1, Sacrificing to the gods and ancestors is the time of the summer solstice. Since ancient times, it has been customary to celebrate the harvest and sacrifice to ancestors at this time to pray for a good year. Therefore, the summer solstice, as a festival, was included in the ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods. "Zhou Li Chun Guan" contains: "With the arrival of summer, to local things". In the Zhou Dynasty, the summer solstice offered sacrifices to the gods, meaning to eliminate famine, hunger and death. The summer solstice is just after the wheat harvest. Farmers not only thank the God-given harvest, but also pray for the "autumn report". Around the summer solstice, some places held a grand "Summer Wheat Festival", which is the remains of the ancient "Summer Festival" activities.

2. During the summer and the summer solstice, women give each other folding fans, powder and other things. "Fuyang miscellaneous? "Li Yi": "On the summer solstice, when you enter the fan and the powder fat bag, you all have words." "Fan" to generate wind; "Powder fat" is applied to disperse turbid gas caused by body heat and prevent prickly heat. In the imperial court, after the "Summer Solstice", the royal family took out the ice that was "stored in winter and used in summer" to "shelter from summer", and it was used by dynasties from the Zhou Dynasty and became a system.

3. "Summer solstice" foods "wheat dumplings" and "summer solstice cakes": Jiangnan food customs generally include wheat dumplings, corn millet, plums, wonton and noodle soup. "Wujiang County Records": "On the summer solstice, make wheat dumplings, and finish the sacrifice first, then pay for each other." Not only eat "wheat dumplings", but also give "wheat dumplings" as gifts to each other. On the day of the summer solstice, farmers also roll pancakes, bake them, add vegetables, pods, tofu and bacon, and eat them after ancestor worship, which is commonly called "summer solstice cake" or give them to relatives and friends.

4. Winter Solstice Wonton and Summer Solstice Noodles: Since ancient times, there has been a folk saying in China that "Winter Solstice Wonton and Summer Solstice Noodles". Eating noodles in the south of the Yangtze River is an important custom in many areas, and there is a folk saying that "eating summer Solstice Noodles makes a day shorter". 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 noodles with gravy and Zhajiang Noodles are in the north. Because the new wheat on the summer solstice has appeared, eating noodles on the summer solstice also means tasting new things.