At the beginning of summer, the smoke from cooking ignites a childlike charm, and the fragrance of firewood wafts

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, with warm winds and long days, everything grows up here. The prologue of early summer quietly begins with the chirping of cicadas and the lush greenery.

The teacher from Qingpingguo Xiaolong Kindergarten in Gaoping District, Nanchong City, lightly talked about the romance of the solar terms. He talked about the day of Mengxia, when heaven and earth begin to intersect and all things are beautiful. He said that eating at the beginning of summer is a thousand year old folk custom, and a delicious taste is an expectation for the health of summer. It is a way to blend the gifts of nature and the tenderness of time into three meals and four seasons.

Small figures each perform their own duties, patiently peeling off their shells and carefully dividing them. Amidst the busy little hands, there is a love and exploration for life. The children and teachers picked up bricks together to build a stove, and built a simple firewood stove with their own hands, brick by brick and tile by tile, all with childlike fun and dedication.

The stove fire ignites, smoke wafts from the kitchen, and various ingredients slowly blend together in the pot. The aroma permeates every part of the garden. Amidst the smoke and fire, it is the encounter of nature and innocence, the fusion of solar terms and life.

This steaming hot bowl of firewood rice for the beginning of summer holds the expectations of summer, wrapped in the joy of hands-on activities, and hides the warmth of traditional culture. Let children understand the changes in solar terms through fireworks and laughter, and preserve the most healing moments of early summer. (Shen Yinghong)