What are the folk activities during Grain in Ear Festival? What foods are good for health during Grain in Ear Festival?

During the Grain in Ear season, rainfall increases, temperature rises, the air is very humid, and the weather is very hot and humid. People's daily diet is mainly light. There are actually many folk activities during the Grain in Ear season, which allow people to enjoy and relax while busy sowing. Open and take a look!

Contents of this article

1. What are the folk activities during Grain in Ear Festival?

2. What foods are good for your health during Grain in Ear Festival?

3. What should we pay attention to in keeping healthy during Grain in Ear?

What are the folk activities during Grain in Ear Festival?

An Miao is a farming custom in southern Anhui that began in the early Ming Dynasty. Every year during the Grain in Ear season, after rice is planted, in order to pray for a good harvest in autumn, all places hold An Miao sacrificial activities. Every household uses new wheat flour to make steamed buns, kneads the dough into shapes of grains, livestock, fruits and vegetables, and then dyes them with vegetable juice as sacrificial offerings, praying for a good harvest and the safety of the villagers.

The Flower God is welcomed on the Flower Festival on the second day of the second lunar month. Grain in Ear is approaching May, when all flowers begin to wither and fall. People often hold a ceremony to worship the Flower God on the Grain in Ear day to send the Flower God back to his place, express gratitude to the Flower God, and hope to meet him again next year. Some people hang colorful silk ribbons on the branches of flowers, while others stick the fallen petals back on the tree, meaning that it will never wither.

Young men and women of the Dong ethnic group in southeastern Guizhou hold a mud fight festival around Grain in Ear every year. On that day, newlyweds, accompanied by good friends, plant rice together, play around and throw mud at each other. At the end of the event, the results are checked and the one with the most mud on his body is the most popular.

When the Grain in Ear solar term arrives, fruit farmers will graft different fruit trees to make the fruits they produce complement each other in shape and quality. Some farmers will simply cut a few holes in the fruit trees with a knife to allow them to absorb outside air and increase fruit yields.

There is a custom of "boiling green plums" in Nanjing. People in Lishui District are still used to brewing green plum wine during the Grain in Ear solar term. In the south, May and June are the seasons when plums are ripe. The plums are picked and dried at home. On the Grain in Ear solar term, the washed plums are soaked in white wine. The white wine is generally 55 degrees. The proportion is 10 jin of white wine, 3 jin of plums and 2 jin of rock sugar. The process of soaking green plum wine takes one month. This folk custom has a lot to do with the allusion of "discussing heroes over green plum wine" during the Three Kingdoms period.

At this time, fishermen along the coast are busy drying shrimps. Because it is the Grain in Ear season, shrimps are in the spawning period, their bodies are fat, their meat is solid, and their nutritional value is better. People call the shrimp skins dried during the Grain in Ear season "Grain in Ear skins".

There are two types of dried shrimp: raw dried shrimp and cooked dried shrimp. Raw dried shrimp refers to the finished product that has been lightly sun-dried, which is fresher and less likely to get damp or moldy. Cooked dried shrimp is boiled with salt, drained and dried in the sun. Although it retains its freshness, its taste is slightly inferior to that of raw dried shrimp.

What foods are good for health during Grain in Ear Festival?

Ingredients: 30 grams of silver flower, 50 grams of polished rice.

Method: Boil honeysuckle in water and remove the residue, take 150 ml of concentrated juice, add 300 ml of water and polished rice to cook into porridge, take warm twice a day in the morning and evening. Effect: Clears away heat, relieves summer heat, and relieves restlessness.

Ingredients: 350 grams of fresh lettuce, appropriate amounts of green onions, sesame oil, MSG, salt and sugar.

Preparation method: Wash and peel the lettuce, cut into long strips and small pieces, put into a plate, add salt and stir, marinate for 1 hour, drain the water, add MSG and sugar and mix well; cut the green onion into chopped green onion and sprinkle on the lettuce, heat the pan and add sesame oil, pour on the chopped green onion when the oil is hot, stir evenly and it is ready to eat.

Function: Benefits the five internal organs and dredges the meridians.

Preparation: Wash coix seeds and lilies, soak water chestnuts in warm water, peel and wash, then cut in half, put water chestnuts, coix seeds and lilies into a clay pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 45 minutes before serving.

Function: It can strengthen the spleen, nourish yin and clear away heat.

Ingredients: 1 lotus leaf (fresh or dried), 50 grams of Poria cocos, 100 grams of polished rice or millet, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

Method: First, boil the lotus leaves and remove the residue. Add Poria cocos and washed polished rice or millet into the soup and cook them together into porridge. Add sugar before serving. Effect: Clears away heat and relieves summer heat, calms the mind and stops diarrhea and dysentery.

What should we pay attention to in keeping healthy during Grain in Ear?

During the Grain in Ear season, the rainfall increases, the temperature rises, the air is very humid, and the weather is very hot and humid. People's daily diet is suitable for eating light foods such as vegetables, beans, melons and fruits. They can provide the human body with necessary nutrients such as sugars, proteins, fats and minerals, as well as a large amount of vitamins, so it is suitable to eat more.

The humid and hot weather during the Grain in Ear period can easily cause various items to mold, mosquitoes begin to breed, and diseases are extremely contagious. Therefore, you must not eat spoiled food, and you must also pay attention to cleanliness in your daily life.

In terms of clothing, after entering the Grain in Ear season, although the weather has become hot, the temperature in some areas is still unstable due to the frequent influence of cold air from the north. Therefore, it is better not to store away the warm clothes in spring too early in the Grain in Ear season, in case of emergency.