Beijing: jiaozi is the solstice in winter, and noodles are the solstice in summer.
Jiaozi is the solstice in winter, and noodles are the solstice in summer. Delicious Beijingers usually pay attention to eating noodles in summer. At the moment of the return of folklore, all foods related to the summer solstice will sell well. According to the custom of old Beijing, people can eat lettuce and cold noodles every summer solstice, because the climate is very hot at this time. In such hot weather, eating something cold can not only reduce the fire and stimulate appetite, but also prevent the body from being damaged by cold.
Shaoxing, Zhejiang: I ate a round paste and stepped on a stone on the solstice in summer.
The sunshine time from summer solstice is the longest, so there is an interesting slang in Shaoxing, China. In the past, people, regardless of wealth, sacrificed their ancestors in summer and under the sun, commonly known as the summer solstice. In addition to the regular offerings, a plate of silk cakes was added. At that time, after the summer harvest, new wheat came on the market, because of the new custom of eating noodles every day, saying that it was the winter solstice that wonton noodles became the summer solstice. There is also cooking wheat paste, which means mixing wheat flour and baking it into pancakes, which also means tasting new things.
As the saying goes, on the solstice of summer, when you eat something round, you will step on a stone and growl. Tuotuo is made of rice flour, leeks and other condiments, also known as round paste. In the past, many farmers used bamboo sticks to put the lump in the gap of each rice field, burning incense and praying for a bumper harvest. The children have been waiting for this day for a long time, so that they can go to various fields to pick up lumps and have a full meal.
Wuxi, Jiangsu: Summer solstice wonton winter solstice reunion, four seasons Ankang people reunion.
On the solstice of summer, Wuxi people usually eat porridge in the morning and wonton at noon, which means chaos and harmony. There is an old saying: Wonton will be reunited from summer to sun and from winter to sun, and Ankang people will be reunited in four seasons. Children should be weighed after eating wonton, so as to gain weight and be healthier.
Lingnan area: eating the dog from the solstice in summer, making a detour in the west wind.
Eating dog meat from summer to day, the west wind detours, to the effect that as long as people eat dog meat from summer to day, their bodies can resist the attack of west wind and bad rain, catch fewer colds and be healthy. It is based on this beautiful wish that dog meat, a unique folk food culture, has been made in summer solstice.
Eating dog meat and litchi in the summer of solstice is a patent that Lingnan people want to eat. Cantonese in Guangzhou, Qinzhou, Guangxi and Yulin also like to eat dog meat and plums on the solstice in summer. It is said that dog meat and litchi are not hot together from summer to day, and there is a saying that fish breeds dogs from summer to day, so the habit of eating dog meat and litchi from summer to day continues to this day.
Shandong: Generally, you should eat cold noodles, commonly known as water.
In summer solstice, cold noodles are commonly eaten in all parts of Shandong, commonly known as water. New wheat is recommended in Laiyang area from summer to Sunday, and new wheat grains are cooked in Huangxian (now Longkou City) area. Children weave a delicate small hedge with wheat straw and scoop it into their mouths again and again in soup, which is not only a game, but also a pleasure of farm life.