The beginning of summer, around the time of customs

Make a summer.Of summer for the present, is a solar term, however, suggests that end of the spring, summer, from the beginning.But, our ancestors of summer treated as an important date.Ancient customs made summer and traditional folk festival, called "the beginning day."

Ancient emperors rate meet summer officials in southern suburbs and for the sacrifice to yan, ravaged by ceremony.To the folk custom beginning of changxin as tribute in the Ming dynasty, the qing dynasty more offerings of god, taste a fresh delicacy, feed section, scale, boil fresh tea, etc.Remains in jiangsu and zhejiang area of summer eat eggs, healthy foot bamboo shoots, five tiger Dan, three half of "tonic food" such as eating customs;Yunnan xuanwei region has gate insert, acacia branches, safflower to chung, wai stitched a foot to avoid of the snake.Part of China's ethnic minorities also have a summer festival custom.Small make up is specially compiled the beginning of the common custom, for your reference:

The beginning of summer custom: eat eggs

Although the beginning day across the country are the traditional food customs have distinguishing feature each, but speaking of the beginning on the day of the most classic is the food of summer "egg".Earlier in the day of summer, many people began to boil of summer "eggs" in the home, usually cooks with tea or at the end of the walnut shell watched the eggshell slowly become red, house full of delicious.When eat tea eggs should strike, good wine, sprinkle some salt, wine aroma, fragrance and flavor.

The custom of "summer begins to eat egg" for a long time.As the saying goes: "summer begins to eat the eggs, hot weather not lassitude."Generation from the beginning on this day, the warm weather is sunny and hot up gradually, many people especiallyThe childChild will feel tired aching body, loss of appetite gradually angular, called "etc.".Nuwa empress told the people, and the beginning of each year, children's chest hang cooked chicken duck goose egg, can avoid loss of appetite.Therefore, the tradition of eating eggs of summer quarter until now.

The ancients thought,eggsYuan yuan walk, symbolizes the fulness of life, the summer eat eggs can pray summer for peace, stand the test of the "etc.".Summer generally in the lunar calendar in April, "April eggs base such as food," people put the eggs into the leftover in the "seven tea" boiled burn became a "tea".Later people to improve the method of boiled burn again, in the "seven tea" add fennel, gravy, cinnamon, ginger, since then, tea eggs are no longer the beginning time of food, and become one of the traditional Chinese snacks.

Custom of summer: cooking pot do summer

Summer season, fuzhou customs popular cooking pot "summer".Ding edge paste (also called GuoBianHu), with rice milk shabu-shabu while cooking, with dried shrimp, shrimp sauce, green vegetables, gold, black fungus, clams, or a small mushroom, dried razor clam seafood soup, the taste is very meat tasty.All who are in growth or long staying at fuzhou fuzhou all love to eat.It become the famous local snacks of fuzhou, become a special sign of fuzhou place.Provincein lhayangjeong living abroad, in foreign country, a listen to "ding paste" three characters, "image", as if to see hometown love become fathers love township flavor snack.

Summer begins to boil the tripod "summer", popular in the late Ming dynasty.The beginning has entered the busy farming season.The day cooking pot, it is not only the family to eat eat well then cultivator, labor, and give each other neighbors together taste.Like rinse ding edge, "a grain (rinse) cooked", so as to contact feelings.Reflect provincein "gold adjacent edge silver village" of the traditional virtues.

Paste the legend at the edge of the pot, "summer" eat ding, a deeper meaning.Years jiajing of the Ming dynasty, was the enemy harass fuzhou coastal towns and villages.Qi jiguang troops into the fujian suppression bonobo, everywhere popular and welcomed by local people.People often send food reward QiJiaJun SongLiang.One day, all the way QiJiaJun to the south of fuzhou, several battles, decided to rest half a day here.South of the common people would have good things to eat at home together, so as to permit the armed forces.Unexpected, from changle direction and rushes out a the enemy came to the south of fuzhou.QiJiaJun emergency set ready to fight.Villagers are cook cook do banquet, ready to celebrate, but have been unable to open seats.Never know who is out of an idea, grinding rice into pulp, shredded meat, clams, gold, black fungus, dried razor clam, scallop, etc. Wholesale senior mix cooked into soup, rinse rice milk to the soup, not a quarter of an hour, a pot and a pot of ding edge paste up.All the soldiers to eat after the battle, not two hours, wipe out all of the enemy in the sea."Summer" eat ding edge paste, remembering a national hero, also has the connotation of patriotism.

Custom of summer: the scale

Ancient cloud: "the beginning balance weight number, scale war cry smile on ladies."Summer begins from the date of "said" customs mainly in southern China, originated in The Three Kingdoms period: legend after the death of liu bei, zhuge liang to send his son dou/zhao zilong to jiangdong, and please the stepmother, has been back wu of lady.That day is the beginning, when lady zhao zilong surface to dou balance weight, balance of summer next year again to see how much weight gain, and write report to zhuge liang, the resulting to folk customs.Is said to this day according to the weight, is not afraid of summer heat, not thin, otherwise you'll be sick with disasters.Of summer eat after the meal, the crossbar hang a large scale, the adult hands, two feet dangling hold demonstrates the balance weight;Children sitting in bundle or fall within a stool, hanging on the demonstrates the balance weight, of summer "can avoid the weighed lassitude.If the weight gain, referred to as "fat", weight reduction, "" meat".

Legend, of course, not all, but the beginning "scale" custom in some regions of the old is thriving is undoubtedly.From the spread of folk information of summer "scale" there are two types of operation.Is outdoors, hanging scales up, mostly for children, older people weighing, in order to check a year fineness;Another kind is indoors, hanging scales in the roof, each other by women weighing, theory of fat thin, hip-hop, fall like a best friend in the game - Cai Yun north wu poetry has card: "wind embroidery pavilion Yang clothes, recognition is not swing play.To hang to shangguan scale, evaluation yan thin and ring fat."

The custom of summer: avoid sitting threshold

The summer and avoid sitting threshold for said.In anhui, daoguang decade "taihu county annals" records: "summer, take bamboo shoots amaranth for soup, that do not sit threshold, do not sleep day, call disease are more in the summer of sorrow."Say it's the day sitting threshold, tired sick in the summer."Ningguo county annals" recorded in the 30 s, "the beginning.To weigh the body weight, from disease, also in the summer of the so-called not afraid.Common transmission of summer sitting threshold, the spirit in a year."Summer, the children avoid sitting stone steps, such as seven root, sit to sit for all ills.Avoid sit Fu (threshold), the day sit Fu will bring summer foot bone ache, such as a must sit on six authentic Fu synthetic seven number again, before Yan solution.

Custom of summer: dou eggs

Of summer festival, the adults into egg set with a thread of silk, load the boiled eggs, duck eggs, hanging around his neck in children.Etc. The rope is long, with a five-color silk in children wrist and eliminate evil blessing, for its summer illnesses, note the summer in case.

Of summer noon, every family cook well into the egg, the egg shell boiled, not bad), soak in cold water for a few minutes and then set on already wove mesh bags, hanging in the neck.The children groups, egg fighting game.Egg points at both ends, head is pointed, round to the tail.Some still on the egg painting pattern, the child each other feats, called dou eggs.When the egg egg head fights the egg, egg tails eggs the tail.A a bucket in the past, broken throw in the towel, finally to separate high and low.Egg head the winner for the first, egg king;Eggs tail winner for the second, said wang or two Kings.Proverbs said: "the beginning breastplate eggs, etc." loss of appetite is common summer abdominal swelling anorexia, weak thin, children especially easy to loss of appetite.Etc. The rope is long, with a five-color silk in children wrist and eliminate evil blessing, for its summer illnesses, note the summer in case.

Eat these custom of summer: fujian mindong region

Fujian mindong region of summer to eat "these (flour to add a few salt to bake).Mindong zhou ning, quoting these into water after soaking made dishes, and city of Manila, fuding, will these split into two and a half, will fry the bean sprouts, leeks, meat and food, bad food, etc.Zhou ning county town of pure pool some villages to eat of summer "paste", a big paste soup, soup of extremely rich content, with meat, small bamboo shoots, wild vegetables, chickens, ducks in the water, bean curd and so on.

Custom of summer: the jiangsu and zhejiang area to eat "seven porridge" "three fresh taste"

Zhejiang rural areas of summer will eat "seven porridge", also called a "seven tea".Seven porridge is collected neighbors of m, plus all kinds of beans and brown sugar, cook a big pot of porridge, broken by you.Seven tea is various with the missile in new bake very good tea, blend to cook or make a big pot of tea, by everyone gathered to drink again.

Suzhou place of summer "sanxin" proverb."Sanxin" means a new ripe cherry, childhood, and wheat.Of summer and at the same time, suzhou also want to eat sea Si, gluten, white asparagus, shepherd's purse, salted duck eggs, green beans, hotels around the beginning on the day of hte old customers into the shop, whose, shochu, get nothing, so also called the beginning section "feed".

Wuxi has a folk custom of "of summer taste three fresh".Three fresh points to three fresh, trees three fresh, three fresh water.Three fresh beans, amaranth, cucumber;The tree three fresh cherries, loquat, apricot,Three fresh water or sea Si, fugu, shad.

Hangzhou in summer is a "summer of wild rice".Japanese children in droves, from neighborhood each corner of rice and meat.And then to the wild vegetables, bamboo shoots, wild in digging up with stones cookstoves, since free burning, called for "summer of wild rice" or "the beginning of rice".This custom is from than a beggar, thought can avoid disaster.Of summer eat meal, an adult for laundry list, large scale).Balance weight, for the children to see how much heavier than last year.

Shanghai summer eat eggs.Summer begins on the same day, the children's neck is always hang a red net set set the eggs.Shanghai also has a "day of summer in clear, eat out food to try treasure said."Custom, the beginning of the day to eat taro and salting technic synthesis of pancakes, at noon, he would weigh both male and female old and young.

Custom of summer: the south eat bamboo shoots, locust bean, "five-colored rice"

Sichuan, rock mountain temple every eat bamboo shoots, locust bean.Said to eat bamboo shoots foot bone hard, goodClimbing the mountain.Also eat green plum, burn oolong tea, in case of "summer" decay.Also have the custom of tofu, said eat tofu is not afraid of rain, not afraid of red bee sting.

South of summer in some places have the custom of eating soft food (jun step dish), said after eating no summer heat rash, skin is as smooth as soft food.

In some places such as guangxi, with red bean, soya bean, black beans, green beans, mung beans, such as five-color bean mix white japonica rice boiled down to a "five-colored rice", known as the summer begins.

Umea meal of summer custom:

Umea rice, black sleek, tasty, by glutinous rice into wu leaves within hours after cooking.Summer begins on this day, jiangnan rural people love to eat.It is said that this custom originated from the warring states period famous military strategist sun bin.

Sun bin and old xueyou PangJuanBen is, it is written of the students.The same school, who had both, but sun bin honest sincere, PangJuan but calculating.Two people follow master cramming for three years, PangJuan see studies have, merit is the mountain sake is farewell, the master came to wei.Sun bin thinks he has yet to learn, to study with the teacher.Guiguzi already took a fancy to the honesty and honest students, taught him war front method, expect him to save troubled times, asimco.

Two years on, one day, sun bin, received a letter from PangJuan say they have as a general, invited him to wei, common for su.Glad to sun bin, the teacher is the last man to consult.Teacher silent reading the letter, but I still agree with sun bin down the mountain.

Sun bin to wei, PangJuan to recommend him to the king, is su recognition.Since then, two people together to discuss affairs of state, often talk about the way of new army, and discussion of the law and fight.His many higher PangJuan see sun bin, just know is imparting art to Mr Sun bin.He wants to borrow worth to read, sun bin to reality, not to let Mr To bring down the hill.PangJuan unhappy.

Suddenly one day, sun bin abducted by a group of cutting, with a cruel punishment, also been dug two knee, and then thrown into prison.Sun bin was from the extreme pain, not only loudly asked foot soldiers, foot soldiers do not answer, only su command.Sun bin feel wronged, they do not have any fault, but don't know why this cruel punishment, how he can look forward to PangJuan for oneself to be fair!PangJuan he did, and he took hold of sun bin waste leg cried tears flow: "su how do such a thing here!"Sun bin sobbed PangJuan deliver, please.PangJuan desperately said: "if anyone has become, for the king, I can have what way!"

PangJuan to the prison to visit every day, also let a person to send tea good meal eaten by sun bin.Sun bin very touched, thought adversity is bosom friend, or good old classmates.Sun bin since two leg disability, hopelessness, thought their full read war, is now into a basket case, not exactly, alive still have what use?Several times to kill oneself, but be PangJuan discourage, and said to his servants.Upon hearing this, sun bin was moved to tears.

One day, PangJuan again to see sun bin, chatting.PangJuan said: "teacher younger brother ah, you want to cheer up, you although physically disabled, not armiesThe warAnd achievements.But, you can write down your own YongBingZhiDao, books, after the world, can also be a fair death honors the whole life!"Listen PangJuan mingle, sun bin was very reasonable, can not help but to nod.

Since that day, sun bin day, forget all about eating and sleeping, every day to write worth doing.PangJuan come more frequently, be caring and attentive, view the progress of the art of writing also advised him to beware of the body.Thank you sun bin PangJuan profound friendship, more diligent, thought after written to PangJuan, thanks to his care.

As the months passed, art will write soon.One day, the old jailer guard sun bin enthusiastically said to the sun bin, "Mr War as later, I will try to send you go home."Sun bin smiled and said: "the old man's house, no, I gave after the war as large general.We are old friend, to him, I was relieved."

Hearing this, the jailer surprised the mouth wide open, half a day to say a word.Sun bin was surprised to ask: "what's the matter with you?"Old jailer with a sigh, sad to say: "Sir, you are very kind, you is general pang!Is he jealous of your intellect, to design against you!"Indeed, although PangJuan resourceful, but narrow-minded, DuXianJiNeng.He saw that sun bin perusal of war, lest affect his future, and then design frame, and off punishment, make he can't play armies, diddle art and ideas.

Sun bin a listen to your old jailer, came as a bolt from the blue, he was surprised.He finally an Epiphany, going through the PangJuan evil intentions.He was so angry that he respected old friend, turns out to be a false person.He burned all his written art and think it over.

Unkempt appearance on the second day, PangJuan came to prison, see sun bin, cried and laughed, crazy and write good art also has been destroyed, sun bin was so angry that he immediately ordered into sty, monitor, see he is really mad or not.Who knows, after a while, sun bin pillow of pig slot fast asleep.

Since then, sun bin don't eat not to drink, crazy silly, running around with a pig all day long.Old jailer very sympathetic to sun bin, see he grew emaciated, moping all day.It was made known to old the wife of his prison guard, come up with a way: "with wu leaves dipped with glutinous rice, boil to knead into small dumplings after a meal, with color, shape is the same as the pig, can fool PangJuan, can save the life of sun bin again."Old jailer after listen to exultation, busy wife quickly do.This day is just the beginning, the old prison guard on duty, give the umea dumplings stuffed sun bin.

Smart didn't burn the Ming sun bin, such as PangJuan came to see him, just smiled conveniently grabbed side pig, "or" threw it toward the PangJuan.PangJuan left hide right shine, or throw a pig.Sun bin clap your hands say with smile: "the pig is so good, you don't eat, I'm going to eat."Said, he touched up a "pig" to eat.PangJuan see sun bin to eat pig, believe that he is really crazy, so relaxing on his watch.

Qi had already heard that sun bin's name.Tian will send someone saved sun bin design together with the old jailer.Sun bin qi to be worshipped as military adviser, sitting in her wheelchair command the war.Later, JiGuoHe wei. In the place of Ma Lingdao, sun bin defeat Wei Jun, shot PangJuan, finally avenge.

Sun bin is very grateful to the old jailer, every arrive the summer begins, he will eat black glutinous rice leaves.People admire the sun bin integrity talent, also do umea food in summer.Summer begins umea dinner customs formed.It is said that eating umea rice can also functions of disease, even a mosquito doesn't bite.

Summer begins custom: eating pasta in many parts of the north

Play more grow wheat in the north of China, summer begins is the wheat season, therefore most of the northern summer begins production with the custom of eating pasta, was meant to be a celebration of the wheat harvest.The beginning of the main summer pan cakes, bread and pasta spring rolls.Summer cake is also called sesame cake, and a variety of shapes and a draft horse riding, guanyin SongZi, monkey peach, etc.;Bread, sweet and salty two kinds, material such as shredded meat, leek, salted egg dip eat garlic, sweet bread add sugar;Spring rolls, with refined flour tortilla, package to stir-fry bean sprouts, leeks and shredded meat stuffing, pincer-like device with flour mix egg white stick, and then in a hot frying pan fry to yellow when get up to eat.

The custom of summer: anaerobic known from the snake

Set summer yunnan folk of anaerobic known from the snake."Annals of yunnan" of the first year of qing emperor qianlong years, the beginning of April, "insert acacia branches, safflower, to form special;Stitched a foot to avoid the snake ".In terms of value of April to avoid snakes, andChinese zodiachasA snakeAre linked, gan ji, march for Chen, as in April.Summer begins with special door acacia tree branches, and red flowers, black (water), red (fire) both economic.According to the ancient five line said, black for water, red for fire.It is hope that through both restrict each other, to achieve a balance.At the same time, the ancients not only daily of shittim decontamination, also with acacia medicine, believe that it has insecticidal function.Will it as anaerobic precious things, and in addition to him on in exorcism.Customs old doors may hang acacia, acacia, shape if the knife, referred to as the "knife", according to legend to scare away spirits.Qing guangxu years the state of the Banks of yunnan "also said:" summer, inserted honeylocust branch, safflower in households with anaerobic wins, wai stitched a foot to avoid snakes."Qing dynasty "the wave dome county slightly" customs: yunnan Dali area "of summer, poplars in the door, with gray sprinkled around the house, a" grey city ", to avoid bitter poison."Is different with other regions, in front of the poplars.