In the south of the Yangtze River, there is a saying that lotus root is eaten in the summer, and as early as the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, lotus root was appointed as a royal tribute. Because it is homophonic with "I", the folk custom wishes a happy marriage with eating lotus root, and because it comes out of the mud, it is not stained, and it is a symbol of clean and noble personality with lotus flower. Every summer comes, people are used to eating lotus roots.
2, eat new things in the summer
Eating new things in the summer is a folk activity of Hakka people. After the light summer, the Hakka people taste new rice, grind the newly cut rice into rice, make a good meal for worshipping the god of five grains and ancestors, and then everyone eats new wine and so on. It is said that "eating new things" means "eating new things", which is the first new day after the Summer Festival. Generally, buy a small amount of new rice and cook it with old rice, plus newly listed vegetables. Therefore, there is a folk saying that "millet is eaten in a small summer and grain is eaten in a big summer"
3, eat jiaozi in the summer.
People in Furi have poor appetite, and they tend to be thinner than usual, which is commonly called bitter summer, and the dog days are around the summer solar terms. During this period, for northerners, jiaozi is the food to satisfy their appetite. What's more, the jiaozi eaten this day is mostly vegetarian stuffing, and the refreshing vegetables are wrapped in the fragrance of buckwheat, which effectively improves people's loss of appetite.
4, eat mangoes in the summer
In Taiwan Province, the summer heat is the most mature and delicious season of mango. Because mango contains a lot of vitamins, eating mango regularly can moisturize the skin. Eating mango has the effect of clearing the stomach and intestines, and has a certain antiemetic effect on motion sickness and seasickness.
5, eat eel in the summer.
The summer festival is the best time to taste Monopterus albus. After summer, Monopterus albus is strong and fat, and enters the spawning period, and its taste becomes more delicious and its nourishing function reaches its peak. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Monopterus albus is warm and sweet, and has the functions of invigorating the middle warmer, benefiting qi, nourishing the liver and spleen, removing rheumatism and strengthening bones and muscles.
6, eat six sides in the summer.
The custom of eating noodles in Furi began at least during the Three Kingdoms period. The reason for this stress is related to the sultry weather in the summer. At this time, most people will have a bad appetite, and it is also an opportunity to enrich the varieties of pasta and let people eat more staple foods.