What activities and dietary customs are there during the Great Heat solar term?
As the last solar term of summer and also the hottest one, what kind of activities and customs will be observed during the Great Heat solar term? The sixth lunar month of 2018 also ushered in summer. Follow the Fortune Teller website and we will accompany you through a hot summer.What activities are there during the Great Heat solar term?1. Sending "Great Summer Boat" is popular in the coastal areas of Taizhou, Zhejiang, and has a history of hundreds of years. The purpose of this activity is to drive away the plague and to wish people a good harvest and a healthy life. 2. Summer Cruise In ancient times, every June, many men and women would gather together. In such a hot summer season, different activities would usually be held, and "Summer Cruise" was one of them. 3. Enjoying the Lotus June is the Lotus Month. It is said that this month is the birthday of the lotus, so there are many lotus-appreciating activities in folk places. Places like Changshu and Tongzhou are relatively famous places for viewing the lotus.What are the dietary customs during the Great Heat solar term?Eating noodles When the Great Heat comes, there is a traditional custom in urban and rural Linyi of "drinking mutton soup" or eating noodles. On this day, married daughters and sons in every household would return to their parents' home, kill a sheep, and cook a pot of cold noodles. The whole family would happily drink sheep soup and eat noodles together, celebrating the Great Heat in a lively manner. Drinking Fucha Fucha, as the name suggests, is the tea that is drunk during the dog days of summer. The free tea season is generally from the beginning of June to the end of August in the lunar calendar. This tea, made from more than ten kinds of Chinese herbs including honeysuckle, selfheal, and licorice, has the effect of cooling down and relieving heat. Fried Green Grass Tofu When the Great Heat season comes, people in Wenzhou have the custom of frying green grass tofu. Green grass tofu refers to tofu made from Chinese herbs such as grass jelly, licorice, selfheal, chrysanthemum, and honeysuckle that are fried into the shape of tofu and can be eaten after cooling. It has a cooling and detoxifying effect, and can quench thirst. Eat rice dregs. Rice dregs are made by mixing rice with white rice koji and letting it ferment until it is fully cooked. On the day of the Great Heat, cut it into pieces, add some brown sugar and cook it. It is said that it can "greatly replenish your vitality." On the day of Great Heat, relatives and friends often give each other lychees and mutton as gifts. |
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