1, spring pancake
Eating spring cakes at the beginning of spring is a dietary habit in many places. Spring cake, also known as lotus leaf cake, is a kind of pancake baked with flour. Grease two small pieces of water, fold them together, roll them into pancakes, bake them and uncover them into two pieces. Spring cakes are used to roll vegetables, which are vegetables or side dishes prepared by people, such as fried bean sprouts or leeks with shredded pork, fried vegetarian vermicelli, fried mung bean sprouts and so on.
Wrapping these dishes in spring cakes and eating them from beginning to end is called "having a head and a tail", which means good luck. These dishes used for filling spring cakes are also called assorted dishes, which are an essential dish in beginning of spring. Eating spring cakes at the beginning of spring also means welcoming spring and praying for a bumper harvest.
2. Spring plate
Spring plate, also known as "spiced plate", is a dish in which lettuce such as onion, leek, garlic, ginger and Artemisia selengensis are shredded, which can be used as an appetizer or as a gift for relatives and friends.
3. Spring rolls
Spring rolls are also a seasonal food that Japanese people often eat at the beginning of spring. Eating spring rolls in beginning of spring is also called "biting spring". The practice of spring rolls is similar to that of spring rolls, but the spring rolls are eaten directly after the vegetables are rolled, while the spring rolls are wrapped in pancakes and rolled into a tube about two inches long, wrapped at both ends, fried in an oil pan until tender, and drained before eating.
4, white radish
In many parts of our country, there is a saying that beginning of spring "bites the spring". In northern beginning of spring, the most representative food is white radish, which can be chewed, shredded, sliced and stuffed. Why eat radish? Generally speaking, it can solve the spring sleep.
5. Spring tea
Beginning of spring eats spring tea, also called "simmering spring", which is mainly popular in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. Tea here doesn't mean tea. The earliest practice is to chop a grapefruit, mix it with black beans or white beans, and brew it with tea before drinking. Later, red beans, osmanthus, citrus, osmanthus and so on were used. Boil it with brown sugar until it is ripe, which is called "simmering spring".
Before drinking spring tea, you should respect your ancestors at home before sharing it with your family. In local dialects, beans are homophonic with Datong, oranges are homophonic with officials, oranges are homophonic with Kyrgyzstan, and Guangxi is homophonic with Guangxi. People think that eating spring tea can promote a higher position and make a fortune, which means good luck and wealth.