Summer Solstice: Enjoy cold noodles in the heat of summer

Why do people eat noodles on Summer Solstice?

Why noodles?

The tradition of eating noodles on Summer Solstice has ancient and agricultural roots. Summer Solstice marks the time when wheat becomes ripe. In ancient China, foods made by fresh wheat would be ceremoniously offered to the gods at this time of year.  

Noodles were chosen for another reason: They have the longest shape out of the foods in Chinese recipes. That echoes the natural phenomenon that people see the longest day of the year on Summer Solstice.  

Over the centuries, the Chinese people still maintain this tradition, though with different methods of cooking and different sauces. 

Editor：Lotus