Start of Summer and Get yourself a Bowl of Dingbianhu

今日立夏 别忘了来碗鼎边糊

Spring and summer changed in a morning, and birds and flowers changed its course after a night.”It is the solar term Start of Summer at 20:26 on May 5th, which is the 7thterm of the 24 solar terms of the year, and the first solar term in summer. With Start of Spring (lichun), Start of Autumn(liqiu), Start of Winter, the four solar terms are named “four starts (sili)”, which represents the change and transition of seasons of the year. The 5 stars volunteer of Fujian culture broadcasting Cai Lin introduced that at the day of Start of Summer in China, there are many traditional customs, in which eating Dingbianhu is a unique traditional folk custom in Fuzhou.  (reporter Wu Hui)

“一朝春夏改,隔夜鸟花迁”。今日(5月5日)20时26分将迎来立夏节气,这是二十四节气中的第七个节气,也是夏季的第一个节气,与立春、立秋、立冬并称“四立”,代表着季节的转换与过渡。致力于闽都文化传播的五星级志愿者蔡林向记者介绍,在我国立夏之日,有不少传统习俗,其中吃鼎边糊是福州独特的传统民俗。(记者 吴晖)