The summer solstice is 202 1 June 2 1 day, Monday, May 12th of the lunar calendar, 12:24:06.

Summer solstice, also known as "Summer Festival" and "Summer Solstice Festival" in ancient times. The ancients said: "The sun is long, the shadow is short, and it is extremely extreme, so it is called the summer solstice." When the sun moves to 90 degrees of the longitude of the Yellow River, it is the node of the summer solstice, usually on June 21-22 of the Gregorian calendar. On the summer solstice, the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Cancer. At this time, the daylight time in all parts of the northern hemisphere reaches the longest in the whole year, and the higher the latitude, the longer the daylight. For the Tropic of Cancer and its northern area, the summer solstice is also the day with the highest sun height at noon in a year.

Characteristics of summer solstice

Although the summer solstice has the longest day and the highest sun angle, it is not the hottest time of the year. Because, close to the surface of the heat, at this time still continue to save, did not reach the maximum time. As the saying goes, "The heat is in the dog days", and the real hot weather is calculated based on the summer solstice and beginning of autumn. From mid-July to mid-August, the temperature in all parts of China is the highest, and the highest temperature in some areas can reach about 40 degrees.

"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. After the summer solstice, the ground is heated strongly, and the air convection is strong, and thunderstorms are often easy to form in the afternoon to evening. This kind of hot thunderstorm suddenly comes and goes, and the rainfall range is small. People call it summer rain across the ridge. In the south, Liu Yuxi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, skillfully used this kind of weather to write a famous poem about sunrise in the east and rain in the west, saying that there is no sunny but sunny.

What noodles do you eat on the summer solstice?

chow mein

Stir-fried noodles are noodles that ordinary families like to make on the Summer Solstice Festival in Beijing.

There are many frying methods and many auxiliary materials. The fried noodles have different tastes, are delicious and unusual, and are easy to make. Stir-fry the cut noodles, auxiliary materials and seasonings in an oil pan, and add water and oil to taste properly. After frying, the noodles are tender in the outside, fragrant, tough and delicious. There is also a kind of pasta similar to fried noodles, called fried bumps. It is made of hard white flour into bumps the size of dice, cooked and fished out, and then put them in a pot of diced mutton, diced cucumber and green beans for frying (the auxiliary materials can be changed at will).

noodles with meat and gravy/sauce

There are many kinds of noodles. Mainly include: tomato noodles with egg, eggplant noodles with sliced meat, noodles with egg, yellow flower and fungus, noodles with diced peas, etc., which are especially soft and delicious when mixed with seasonal dishes. Noodles with noodles are not only eaten on the Summer Solstice Festival. In the past, Beijingers used to cook noodles with noodles to entertain relatives and friends, which made them more auspicious and longevity. More interestingly, when the newlyweds enter the bridal chamber, a small bowl of noodles with noodles and a small bowl of jiaozi will be cooked by the "all guests" (referring to the women whose parents, children and couples are healthy) in their close relatives and sent to the new house, which is called "longevity noodles for children and grandchildren".

Guotang noodles

Also known as cold noodles, it is the most popular noodle on the Summer Solstice Festival.

The cut noodles are cooked in Buddhist water, picked up, and boiled in cold water for later use. In addition, it is served with shredded cucumber, shredded radish, green beans, bean sprouts, minced green garlic, etc., and then fried with meat or sesame seeds, mustard, sesame oil, vinegar and other seasonings. It looks red, white, green and green. It tastes salty, spicy, sour and crisp and chewy.