Furi diet
It's better to eat noodles in rainy days. There is a saying in the north that "jiaozi lies on his head and pancakes stand on his feet". The custom of eating noodles on Furi Festival began at least in the Three Kingdoms period. According to Wei's Spring and Autumn Annals, "Lie in the sun, wipe your sweat with a towel and look at Jiao Ran" makes people realize that white skin is white, not covered with powder. The "soup cake" here is hot soup noodles. Why eat hot noodles on a hot day? In the Southern Dynasties, Liang Zonggu said in the record of Jingchu Chunqiu:
"June eclipse soup cake, named evil."
May is an evil month, and June also touches the edge of the evil month, so it should also be "evil". This is superstition. Grinding new wheat into flour and cooking soup will make you sweat. The new grain is rich in nutrition, and sweating can drive away diseases. It is scientific to eat soup cakes in June.
In dog days, you can not only drink hot noodle soup, but also drink water. Cooked noodles are cooked in cold water, mixed with garlic paste and watered with halogen seeds, which not only stimulates appetite, but also "defeats the heart".
Welfare can also eat "fried noodles". The so-called fried noodles are fried and cooked in a pot, and then mixed with water and sugar to eat. This way of eating has existed since the Han Dynasty. It was more common in the Tang and Song Dynasties, but at that time, the wheat was cooked first, and then the pasta was ground. Su Gong, a medical scientist in the Tang Dynasty, said that fried noodles can "clear away heat and stop diarrhea and strengthen the intestines".
The court will reward the minister with wine and meat in Foley. The biography of Han Dong Fangshuo said: "Fu Ri, a letter to the official meat. When Cheng Yan, a senior official, didn't come, Xinyue drew his sword and cut the meat alone, and asked his official to say, "When the flea comes back the next day, please accept it." That is, go with the meat. Official play. New moon came in and said,' I gave you meat yesterday, but you don't need a letter. I cut the meat with my sword and then left. Why? Thanks to the new moon. The last day: "Teacher Wang blames himself." The new moon worships again:' The new moon is coming! Come back! Don't be rude when I give you a letter! How strong it is to draw a sword and cut meat! Not much, and He Lian also! Back to the good king, and He Ren! "He said with a smile," It's bad for your reputation to let your husband blame himself! "Give me a stone of wine and a hundred pounds of meat and give it back to this gentleman."
Although this section aims to show Dong Fangshuo's wit and humor, it reflects that people celebrated Furi Festival as an important festival in the Western Han Dynasty.
There are many new things to eat in dog days. Qinggu Road said on the road: "The neighborhood sells bean jelly, fresh fruit, melons, lotus roots, mustard greens and bean flour, which are all refreshing."
The best summer fruit is watermelon. Watermelon is a native of China and has been loved by people for a long time. Not only because of its sweet juice concentration, but also because of its medicinal value. Huang Gongxiu's "Materia Medica Seeking Truth" in Qing Dynasty talks about watermelon: "The flesh of watermelon makes people feel dry in dog days. Whether men or women are big or small, they are thirsty. This taste is sweet and red, which can lead the heart into heat, jump out of the small intestine, and make its chills and thirst disappear. Therefore, the book should be used to treat diseases such as sun Yangming heatstroke, fever and thirst, and so on.
Through clinical experiments, watermelon juice can cure nephritis, acute hepatitis, hypertension and other diseases. Interestingly, there are a lot of diarrhea in summer, but juicy watermelon can stop diarrhea. Ye Shaoweng, a litterateur in the Song Dynasty, recorded one thing in Records of the Four Dynasties: "First taste is diarrhea. Arriving first, he said, "I'm thirsty." . I beg you to give the melon first, and then I will diagnose it calmly.' God gives melons. After eating it first, I thought it was sweet to eat melon and asked Ji Guang,' Can we eat together?' After the first sentence:' I committed a capital crime, and I want to tell your majesty to eat this.' The food was very suitable and the diarrhea soon stopped. Left and right.
Asked: "Where is this?" Following the first saying:' summer heat causes diarrhea, and melons can relieve summer heat. "
The emperor's diarrhea was cured by eating watermelon. Watermelon can also be served and made into exquisite dishes, the most famous of which is "watermelon blood".
There is a narrative in the Royal Fragrance Record written by a neighbor: "There is one kind that the Queen Mother admires most, and that is' watermelon'. Its preparation method is to dig out the pulp of watermelon together and add diced chicken, diced ham, fresh lotus seeds, longan, picked Hu, pine nuts and almonds. Cover it again. Its taste is mellow and delicious, and we can easily imagine it. "
Shandong Confucius kitchen knife has a dish that is made of watermelon cups. Skilled chefs also carved watermelons into works of art to decorate the banquet. Ming Liu Dong and Yu Yizheng said, "Carving melons into flowers is called melon flowers."
These colorful melons and flowers show the wisdom and talent of China people.
Furi summer vacation
It's too hot in the dog days, so most people want to find a cool place to live, so people put down their jobs, including farmers, and there is a saying of "resting".
Ordinary people rest at home, but their lifestyle is much more leisurely. Wherever you go, it's called "enjoying the cool". Qing Guru's Jia Qinglu says, "To enjoy the cool is to enjoy the cool. Or berth the boat at the mouth of Xumen Bridge for ten thousand years, or exclude Tiger Hill from crossing the ocean, or divide it into Gong Lin Fanyu Water Window Xie Bing. Stay overnight at will, play the game of tooth card, leaf lattice and horse hanging, thinking that the dining tables are the masters, which is called playing cards. Xi's oratorio, in order to avoid the plan of the Ministry, Bai Causeway, fighting day and night for songs, is called Quju. Or recruit women and men and play new voices; A discerning person telling ancient and modern novels is called storytelling. Buying wine is a guest and a feast in midsummer. At this time, the cover has no entertainment and enjoys the cool. "
This paper introduces three ways to enjoy the cool: playing cards, playing games and telling stories. In other words, you can gather people to play cards, or go to a brothel to enjoy music, or go to a bookstore to listen to books and spend the summer happily.
If conditions permit, you can also buy a boat to spend the summer on the water. ("Ting Anne Lu" contains: "Fu Jia, competing for the lamp boat". To Huqiu Shanbang, each occupies the depths of Liu Yin, floating melons and sinking plums, drinking wine and singing songs, giving guests freedom and making a name for themselves. Fog is full of ice, competing for beauty. Four windows and eight extensions, let it flow in the middle. Walking back and forth, the pole corresponds to the paddle, which is called the tap. As the sun sets, a stream flows in the wild, and rows of them pass by, while the berths are geese. Forced curtain candlelight, brilliant shining, Yue Hui and waves, violent impact on the ship. There is a lot of wine, and orchestral competitions often end in the evening. "
These rich people can be described as staying up all night, renting boats and having fun, regardless of money. At this point, I have lost my original intention of enjoying the cool. If you don't believe me, there is a poem by Cai Yun (Wu Bei) in the Qing Dynasty as proof: "The lanterns are put out at night, and the colored glass is on the upper floor. Winning the fire, the agriculture is still cool, and Wuling is thin. "
It's cool at night, but I still chase songs and dance on the boat. It's really hunting In fact, you don't have to choose a place to cool off in summer, but just ask for peace of mind. Ancient literati generally built cars behind closed doors, or played the piano or enjoyed calligraphy and painting. If you are too lonely, you can make friends with 32 friends, drink and talk loudly, all of which can please your heart and entertain your feelings. As for boudoir beauties, most of them play during the day and entertain themselves at night. Baoyu in A Dream of Red Mansions once wrote a poem describing his true feelings and true scenery:
"Embroidered beauty is tired, you have a long dream, and the golden cage parrot calls tea soup.
The windows are bright and clean, the musk moon opens the palace mirror, and the treasure is fragrant.
Amber cups are slippery and glass sills are cool.
Shuige moves everywhere, and the curtain rolls up the evening makeup of Zhulou. "The women in the Grand View Garden spend the hot summer in embroidery, drunken dreams and fans.
As soon as the emperor arrived in dog days, he went to a special pavilion to escape the heat. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhou Mi talked about enjoying the cool in the palace in Old Wulin.
"Summer, more royal retro, choose DE temple, and cool Cui Hantang. Long pine for salary, thick green to cover the sun; Shan Qi, quiet and deep, cold waterfall is empty, and the gambling pool can be ten acres. There are 10,000 Han Miao handles in the swimming pool ... and hundreds of pots of southern flowers such as jasmine, jasmine, gladiolus, musk vine, cinnabar, osmanthus and red banana. They are all placed in the wide court, with wind wheels on the drums, and the temple is full of fragrance. On both sides of the imperial loss, there are ten sensitive golden pots, and the snow is like a mountain. After the gauze kitchen, Zhu Xiang weighed as much as Garam and the real wax dragon hung their heads. I didn't know there was a dust department in the world at first. Wen Hongjing, Lu, to Cui Hantang. Xiaomi in the middle of the dog trembled and couldn't stand for a long time. He smiled and sent the person in charge to the north. "
The palace compound is simply a fairyland on earth. Exotic flowers and herbs are pleasing to the eye, with a hundred pounds of spices, which makes people feel refreshed. When the wind wheel moves, the heat disappears, and a bachelor "shivers!" Under the same sky, the court and the people are so uneven that it is really "heaven and earth!"
Three-volt night tour
The dog days are cooler at night, so it becomes a good time for people to play. Some rich people buy boats and water and enjoy themselves, just like immortals. Jia Qinglu, written by Qing Guru, recorded the joy of Suzhou Lantern Boat. These lanterns are beautifully made and very luxurious. Qing Xiang scholar's "South Business Magazine" cloud:
"The ship has no size and is beautifully decorated. The window has a mezzanine, with glass in the middle and lanterns hanging, competing for beauty; The new sample is different, and the candle is applied at dusk, which is whipping with Yue Hui waves. "