First, Shaanxi

In Shaanxi, there is a custom of eating zongzi on the summer solstice.

Second, Beijing

In Beijing, you can eat lettuce and cold noodles every year from the summer solstice, because the climate is hot at this time, eating something raw and cold can reduce the fire and appetizer, without damaging your health because of the cold.

Third, Zhejiang

In Shaoxing, Zhejiang, people, regardless of birth or wealth, sacrifice their ancestors on the summer solstice, commonly known as the summer solstice. In addition to the regular offerings, they add a plate of silk cakes.

Fourth, Jiangsu

In Wuxi, Jiangsu province, on the morning of the summer solstice, we eat wheat porridge and wonton at noon, which means chaos and harmony. There is a proverb: the summer solstice wonton winter solstice group, the four seasons Ankang people reunite.

V. Lingnan

Cantonese-speaking areas in Lingnan, Guangzhou and Qinzhou, Yulin and other areas in Guangxi like to eat dog meat and lychee on the summer solstice. It is said that the dog meat and litchi on the summer solstice are not hot together, and there is a saying that fish on the winter solstice gives birth to dogs on the summer solstice, so the habit of eating dog meat and litchi on the summer solstice continues to this day.

Sixth, Shandong

In Shandong province, cold noodles are generally eaten in the summer solstice, commonly known as crossing the water, and there is a proverb that noodles are eaten in jiaozi during the winter solstice.

In the east of Jiaodong, noodles are eaten in the summer solstice, and the long island folk song: beginning of autumn (jiaozi) enters the face. Zhaoyuan eats dumplings, Wudi is used to eating noodles, bean soup and noodles, Zoucheng likes to drink ice water, and some people go to Yishan cave to escape the summer.

In Laiyang area, new wheat is recommended on the summer solstice, and new wheat grains are cooked in Huangxian (now Longkou City) area. Children weave a delicate small hedge with wheat straw and fish it into their mouths again and again in soup, which not only eats wheat grains, but also is a kind of game, which is very interesting for farm life.