1. Water splashing: In summer, the ancients often gathered by the river or lake to hold water splashing activities. They held water in their hands and threw water at each other. Laughter and underwater sound are intertwined, bringing a coolness.
2. Enjoy the lotus: Summer is the season when the lotus blooms. The ancients would go to the lotus pond or the lotus pond to see the beauty of the lotus. In the evening, the lotus in the moonlight is reflected in the water, which is even more intoxicating.
3. Boating on the lake: On the lakeside or riverside, the ancients roamed along the lake by boat or bamboo raft and enjoyed the surrounding beauty. The breeze makes the hull ripple, giving people a comfortable and cool feeling.
4. Swimming in the water: The ancients also liked swimming in the water in summer to find happiness in summer. They swam around in the water, jumping heartily, leaving a string of spray to wash away the summer heat.
5, ice cream tasting: Although there was no freezing technology in ancient times, they would use ice cream made of ice and snow to cool down. Ice cream is made of fruit or juice. It tastes cool and sweet, giving people a little cold feeling.
6. Summer Resort: Rich ancients will go to the summer resort for their holidays. In the cool environment in the mountains, they cultivate themselves, read and relax, or have tea and chat with friends to enjoy peace and coolness.
Cold drinks of the ancients in summer:
In fact, cold drinks appeared very early in ancient times. About 3000 years ago, in the Shang Dynasty, wealthy families began to carve ice in winter and store it in pits for use in the next summer.
At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, governors like to drink iced rice wine at banquets: in summer, the brewed rice wine is filtered from the distiller's grains, which is chilled, cool and sweet, refreshing both physically and mentally, and can also drive away the summer heat.
"Zhou Li" also mentioned: "Spring comes to wait for the mirror, both inside and outside are ashamed of the mirror, and the wine glasses are the same, offering ice mirrors." There is a passage in "The Songs of Chu Evocation" which describes that "frozen rice wine tastes worse and more refreshing" and appreciates the mellow and cool taste of iced glutinous rice wine.