Sunstroke, one of the 24 solar terms, is the last solar term in summer.Compared with slight heatstroke, great heat is hotter, which is the solar term with the strongest and hottest sunshine in a year. At this time, the "steaming of damp and heat" reaches its peak. Summer weather features: high temperature and extreme heat, frequent thunderstorms and typhoons.
As a traditional solar term in China, there are traditional customs of excessive heat in all parts of China.
1、The "summer boat" in Zhejiang Province
Sending the "great summer boat" is a folk traditional custom in many fishing villages in Zhejiang coastal areas, especially Taizhou. Its significance is to send the "five saints" to the sea to ensure the safety of the people. The "summer boat" was accompanied by colorful folk art performances.
2、Sun cured ginger
Ginger comes from Shanxi, Henan and other places in China. During the dog days, people will slice or extract ginger and mix it with brown sugar, put it into containers, cover it with gauze, and dry it in the sun. After full fusion, it has a miraculous effect on the old cold stomach, cold and cough, and has the effect of warmth and health care.
3、Drinking Fu Tea
Fu tea, as the name suggests, is tea drunk in dog days. Free tea is usually served from the beginning of June to the end of August in the lunar calendar. This kind of tea made of more than ten Chinese herbal medicines, such as honeysuckle, Prunella vulgaris, licorice, etc., has the effect of cooling and dispelling summer heat.
4、Burn Fuxiang
In Fuxiang, the temperature is the highest in the summer solar term, and the crops grow the fastest. Drought, flood and wind disasters are also the most frequent in most areas. The tasks of rush harvesting and planting, drought resistance, drainage and waterlogging prevention, and field management are very heavy. Therefore, the people burn incense and pray for good weather and abundant crops. There is also a saying that is close to moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine. In dog days, specific acupoints can be smoked with medicine, which can treat a variety of stubborn diseases.
5、"Excessive heat"
On the day of the summer festival, people in Putian have the custom of eating litchi, mutton and rice grains, which is called "over the summer". On the day of the summer festival, relatives and friends often give litchi and mutton as gifts to each other.
6、Eating pineapples in the heat of Taiwan
Taiwanese proverb: eating pineapples in the summer heat means that pineapples are the most delicious in this season. In addition, June 15 is the "half year festival". Because June 15 of the lunar calendar is half of the whole year, the whole family will eat "half year round" after worshiping the gods on this day. Half year round is made of glutinous rice ground into powder and then rubbed with red noodles. Most of them will be cooked into sweets to taste. The symbolic meaning is reunion and sweetness.
7、Drink hot sheep
North China has the custom of drinking mutton soup on the day of summer heat. After intense summer harvest work, people are very tired and should have a good rest. So the whole family got together, each of them had a delicious new wheat bun and a bowl of delicious mutton soup.
8、cricket fight
Summer is the season with the most crickets in rural fields. People in many parts of China have the custom of fighting crickets for fun after dinner.
9、Half year festival
The 15th day of June in the lunar calendar is half of the whole year, which coincides with the solar term of great heat, and is called "half year festival". After worshipping the gods on this day, the family will get together to eat "half a year round". Bianbianyuan is made of glutinous rice ground into powder and then rubbed with red noodles. Most of them will be boiled into sweets to taste, symbolizing reunion and sweetness.
10、Eat fairy grass
Many places in Guangdong have the custom of "eating fairy grass" in the summer. Fairy grass, also known as jelly grass and fairy grass, is an important herb of fairy grass in Labiatae. It is an important plant resource for both medicine and food. Because of its magical effect of relieving summer heat, it is known as "fairy grass". The stems and leaves can be made into burning fairy grass after drying. In Guangdong area, it is called Liangfen, which is a dessert for relieving summer heat.
