The three flavors of long summer are also called "eating three flavors in long summer" or "seeing three new things in long summer" Three chords are generally divided into "three chords of the earth", "three chords of the tree" and "three chords of the water".

2, long summer eggs

That day is the most classic food in long summer. The day before long summer, long summer cooks eggs at home, usually tea or walnut shells, and the eggshells turn red slowly, making the house delicious. Eat the tea eggs while they are hot. When eating, you should pour good Shao wine and sprinkle some fine salt. The wine is fragrant.

3, Qijia porridge

In the long summer, in the rural areas of eastern Zhejiang, there is a custom of eating "seven porridge", that is, farmers give beans and rice to each other in the neighborhood and cook a pot of porridge with yellow sugar, which is called "seven porridge". It is said that after eating this kind of porridge, the neighborhood is harmonious, and they are bent on going to Xia Geng for summer sowing.

4. Black rice

Black rice is made by squeezing black rice leaves (also known as refined green leaves) and soaking glutinous rice in steamed rice. It is said that eating black rice in long summer will not bring summer, but it can dispel wind and detoxify, and black mosquitoes dare not bite.