Culture insider: 7 things you may not know about Major Heat

Updated: 2015-07-23 11:06

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Culture insider: 7 things you may not know about Major Heat

Customers wait to buy "summer mutton soup" in a restaurant in Linyi, Shandong province, July 22, 2010.[Photo by Fang Dehua/asianewsphoto.com]

Drinking mutton soup

There is a custom in southern Shandong province where people drink mutton soup on the day of Major Heat. Many people go to local restaurants to drink mutton soup, which is called "summer mutton soup."