Celebrate with fresh tastes
Many Chinese areas have the tradition of eating three types of food: Cherry, green plum, and green wheat. But since there are so many types of fresh fruits and vegetables to choose from, what gets eaten varies across the country.
For instance, in ancient Nanjing City, people replace the green wheat with hilsa herring. Broad beans, bamboo shoots, edible amaranth, eggs and butterfish are also among the choices.
The so-called “Lixia meals” were also popular in ancient times, especially in the countryside. Chinese people cooked rice together with red beans, soybeans, black soybeans, mung beans and petits pois.
It was also called “five-colored rice” – a symbol of the “Wu Xing,” or “Five Elements” – in the Chinese philosophy of Taoism. But its real purpose is to encourage people to brave the challenges of the high temperature in the next three months. (Photo/CGTN)
