This summer solstice has been extremely cloudy, and the night leaks have been long since then

The 10th summer solstice is the 10th festival of the twenty -four solar terms. On the summer solstice, the sun's direct ground reached the northernmost end of the year, and the northern travele was almost reached. At this time, the day time in the northern hemisphere reached the longest of the year.

There are "three waiting" in the summer solstice

Some literary works in ancient my country divided the summer solstice into "three waiting."

"One waiting" antlers. It means that the corner of the deer is predecessor, so it belongs to the yang, and it is believed that the summer solstice is born and the yang is declining, so the positive antlers begin to fall off. Although deer belongs to the same family, the ancients believed that the two belonged to yin and one yang).

"Two waiting" cicadas began to sing. It means that the male knows that after the summer solstice, it is drummed by the feeling of yin.

"Three waiting" Banxia Sheng. It means that Pinellia is a kind of Herbal herb. It is named because it was born in a swamp or paddy field in the midsummer. It can be seen that in the hot midsummer, some Xiyin creatures began to appear, but positive creatures began to decline in decline It's right.

After eating summer solstice, one day a day short front line

On the summer solstice, the position of the sun's direct ground reached the northernmost tip of the year, and almost reached the north rounded background (23 ° 26 ′ north latitude). The day time in the northern hemisphere reached the longest, the higher the latitude, and the longer the day. This is the "long and long effect" caused by the earth's rotation axis. The closer to the poles, the more obvious the pole. For example: Haikou City in Hainan is about 13 hours a day, Hangzhou is 14 hours, Beijing is about 15 hours, while Mohe in Heilongjiang can reach more than 17 hours. North of the Arctic Circle, the sun is located on the horizon all day on this day, becoming the most widely polar day in the northern hemisphere in the year.

After the summer solstice, the day in the northern hemisphere began to shorten. The people have the saying that "have eaten summer solstice, short -line one day". "Summer Solstice Summer North Pool" of the Tang Dynasty poet Wei Yingwu also wrote that "the day is extremely cloudy, and the night leaks have been long."

Traditional customs of summer solstice

Sacrifice the gods and ancestors. The summer solstice is one of the "four o'clock". Since ancient times, the people have celebrated the harvest and worship the ancestors at this time to pray for the disaster relief. People of ancient farming society chose to worship the ancestors to worship the ancestors in peace and career. The festival banquet activities were developed from the rich sacrifice tribute to worshiping the ancestors, and it also gradually formed some conventional celebration methods, the so -called festivals folk customs.

Avoid summer. On the summer solstice, women will give each other a folding fan, fat powder and other things. "Puyang Miscellaneous · Li Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Di, the fans and powder pockets are all resigned." , Anti -nostruts.

Eat noodles from the north and south in the summer solstice. Since ancient times, some places in my country have the saying that "the winter solstice dumplings in the summer solstice". Eating noodles in the summer solstice is an important custom in many regions. Because the summer solstice has debuted, the summer solstice also means to taste new.

Summer solstice. The summer solstice is the same as the winter solstice. It belongs to the important festival of the people in my country. Before the Qing Dynasty, the summer solstice was holiday nationwide, and he went home to drink and drink with his loved ones to avoid the summer heat. The Song Dynasty "Wenchang Miscellaneous Records" recorded: "On the beginning of the summer solstice, three days of holidays."

Differences in food customs. There are different customs in the summer solstice in different regions of my country. For example, in the northwest, such as Shaanxi, the summer solstice can be eaten, and chrysanthemums are used as ash to prevent wheat from suffering from insect pests. In the south, this day is called fat and thin. The farmhouse rolled noodles for pancakes, cooked, and chipped with vegetables, pods, tofu and bacon. In some areas, there are many customs of minor nephews and nieces in the summer solstice. The must -have amaranth and gourds for the uncle's family. As the saying goes, I ate amaranth. I do n’t get hair. After eating gourds, my legs are strong. Some also eat pickled bacon in my grandmother's house.

◎ Beijing: "The winter solstice dumplings in the summer solstice", the delicious Beijingers pay attention to eating noodles on the day of the summer solstice. According to the customs of old Beijing, you can get lettuce and cold noodles from the summer solstice from the summer solstice, because at this time, the climate is hot, and eating cold things can lower the fire and appetite, and will not damage health due to cold.

◎ Shaoxing: In the old days, in the Shaoxing area of ​​Zhejiang, people worshiped their ancestors regardless of the rich and the poor, commonly known as the "summer solstice". In addition to conventional supplies, a lot of puscakes were added. Because of the climate in the Dragon Boat of Shaoxing, the Dragon and Qing Dynasty has not been in the Dragon Boat Festival since the Ming and Qing dynasties, but in the summer solstice, this custom has still existed.

◎ Wuxi: On the summer solstice, Wuxi people eat wheat porridge in the morning, eat ravioli at noon, and make chaos and harmony. There is a proverb saying: "The summer solstice is the winter solstice, and the four seasons are reunited." I have eaten 馄 有, calling for children's weight, I hope that children's weight will increase healthier.

◎ Mohe: Mohe is the highest latitude in China. Due to the high latitude, the Mohe area has a polar day in the summer, and there are often northern lights. Therefore, Mohe is called "China's Night City" and "Aurora City". According to the customs of the people in the Arctic Village in Mohe, people in the Arctic Village come to Heilongjiang spontaneously every summer solstice on the summer solstice.

◎ Shandong: Summer solstice is generally necessary to eat cold noodles in Shandong, commonly known as the water surface, and there is a proverb of "winter solstice dumplings in summer solstice". New wheat is recommended daily in the summer solstice of Laiyang, and new wheat grains are boiled in Huangxian (now Longkou City). Children use wheat straw to compile a delicate small hedge and fish in the mouth again and again in the soup water. Gragon is another kind of game, which is very interesting in farm life.

◎ Lingnan: Eating dog meat and litchi in the summer solstice is a "patent" that people in Lingnan borrowed their names to eat.People in the Cantonese regions in Guangzhou and Qinzhou, Yulin in Guangxi also like to eat dog meat and lychee in the summer solstice.It is said that the dog meat and lychee of the summer solstice are not hot. There is a saying that "the winter solstice fish is born in the summer solstice", so the habit of eating dog meat and lychee for the summer solstice continues to this day."After eating the summer solstice dog, the west wind detour", the intention is that as long as people eat dog meat on the day of summer solstice, their bodies can resist the invasion of wind and rain.It is based on this good wish that the unique folk food culture of "summer solstice dog meat" has achieved.Today, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the scenes of every family's killing dogs in the summer solstice have no longer existed.◎ Shaanxi: Summer solstice dumplings.

(Reporter Xu Yan compiled)

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