Eating spring cakes is one of the folk food customs in early spring in China. In the spring, every household will eat spring cakes. In some areas (northeast, north China, etc.). ), beginning of spring has the custom of eating spring cakes, which are pancakes baked with flour and usually eaten as rolled vegetables.

At the earliest time, spring cakes and vegetables were put on a plate, which became a "spring dish". The Song Dynasty's Chronology quoted the Tang Dynasty's Four Seasons Mirror as saying: "There will be an eclipse of radish, spring cake, lettuce and a spring dish in beginning of spring." From the Song Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, eating spring cakes became more and more popular, and the records of the emperor giving spring cakes to officials in the spring were also recorded. Beginning of spring eats spring cakes to welcome spring and pray for a bumper harvest.