What are the customs throughout the country today?

Although the weather in Nanjing today is cool, it is a great heat in the 24th solar terms. Then what are the customs of the great summer heat everywhere?

The general practice of big summer is mainly reflected in the aspect of eating. In this season, the folk dietary customs can be roughly divided into two types: one is to eat cool food to relieve summer heat, and the other is to eat hot food to have great heat. Let's lead the author to experience the differences in the local summer heat customs:

one. Cold food area:

1. Guangdong great summer eat "grass"

Many places in Guangdong have the habit of eating grass in the Great Summer Festival. Also known as jelly grass, immortal grass, and herbaceous plants of the family Lepidoptera, it is an important medicinal and edible plant resource. Because of its miraculous refreshing effect, it is known as "Xiancao." Stems and leaves can be made into dried grass after drying, and the area around Guangdong is called jelly, which is a summer dessert.

2. Taiwan's great summer eat pineapple

During the great summer, Taiwan has the custom of eating pineapple. Folks think that this season's pineapple is best eaten. In addition, the pronunciation of the pineapple in the Minnan dialect is the same as that of “Wang Lai”. Therefore, it is also used as a symbol of praying for peace and good luck.

two. Hot food area:

Fujian eat lychee "big heat"

In Putian, Fujian, people have the habit of eating lychee, mutton and rice grains during the great summer season.

Litchi contains glucose and a variety of Vitamins and is of nutritional value, so eating fresh lychees can nourish the body. Fresh lychee was first immersed in cold well water, and it was taken out as soon as it was too hot. This time to eat lychee, the most pleasant and most nourishing. As a result, some people say that eating lychees during the summer heat has the same nutritional value as eating ginseng.

Wen Tang Mutton is one of Putian's unique flavors and dishes. After the slaughter of the sheep, remove the dirt from the hair, and put it in a pan of the soup. Turn it up and put it in a large pot of earthenware. Inject the soup into the pot and take it out for a certain period of time. When eating, cut the lamb into pieces. The meat is crisp and tender and delicious.

Rice glutinous rice is a mixture of rice and white rice to make it fermented, thoroughly cooked into a bad; to the day of the Great Heat, it is divided into pieces, add some brown sugar to cook. What you are saying is that you can "make up your mind." On the day of the great summer, relatives and friends often give gifts of litchi and lamb.