The significance of eating wonton in summer is solstice. What is solstice summer?
(1) Eating wonton on the solstice in summer makes people smart. Wonton, called by the ancients as "like a chicken laying eggs, rather like a chaotic image of heaven and earth", is homophonic with chaos. When Pangu opened the sky, chaos began. It is wise to eat wonton. People also extend to eat wonton to break the chaos and open the world.
(2) Eating wonton from summer to Sunday, swimming is not afraid of water. Summer is the season for swimming. When cooking wonton, wait for the water to boil, and after "three rolls and three cold", you can pick up one wonton after another to eat. Because wonton will eventually float in the water and will not sink to the bottom. Therefore, there is a saying that when people eat soup wonton on the solstice in summer, they will float on the water forever like wonton when swimming, and will not be submerged.
(3) Eating "Wonton Noodles" from summer solstice will prolong life. When eating wonton on the solstice of summer, some people will mix noodles in wonton. Eating wonton can avoid "summer" and compare the length of noodles with the long sunshine time from summer to Sunday, thus achieving longevity. After the summer solstice, the point of direct sunlight at noon gradually moved southward, and the days in the northern hemisphere became shorter day by day. Therefore, there is a folk proverb that "eating the surface of the summer solstice makes the day shorter".
2. What is the summer solstice? Summer solstice (alias: midsummer festival, summer solstice festival, English name: summer solstice) is one of the 24 solar terms, and it is also the earliest determined solar term. The date is between June 20th and 22nd of the Gregorian calendar every year. Solstice is also an important traditional festival (solar term) in ancient China. Before the Qing Dynasty, there was a one-day national holiday from the summer solstice, while in the Song Dynasty, officials would have a three-day holiday from the summer solstice. In Liao Dynasty, the solstice in summer was called "Tide Festival", and women entered colorful fans and gave each other powder and fat capsules. Colored fans are used to drive away heat, and sachets can repel mosquitoes and inhibit odor, which shows that the ancients attached importance to the summer solstice. Since ancient times, eating noodles has been an important custom in many places during the summer solstice. Because new wheat appears on the summer solstice, eating noodles on the summer solstice also means tasting new things.