Why do you eat wonton on the summer solstice?

The reasons for eating wonton on the summer solstice are as follows:

1, eating wonton on the solstice in summer makes people smart. Wonton, which the ancients called "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.

Eating wonton on the solstice in summer, 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, eat "wonton mixed noodles" on the solstice in summer, and live longer. When eating wonton on this day, some people mix noodles in wonton, which can avoid "summer" and compare the length of noodles with the long day time from summer to Sunday to achieve longevity. After the summer solstice, the point of direct sunlight at noon gradually moved southward. The days in the northern hemisphere are getting shorter and shorter. Therefore, there is a folk proverb that "eating solstice noodles in summer makes the day shorter".