The Origin and Meaning of Long Summer Rice

According to legend, Sun Bin, a wise man in the Warring States Period, was jealous by Pang Juan, so he was framed and put in a stable. The kind soldier sympathized with him. They took local materials, mashed the leaves of Vaccinium bracteatum and mixed them with glutinous rice, cooked them, kneaded them into small dumplings and secretly gave them to Sun Bin. Because its shape and color are similar to horse manure, Pang Juan never found the secret, and finally Sun Bin got revenge after being rescued.

Later, the custom of eating long summer rice was formed. Now, in some areas, people will cook rice and ingredients in the open air, and put plums, cherries and so on. On rice, and send it to rice families the day before. Everyone has a small bowl. People think that children can prevent heatstroke after eating it.

Moral:

The custom of eating "long summer rice" symbolizes a bumper harvest.

Other customs in the long summer:

Eating black rice: Because China is a vast country, there are actually a little simpler black rice in Hangzhou besides the long summer rice. In fact, glutinous rice is cooked with juice soaked in Chinese tallow leaves, and it becomes purple, black and black black rice. Another kind of rice is also called wild rice, commonly known as salted bean glutinous rice.

Give each other seven-leaf tea: at this time, every household will make fresh tea and give it to friends and relatives with some colorful fresh fruits, which is called seven-leaf tea. There will also be two olives, olives or kumquat in the teacup, which means good luck.