Five spicy dishes, also known as spicy dishes and spring dishes, were very popular in the spring of Tang and Song Dynasties. Even the emperor often sends spring wine and spring cakes to North Korean officials.
Chen, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote in "The Year of the Year": "The day before beginning of spring, Ouchi made spring cakes, and the ministers drank wine." During the Tang and Song Dynasties, spring dishes were very particular. Later, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, emperors often rewarded their courtiers with spring cakes and spring vegetables. This court custom later flowed into the people, and the people rushed to follow suit. On this day, people give each other spring dishes to express their blessings.
The Customs of Beiping in Qing Dynasty? "Records, at the age of? In the spring, rich people eat spring cakes, prepare sauces, smoke, burn and salt all kinds of meat, stir-fry all kinds of vegetables, spinach, leeks, bean sprouts, dry powder and eggs. And bake pancakes with flour. ? Today, old Beijingers still recite the custom of "eating spring cakes in spring".
In fact, the ancient people ate Pan Xin in beginning of spring, which not only meant welcoming the Spring Festival, but also contained some way of keeping in good health. As we all know, after beginning of spring, everything began to revive, because spicy food can help to run qi and blood and drive away evil spirits, which is very beneficial to health, so the ancients thought of eating spiced dishes.
Recorded in Huangdi Neijing? Spicy, sour, sweet, bitter, salty and soft? It has always been the theoretical basis of ancient diet health care and drug treatment. Among them, pungent taste has the function of dispersing qi and blood, such as ephedra, radix aucklandiae and safflower.
Therefore, beginning of spring's eating five spices not only implies auspiciousness, but also contains the profound health culture of China.