1. Beginning of Summer Rice

Every day before the Beginning of Summer, children ask for a bowl of rice from the neighboring household, which is called "Douxia Rice". Dig some bamboo shoots, "steal" some broad beans, and use some garlic sprouts. In the beginning of summer, cook the rice and ingredients in the open air. Put green plums, cherries, etc. on the rice and distribute it to the people who gave the rice a few days ago. The first family will have a small bowl. . It is believed that children can prevent heat stroke after eating it. The Beginning of Summer rice is filled with condiments such as bamboo shoots, peas, broad beans, and amaranth, which means "abundant grains." Eating five-color rice at the Beginning of Summer also means good health all year round.

2. Beginning of Summer Eggs

Eating Beginning of Summer eggs is a custom of the Han people south of the Yangtze River. Every time at the beginning of summer, people in the Jiangnan area eat boiled eggs or salted duck eggs, believing that eating eggs at the beginning of summer can strengthen their health. Beginning of Summer eggs are the most classic food on Beginning of Summer. The day before the Beginning of Summer, the family begins to cook Beginning of Summer eggs. They are usually boiled with powdered tea leaves or walnut shells. Watching the eggshells slowly turn red, the house is filled with a fragrant aroma. Tea eggs should be eaten while they are hot. When eating, pour good Shaoxing wine and sprinkle some fine salt inside. The wine is fragrant and the tea is fragrant, fragrant and delicious.

3. Beginning of Summer Porridge

Beginning of Summer Porridge is a traditional snack in Leiyang, Hunan Province and belongs to the Beginning of Summer Festival food. This snack is a must-have in Leiyang’s diet. Leiyang people have always attached great importance to farming and mulberry activities, and are particularly sensitive to the twenty-four solar terms. When every solar term is approaching, people always like to offer some festival food in the form of sacrifices to intuitively and vividly remind each other not to forget about farming, not to miss the farming season, and to enjoy the joy of life through delicious food. For example, Beginning of Summer is the time for rice transplanting. Farming is hard, so every household cooks Beginning of Summer porridge to express their best wishes for a good harvest. Beginning of Summer porridge is made with rice as the main ingredient, accompanied by more than a dozen condiments such as refined meat, glutinous rice balls, vermicelli, dried bamboo shoots, Chinese toon, pork offal, red dates, peas, bean sprouts, and eggs. After the pot is heated, it is steaming and the aroma is overflowing.

How to make Beginning of Summer porridge:

1. Beginning of Summer health-preserving lentil porridge, recipe: 250 grams of japonica rice, 100 grams of white lentils, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook into porridge. Lentil porridge has the effects of strengthening the spleen and reducing dampness, relieving heat and stopping diarrhea. It is suitable for vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite and other symptoms caused by heat stroke in summer.

2. Beginning of Summer health-preserving plumeria porridge, recipe: 10 fresh plumeria flowers, 60 grams of japonica rice, add appropriate amount of water, and finally cook into gruel. Egg flower porridge has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting dampness, detoxifying and moisturizing. This porridge is a health food for both medicinal and food purposes in my country, especially suitable for children. It has good curative effect on red and white diarrhea, heavy dysentery and diarrhea caused by damp and heat.

3. Beginning of Summer health-preserving barley kernel porridge, recipe: 250 grams of japonica rice, 100 grams of barley kernel, add an appropriate amount of water, and finally cook into porridge. Yiren porridge has the effects of strengthening the spleen, removing paralysis, diuresis and dampness. It is suitable for conditions such as loss of appetite, diarrhea, edema and flat warts on the skin. What other recipes are there for the Beginning of Summer porridge?

4. Beginning of Summer health-preserving lily porridge, recipe: 50 grams of lily, 100 grams of japonica rice, 80 grams of rock sugar, add an appropriate amount of water, and finally cook into porridge. Lily porridge has the functions of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, nourishing yin and clearing away heat. It is suitable for chronic bronchitis in the elderly, dry cough caused by lung heat or dryness, excessive tears and tears, lingering heat during recovery from fever, confusion, restlessness, neurasthenia, tuberculosis, menopausal syndrome and other conditions.