1, summer solstice soup
People in Changsha, Hunan, eat dumplings made of glutinous rice flour and mouse grass on the summer solstice, which is called "summer solstice soup". As the saying goes, "after eating the summer solstice soup, the muddy stone steps become pits." "Eat a ball and cross the river with one foot on the summer solstice" means that you are extremely powerful and as light as a swallow.
2. Cold noodles
There used to be a saying in old Beijing that "winter solstice wonton, summer solstice noodles". According to the custom of old Beijing, lettuce and cold noodles can be eaten as early as the solstice of summer every year. Eating these raw and cold foods can effectively help reduce fire and stimulate appetite, but it will not damage your health because it is too cold. Therefore, whenever summer solstice comes, cold noodles and other foods begin to be sold.
3. Hot surface
Some people like to eat hot noodles in hot summer, which is called "picking pots". It is said to mean "evil". Eating hot noodles is to drive away evil spirits, and sweating more to drive away moisture and summer heat in the human body.
4. Summer solstice cake
After the summer harvest, new wheat comes on the market, so it is a custom to eat noodles and try new wheat every day. Some people mix them with wheat flour and spread them into pancakes for baking cooked food. With vegetables, pods, tofu and bacon, it is usually called "summer solstice cake" after ancestor worship.
5, pea cake
On the day of summer solstice, according to the custom of old Nanjing, adults let children sit on the threshold and eat pea cakes to prevent all diseases. The origin of this custom is because the weather is hot in summer, and people don't think much about diet, so let children eat pea cakes first to appetize. In addition, old Nanjing will eat several bowls of cold noodles and weigh themselves on the solstice in summer.
6. cereal
On the solstice of summer, people in Wuxi, Jiangsu have porridge for breakfast. Cereal porridge is not only delicious, invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach, but also delicious for all ages in Xian Yi. It can effectively relieve people's loss of appetite during the "bitter summer" period, and at the same time, it can also eliminate dampness and diuresis, which is a rare delicacy from summer to the sun.
7. Chaos
People in Wuxi eat wonton at noon, which means chaos and harmony. There is a folk proverb: "Summer solstice wonton winter solstice group, four seasons Ankang people reunion." Another folk custom is to weigh the children after eating wonton stew, hoping that the children will gain weight and be healthy.
8. On the water
On the day of summer solstice, cold noodles are eaten all over Shandong, that is, crossing the water, weaving a delicate fence with wheat straw and fishing for soup noodles again and again. For children, it is not only a meal, but also a fun game.
9. Amaranth and gourd
In some areas, during the summer solstice, underage nieces and nephews will go to their mothers' homes for dinner, and uncles' homes will prepare amaranth and gourd for cooking, which means that eating amaranth will not cause diseases, and eating gourd legs will give them strength.
10, circular paste
Tuotuo is made of rice flour, leeks and other condiments, also known as round paste. "On the solstice of summer, when you eat a round paste, you will step on a stone." In the past, many farmers would put a bamboo stick on the prepared paste, put it in the gap of the paddy field, burn incense as a sacrifice and pray for a bumper harvest. Therefore, Shaoxing, Zhejiang still has the habit of eating round paste until the sun in summer.