1, spring pancake

Tang's "Four Seasons Baojing" records: "beginning of spring eats reed, spring cake and lettuce, and there is no' dish'." It can be seen that people in the Tang Dynasty have begun to eat spring vegetables and spring cakes. The so-called spring cake, also called lotus leaf cake, is actually a kind of hot pancake. It is made of two small pieces of water, greased in the middle, rolled into pancakes, and can be opened and divided into two pieces after cooking. Spring cakes are used to roll vegetables, including cooked vegetables and stir-fried dishes.

2. Spring plate

Spring plate, also known as "spiced plate", is finely cut from five kinds of spicy lettuce. Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Five spicy dishes are made by mixing onions, garlic, leeks, wormwood and mustard in the spring of New Year's Day to welcome the New Year." This custom has been spread to the Tang, Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties. Ningjin area uses onion, garlic, pepper, ginger and mustard to cut food, which is called spiced board.

3. Spring rolls

In addition to spring cakes, spring rolls are also a holiday food that Japanese people often eat at the beginning of spring. Spring rolls evolved from the custom of eating spring rolls that day in ancient beginning of spring. The custom of eating spring rolls in beginning of spring originated in the Tang Dynasty, also called "biting spring". Because at the beginning of spring, spring returned to the earth, everything revived, and all kinds of vegetables sprouted, and people began to try very early. The ancients wrapped seasonal vegetables in dough, rolled them into rolls, steamed or fried them, and named them spring rolls, which meant a bumper harvest.

Historical origin

Beginning of spring, the first of the 24 solar terms, is also known as the first month festival, New Year's Day, New Year's Day and New Year's Day. Standing means "start"; Spring represents warmth and growth. In nature, the most striking feature of beginning of spring is that everything is beginning to show signs of recovery. Beginning of spring is the beginning of all things and the meaning of all self-renewal, which means that a new cycle has begun. ?

Beginning of spring is the beginning of spring, and the time sequence enters spring. At this time, although it is still chilly in spring, the cold winter has passed, spring has returned to the earth, everything has recovered, and nature is full of vitality. Therefore, the ancients attached great importance to the beginning of spring, and there was a tool to welcome spring in ancient times.