of eating pea cakes around the summer solstice. The origin of this food custom is that because of the hot summer weather, people don't think much about eating, so that children can eat pea cakes first to stimulate their appetite, and they can feel the summer harvest while stimulating their appetite. "Shanxi Tourism Overview" said, "The cool food in summer is one of the famous snacks in Taiyuan, and the pea cake made by Jia Dewang, the chef of Dadongguan Hotel, has long been famous in Jinyang".

5. Eggs on the summer solstice. People think that eating eggs on the summer solstice can strengthen the body, strengthen the stomach and walk vigorously. As the saying goes, "The summer solstice eats eggs, but the slate is trampled." On the day of the summer solstice, the whole egg is cooked, the skin of the egg is dyed red with red paper or red dye, and then it is put in a small net bag, tied on the chest of teenagers and children, hung until noon or afternoon, and then the eggshell is peeled off to eat the egg, which is widely spread in Hengyang, Chenzhou, Yongzhou and Xiangxi in southern Hunan.