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Eat noodles in soup, "sun red and green"... how much do you know about the customs of small summer heat
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2020-07-06
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People's Daily Online
"The night heat is still the same as the afternoon heat, open the door and stand in the middle of the moon. Bamboo deep trees dense insect crowing place, sometimes cool is not the wind." Today, it is the small summer solar term in the 24 solar terms. This day is the hot beginning of the year, but it is not yet the hottest time. "Little summer heat, big summer heat, steaming and boiling" "Little summer heat is not hot, big summer heat is three days"... All kinds of folk proverbs are the most basic impression of the common people.
Summer heat: left hand fan right hand smoothie
There is a visual interpretation of the "summer heat" in Liu Xi's "Interpretation of the Name" in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "Summer heat, cooking, hot as cooking." The ancients divided the summer heat into three categories: "one is warm and the wind arrives. Second, crickets live in the country. Three waiting eagles begin to fire." With the image of the language and examples, shows the climate characteristics of the summer.
"As soon as the warm wind arrives" means that the wind blows with warmth at the beginning of the summer season. "Second time crickets live in the sky", due to the roasting of the summer heat, even crickets left the fields one after another and hid under the corner of the courtyard to enjoy the coolness.
"The Book of Songs July" has a saying: "July is out of work, August is in Yu, September is at home, and October crickets enter my bed." Among them, August is June of the summer calendar. "Three eagles start to fire". Under the scorching sun, the ground temperature is too high, and the eagles spread their wings and fly to explore the cool territory.
Jin Tingbiao (Qing Dynasty) "Liantang Cool Plan" (Local)
It's so hot that cooling off has become the most important thing for people at the moment. In ancient times, although there were no air conditioners and electric fans, the ancients would use their wisdom to prevent heatstroke and cool down.
Fan, is the ancients essential "summer companion". Qian Qi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote in "Summer and Cool": "Hibiscus flowers bloom and fear the length of the day, and when they shake the fan, they lean on the rope bed", which depicts a leisurely scene of the ancients lying in the rope bed and gently shaking the cattail fan, enjoying the slight cool breeze.
Ice is also very common in ancient times. In the Song Dynasty, the 6th of June was the "Day of Heaven", and the emperor would give "ice" and "fried noodles" to his subjects ". "Tokyo Dream Hualu" records that Kaifeng market sells "ice and snow cold yuanzi" and "ice and snow cold water lychee paste", which can be described as "ice cream" created by the ancients ".
Custom: "eat new" "sun red and green"
In the small summer solar term, the wheat planted in the north and the rice planted in the south began to be harvested. With the harvest of new grain, people will hold a series of grand sacrificial ceremonies, including offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, and even offering sacrifices to "father-in-law of the land".
The ancients "eat new". Data Map
In addition to sacrificial activities, there is also "eating new", that is, tasting new rice after a little summer heat. After the farmers grind the newly cut rice into rice, they make a good meal for the five grain gods and ancestors, and then everyone eats and tastes new wine, thanks to the gift of nature, and celebrates the harvest of grain.
"June 6, sun red and green" is also one of the traditional folk customs. "Red and green" refers to all kinds of colorful clothes. There is a saying in the folk proverb: "on June 6, people bask in their clothes and dragons in their robes". Clothes, paintings and calligraphy stored in boxes and cabinets for a long time can be dried in sunny sunshine to remove moisture and prevent mildew and moth.
This custom originated in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that the Buddhist scriptures retrieved from the Western Heaven by Tang Monk and his disciples went through many difficulties and dangers. Unfortunately, they fell into the sea on their way back to China and were all soaked by the sea water. Then it was sunny and sunny, and they were able to dry the warp rolls. This day happened to be the sixth day of June, so it was handed down.
Health preservation: head fu dumpling 2v noodles
"Festival to the summer heat into the summer days", the summer heat, the dog days are about to start. As Han Yu said: "Since the summer heat in May, it's like sitting in a deep retort and being steamed." The weather is hot and dry, and it is easy to get heatstroke and loss of appetite. Therefore, during the summer season, people pay great attention to health preservation in their eating habits.
As the saying goes, "the head falls on dumplings with two noodles and three pancakes with eggs." This way of eating is to make the body sweat more and expel all kinds of toxins in the body. The custom of eating noodles on the summer sun has been in place since at least the Three Kingdoms period.
It is said in Wei's Spring and Autumn Annals that He Yan, who is known as "Fu Fenhe Lang", "feeds the soup cake of solar eclipse, takes a towel to wipe the sweat, and has a bright complexion". Only then can people know that He Yan's white skin is not disguised by applying powder, but naturally white. The "soup cake" here is hot noodle soup. Liang Daizong of the Southern Dynasty was alarmed at the record in "The Age of Jing and Chu": "In June, the sun enters the soup cake, which is called evil." In the view of the ancients, sweating can drive disease, that is, for "evil".
In the folk, eating lotus root is a small summer custom. Lotus root has the effect of clearing heat and appetizing, and has been appointed as a royal food tribute during the Qing Xianfeng period. "Snow lotus root and ice peach feel comfortable, don't bother to treasure the green tube to taste." It is the praise left by Qing Dynasty poet Qiao Yuanbing after eating lotus root in the summer.
In addition to eating lotus root, in areas such as southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu, people are used to eating summer sheep during the summer heat to nourish their bodies. In Xuzhou folk, songs such as "Pengcheng Fu Yang a bowl of soup, no need for a magic doctor to prescribe medicine", "June 6 to pick up a girl, new wheat cake mutton soup" have been circulated since ancient times. There is also the saying "small summer eel race ginseng", which means that the eel one month before and after the small summer is very nourishing and delicious. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the eel is warm and sweet in nature, and has the functions of invigorating the middle and replenishing qi, liver and spleen, and removing rheumatism. It is also a favorite food.
Conclusion: "Suddenly the warm wind came, because of the small summer heat. Bamboo noise first feel the rain, the dark mountains have heard thunder." As soon as the solar term of small summer comes, the "high-energy warning" of sauna day in cool summer officially strikes. In this hot summer, prone to heat stroke. Everyone should pay attention to "less movement and more quietness". If you travel, you should do a good job in heatstroke prevention. In addition, life should pay attention to water and light diet, safe summer.
-From People's Daily Online
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