What to eat during the Great Heat? Six traditional folk delicacies that are best for cooling off

What to eat during the Great Heat? The Great Heat solar term of 2017 is coming soon. Among the folk customs and activities of the Great Heat solar term, the main one is food. Next, let’s take a look at what traditional foods people usually eat during the Great Heat solar term.

What to eat during the Great Heat

Eat lychees

During the Great Heat, according to Putian customs, every household eats lychees, which is called "passing the Great Heat". The Great Heat solar term is in the month shortly after the plum rain season. Although the weather is hot at this time, heat is dominated by yin, and the human body is easily invaded by heat, dampness, and evil, and may even become ill. Eating litchi can enhance the body's ability to resist disease and drive away heat and dampness. At the same time, lychees contain a large amount of glucose and various vitamins, and are rich in nutritional value. Eating fresh lychees can nourish the body.

Ginger Eggs

There is a folk proverb: Eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer. In Zhejiang Province, there is a custom of eating eggs with ginger juice during the Great Heat season. Ginger juice can remove moisture from the body, and ginger juice and eggs can "replenish the body". Some elderly people also like to eat chicken porridge, saying that it can replenish yang. In Shanxi and Henan, people will slice ginger or squeeze the juice and mix it with brown sugar during the Great Heat, put it in a container, cover it with gauze, and dry it in the sun. If eaten after being fully blended, it has miraculous effects on chronic cold stomach, cold and cough, and has the effect of warming and health care.

Eat pineapple

During the Great Heat period, there is a custom in Taiwan of eating pineapples. Ordinary people believe that pineapples at this time of year are the most delicious. From the perspective of health preservation, pineapple is rich in nutrients, has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and promoting urination. It is the best fruit for relieving summer heat. In addition, the pronunciation of pineapple in Minnan dialect is the same as "wanglai", so it is also used as a symbol to pray for peace, good luck and prosperous business.