Why do you eat wonton on the summer solstice?
On the solstice of summer, Yixing people eat wonton, which has been passed down from the old generation to the present. Wonton is made of noodles, including soup wonton, mixed wonton, fried wonton, fried wonton and so on. The shapes of wrapping method are official hat type and ingot type. Statement 1: Eating wonton on the solstice in summer makes people smart. Wonton was called by the ancients as "like a chicken laying eggs, rather like a chaotic image of heaven and earth", and "Wonton" is homophonic with "chaos". When Pangu opened the sky, chaos began. It is wise to eat wonton. People also extend to eat wonton to break the chaos and open the world. Statement 2: I ate wonton on the solstice in summer, and swimming is not afraid of water. Summer is the season for swimming. When cooking wonton, wait for the water to boil, and after "three rolls and three cold", you can pick up one wonton after another to eat. Because wonton will eventually float in the water and will not sink to the bottom. Therefore, there is a saying that when people eat soup wonton on the solstice in summer, they will float on the water forever like wonton when swimming, and will not be submerged. Statement 3: Eating "Wonton Noodles" from summer solstice will lead to a long life. When eating wonton on the solstice of summer, some people will mix noodles in wonton. Eating wonton can avoid "summer" and compare the length of noodles with the long sunshine time from summer to Sunday, thus achieving longevity. After the summer solstice, the direct point of the noon sun gradually moved southward, and the days in the northern hemisphere became shorter and shorter. Therefore, there is a folk proverb that "eating the surface of the summer solstice makes the day shorter". Why do you eat amaranth wonton on the summer solstice? One said: I want to eat amaranth wonton on the solstice in summer. It is said that eating amaranth will not cause hair loss. There is also the old man's view: "Cowpea wonton is also essential from summer to day." Cowpea can lower blood lipid and blood pressure. I also have a unique method, ginger cowpea. The method is simple and tastes good. Mix the juice with salt, ginger juice, monosodium glutamate and sesame oil, and pour it on the cooked tender cowpea. "Wonton is more exquisite. You should eat at noon. Besides eating wonton at noon, you have to drink porridge on the morning of the solstice in summer. It is said that this can prevent some common summer diseases. After the summer solstice, the weather is sultry and prone to diseases, so people use amaranth to wrap wonton for their children. Mainly to prevent children from getting sick in summer.