China News Service Client, Beijing, July 6th (Reporter Shangguanyun) "Small heat, big heat, steam and cook." Xiaoshu is the fifth solar term in summer. Although it is not the hottest time of the year, there are many People everywhere can already feel the power of high temperature.
Xiaoshu is a solar term that represents changes in temperature. In order to cope with the hotter weather in the future, there are some folk traditions that have been around for a long time, such as "new food"; some people will take advantage of the weather to dry clothes and books.
The origin of Xiaoshu
According to the traditional algorithm, Xiaoshu is the end of the noon and the beginning of the month. At this time, the sun reaches 105° of the Yellow Meridian, and the festival is held on July 6-8 of the Gregorian calendar.
Data Map: The arrival of "Xiaoshu" means the opening of the hottest season of the year. On that day, the lotus flowers in the Slender West Lake Scenic Area in Yangzhou are in full bloom. The picture shows the lotus blooming. Photo by Meng Delong
Regarding the origin of this solar term, Wu Cheng's "March of Seventy-two Months" records: "June Festival... The heat and heat are divided into the size of the heat, the beginning of the month is small, the middle of the month is big, this day Then the heat is still small."
Summer heat means "hot", and small heat is small heat, not very hot. However, although Xiaoshu is not the hottest time of the year, the following solar term is the big heat. The folks have always said that "small heat and big heat, steam up and cook down".
"The solar term is a concept of time." Folklore scholar Wang Juan explained that Xiaoshu is not a festival, and the customs are not particularly complicated. "After this solar term, the weather began to become muggy."
"Xiaoshu thundered and turned Huangmei." Before and after the small heat, in addition to harvesting winter and spring wheat crops in some areas, agricultural production is mainly busy with field management, and special attention should be paid to preventing drought, waterlogging, and wind disasters.
How to deal with hot weather?
Faced with the hot weather after the summer heat, people have some established practices.
Data map: Chinese Lunar New Year holidays, thunderstorms “humidified” on the eve of Beijing, and increased humidity during the day. Some citizens chose to row boats in major parks in the urban area for summer. China News Service issued Yang Kejia photo
The weather is hot in summer. Although there was no refrigerator in ancient times, large households often store some ice cubes in advance and take them out for use in summer. Some businesses will also chop the seasonal fruits such as bayberry and peach in ice and make it into a cold drink, much like the current "ice porridge".
Taking advantage of the sunny days before and after the small heat, and the high temperature, people will take the time to take out the books or clothing that has not been worn for a long time and put them in the sun to dry, which can not only remove the musty smell, but also prevent the books from being moistened by insects.
A girl who loves beauty will buy jasmine and don't wear it on her bun. It is said that the jasmine flowers bloomed during the small heat, and in ancient times, women like to use jasmine hairpins of Liandi into flower ball flower bands, which can be worn on the head or not on the lapels. The fragrance is pleasant and pleasant.
How much do you know about eating habits?
Considering the hot weather, people tend to eat lighter in summer.
Some places have the custom of eating lotus roots in the summer heat. The lotus roots contain a lot of carbohydrates and multi-vitamins, which have the effects of clearing heat and nourishing blood. In daily life, you can simmer the fresh lotus root with a small fire. After slicing, add an appropriate amount of honey to eat, which will help calm your mind.
The folk also retains the custom of "eating new food", that is, tasting new rice after the small heat, people use the newly harvested rice to cook, to sacrifice their ancestors and the "God of the Five Grains", and also eat new wine. Generally, a small amount of new rice is bought in the city and cooked with old rice, and then some newly listed vegetables are eaten.
Information picture: July 7th is the day of the Xiaoshu festival. That night, the Shanghai Zhuangxing Fuyang Festival held a pot-opening ceremony and "Lamb Food Show". The picture shows the boiled sheep ceremony. China News Service issued Pan Sophie
"Duck soup and winter melon soup are cold and suitable for summer consumption." Wang Juan said the same reason, "Small summer eats millet, big summer eats valley", "Summer soup or porridge made of lotus leaf, barley and other materials can also be appropriate edible."
North China will drink Yang Tang to nourish the body during the summer and summer heat. There is a saying that "sheep" and "yang" are homophonic, the metabolism in summer is relatively fast, and the loss of yang energy is more, which can supplement the yang energy. (Finish)