On this day, people are used to eating radishes, ginger, onions and bread, which is called "biting spring". In beginning of spring, they also have their own food, mainly spring cakes, radishes, spiced dishes, etc. In the south, spring rolls are popular.

2. Rain:

First, you can eat soybeans and bean products: they are rich in protein, calcium, iron, phosphorus, vitamin B, moderate fat and a small amount of carbohydrates, which are very beneficial to liver repair.

Second, you can eat watermelon: it has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, removing annoyance and quenching thirst, inducing diuresis and lowering blood pressure, and is rich in sugar, vitamins and proteases. Protease can transform insoluble protein into soluble protein.

Third, eating seafood: such as leucorrhea, yellow croaker, whitebait, and crustaceans such as oysters and crabs can enhance immune function and help repair damaged liver tissue cells. But choose proper cooking, otherwise it may cause food poisoning, and the cooking temperature should reach 100 degrees. The heating time should be more than half an hour. If patients are allergic to seafood, then they need to avoid eating, and they can eat more mushrooms, tremella, kelp, seaweed and so on.

3, stunned:

Eat pears when you are scared: farmers should eat pears on the day of being scared, which means leaving pests. Spring returns to the earth, and the climate is relatively dry, which makes people thirsty easily.

Eating eggs in fright: It is said that it is because the white tiger is sacrificed on this day of fright, and the white tiger usually fangs and opens its mouth. Only when it is fed with eggs, it will not hurt people after being full.

Stir-fried beans: people soak soybeans in salt water and stir-fry them in a pot, making a crackling sound, symbolizing the jumping sound of insects when they are heated and tortured in the pot.

4. Equinox:

Eat spring vegetables. In the past, there was an unbroken custom in Siyi, which was called "eating spring vegetables at the vernal equinox". "Spring vegetable" is a kind of wild amaranth, and the villagers call it "Spring Artemisia". On the vernal equinox, the whole village went to pick spring vegetables. When searching in the field, it is often green and thin, about the length of a palm. Picked spring vegetables are generally boiled with fish fillets at home, which is called "spring soup".

5. Qingming:

Eating Ai _ in Qingming Festival is a necessary traditional snack for Tomb-Sweeping Day Hakkas. First of all, wash the fresh and tender wormwood, put it in the pot and cook it, then take it out and drain it. The water for boiling wormwood should be reserved for later use. Then chop the cooked wormwood into grass mud, and the finer the grass mud, the worse the better. After cutting the wormwood mud, mix it with boiled wormwood water and glutinous rice flour. Then, the prepared fillings such as sesame seeds, plum beans and peanuts are wrapped in dough, sealed and kneaded into round and long shapes, put into a pot and steamed 15-20 minutes, and then discharged.

6. Grain Rain:

Some time before and after Grain Rain, it was the time when Toona sinensis came into the market. At this time, Toona sinensis was budding, and its purple fat leaves were light green, shiny and thick, emitting a unique fragrance, which was the most fashionable and precious dish at present. Toona sinensis is generally divided into purple Toona sinensis bud and green Toona sinensis bud, especially purple Toona sinensis bud. Toona sinensis is rich in protein, fat, sugar, vitamin C, etc. It has considerable nutritional and medicinal value, can improve the body's resistance, and has the effects of regulating qi, invigorating stomach, moistening skin, resisting bacteria and diminishing inflammation.

7. long summer:

Long summer eats long summer rice. Every day before long summer, the children ask the first family next door for a bowl of rice, which is called "taking Xia Xia rice". Dig up some bamboo shoots, "steal" some broad beans, and use some garlic seedlings. Cook the rice and ingredients in the open air in summer, put green plums and cherries on the rice, and distribute them to the family who gave it to rice the other day, the first one with a small bowl. Folk believe that children can prevent heatstroke after eating it.

Long summer rice contains condiments such as thunder bamboo shoots, peas, broad beans, amaranth, etc., which means "five grains are abundant", and long summer eats five-color rice, which also means good health all the year round.

8. Xiaoman:

Xiaoman bears hardships. Bitter vegetable show on the day of xiaoman. Bitter vegetables contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, various inorganic salts, vitamins and other nutrients, which can clear away heat, cool blood and detoxify, and have a good preventive and therapeutic effect on furuncle, hematemesis, nosebleed, constipation and colds. Sterilization and anti-inflammation, it has certain curative effect on jaundice hepatitis, pharyngolaryngitis, bacillary dysentery, cold and fever, chronic tracheitis, tonsillitis, etc. It can also prevent and treat diabetes, cervical cancer and rectal cancer.

After boiling, bitter vegetables can be served cold, made into soup, fried or steamed with noodles, such as cold bitter vegetables, bitter pork liver soup, stir-fried bitter vegetables and steamed bitter vegetables. Be sure to blanch with boiling water before eating, so that oxalic acid can be removed and calcium can be absorbed.

9. Miscanthus:

Eating eggs can not only withstand the test of "summer", but also bring a complete life. There is also the custom of drinking tea in the area of Jiangxi, so as to ensure that the whole summer will be refreshed and will not be sleepy. In the south, people will cook green plums into wine to drink every year during the awning period, so as to achieve beauty, eliminate fatigue and enhance human immunity.

10, summer solstice:

Eat lettuce and cold noodles in the summer solstice: In the past, there was a saying in old Beijing that "winter solstice wonton noodles in the summer solstice". You can eat lettuce and cold noodles every summer solstice. Eating these raw and cold foods can effectively help reduce fire and stimulate appetite.

1 1, Xiaoshu:

Eat eel in the summer. As the saying goes, "Monopterus albus competes with ginseng in the summer", and old Nanjing pays attention to eating Monopterus albus in the summer. Monopterus albus was born in a mud cave on the waterfront, and the summer eel, which was one month before and after the slight summer heat, was the most nourishing and delicious. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Monopterus albus is warm and sweet, and has the functions of invigorating the middle energizer, invigorating the liver and spleen, removing rheumatism and strengthening bones and muscles. In terms of composition, the content of protein in Monopterus albus is higher, the content of iron is more than twice as high as that of carp and yellow croaker, and it can also reduce the concentration of cholesterol in blood. It is best to eat Monopterus albus in summer, which can prevent diarrhea caused by indigestion of food in summer and protect cardiovascular system. In addition, summer is the remission period of rheumatic arthritis, chronic bronchitis and other diseases, and eating eel has the effect of treating winter diseases in summer. The summer heat is also a season with frequent digestive tract diseases, so it is appropriate to take proper, light and nutritious diet for aftercare.

12, summer heat:

Eat fairy grass in summer. Many places in Guangdong have the custom of eating fairy grass in summer. As the folk saying goes, "Eating Xiancao in June is like living as a fairy and never getting old", and Xiancao jelly and Xiancao are also common cooling products for Xiamen people.

13, beginning of autumn:

Beginning of autumn eats eggplant, which is not only a popular vegetable with low price and good quality, but also a good food therapy. Chinese medicine believes that eggplant is cool and sweet, and has the functions of clearing away heat and stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and relieving pain, expelling wind and dredging collaterals, relaxing intestines and benefiting qi, so eating eggplant in this season can reduce internal heat and eliminate autumn dryness.

14, summer heat:

Eat beef stew with pumpkin in the summer. Especially suitable for friends with lung discomfort and cough, it can not only prevent colds, but also have therapeutic effects of moistening lung and benefiting qi, treating cough and asthma and moistening skin.

Pumpkin is rich in carotene and vitamin E, which can improve the symptoms of autumn dryness. It can also moisten the lungs and benefit qi, eliminate phlegm and expel pus, treat cough and asthma, and has diuretic and beauty effects.

15, Millennium:

The Millennium eats longan. There is a traditional custom in Fuzhou, Fujian called "The Millennium must eat longan". Folk means that eating longan on the day of the Millennium has a miraculous effect of greatly supplementing the body. Because longan itself has many functions such as invigorating qi and spleen, nourishing blood and calming nerves, moistening skin and beautifying face, it can also treat anemia, insomnia, neurasthenia and other diseases.

16, autumnal equinox:

Eat crabs in the autumn equinox. The autumnal equinox season is the most plump and nourishing time for crab meat. Crab is a fine and precious aquatic product with tender and delicious meat. Not only that, crabs also have extremely high nutritional value. Their protein content is several times higher than that of pork and fish, and they are rich in nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin A.

There are many kinds of crabs. There are about 600 kinds of crabs in China. Crabs can be divided into fresh water and seawater. The most famous genus of freshwater crabs is "hairy crabs", commonly known as river crabs, hairy crabs and clear water crabs. They generally mature in September-10, which is in the autumn equinox season every year.

17, cold dew:

Cold dew eats chrysanthemum wine. Cold dew is close to the Double Ninth Festival. At this time, chrysanthemums are in full bloom. In order to get rid of autumn dryness, there is a custom of drinking "chrysanthemum wine" in some areas. This custom, together with climbing, gradually moved to the Double Ninth Festival. Chrysanthemum wine is made from chrysanthemum with glutinous rice and distiller's yeast, which was called "longevity wine" in ancient times. Its taste is cool and sweet, and it has the effects of nourishing liver, improving eyesight, strengthening brain and delaying aging.

18, first frost:

First frost eats beef. The nutritional value of beef is high. In ancient times, there was a saying that "beef tonifies qi, and the work is the same as astragalus". "Compendium of Materia Medica" points out that beef can "soothe the middle energizer, nourish the spleen and stomach, tonify deficiency, strengthen bones and muscles, eliminate edema and remove moisture". Chinese medicine believes that beef entering the spleen and stomach meridian is a good product for nourishing the spleen and stomach. However, western nutritionists believe that beef has a high protein content and a low fat content, so it tastes delicious and is loved by people, and enjoys the reputation of "being the favorite among the meat".

Beef can nourish the spleen and stomach, especially in autumn. Beef also has the function of tonifying kidney, so men can eat more. At the same time, you can also eat more stir-fried beef, braised beef brisket and stewed yam with beef bone marrow.

19, beginning of winter:

In the south of China, people in beginning of winter love to eat chicken, duck and fish. On this day in beginning of winter, Taiwan Province, mutton stoves and ginger ducks on the street supplement the restaurant weddings in winter. Many families will also stew sesame oil chicken and siwu chicken to supplement energy.

Northerners love to eat jiaozi on this day. Jiaozi has the meaning of "the time of mating", while beginning of winter is the day when autumn and winter meet, so the tradition of beginning of winter eating jiaozi has been spread in the north for hundreds of years. Others say that beginning of winter can't eat jiaozi immediately after taking it out of the pot. He should put it one by one in a well-washed sieve, air it a little, and drop the water. This is to worship the land god before eating and thank him for his generosity in autumn.

20, light snow:

Xiaoxue eats mutton. Mutton tastes sweet and warm, and enters the spleen and kidney. Eating mutton in winter can kill two birds with one stone: on the one hand, it can increase the body's heat and resist the cold, and on the other hand, it is of great benefit to the deficiency-cold disease. Braised in soy sauce or soup can bring the taste of mutton to the extreme.

2 1, heavy snow:

Eat jujube cake in heavy snow. Jujube cake is a kind of jujube cake with unique taste, rich jujube fragrance, delicate taste and sweet aftertaste. Contains vitamin C, protein, calcium, iron, vitamins and other nutrients, which can not only tonify the spleen and stomach, invigorate qi and promote fluid production, but also protect the liver, increase muscle strength, care skin and prevent aging. Because the price of jujube cake is suitable and it is rich in nutrition, it is widely loved by modern consumers. Among the people, there are sayings that "the jujube cake is always magenta, which is healthy and refreshing" and "three dates in one eclipse will not show old when you are 100 years old".

22. Winter Solstice:

Eat jiaozi on the winter solstice. Jiaozi is the most suitable food to eat in winter, especially in the northern part of China, where jiaozi is eaten in the winter solstice, which has been circulated for thousands of years. jiaozi is the most representative food in the northern part of China, which can be cooked or steamed. People eat jiaozi on the winter solstice, which means auspiciousness, and in many areas, there is a saying that "noodles on the winter solstice in jiaozi are summer solstice".

Eat dumplings on the winter solstice. In southern China, glutinous rice balls are the most suitable food to eat on the winter solstice. It is said that as early as the Song Dynasty, there was a custom of eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice in southern China. Eating glutinous rice balls on this day means that the whole family is round and round, and glutinous rice balls are made of glutinous rice. They are filled with black sesame seeds, peanut butter and other kinds. People can replenish deficiency after eating them, and they can also strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite. Eating them on the winter solstice is of great benefit to the spleen and stomach.

23, slight cold:

Xiao Han eats Laba porridge. One of the important folk customs in the slight cold solar terms is to eat "Laba porridge". Before and after the slight cold solar terms, eating such rich hot porridge at this time can not only stimulate appetite, but also increase the body's heat, thus warming the stomach and eliminating cold.

24, the great cold:

Eat red dates in the cold. Small red dates have great effects, which can not only enrich blood and beautify the face, but also have a good effect of invigorating qi, which can effectively resist the cold, and it is perfect for eating in the cold. Jujube also contains a lot of trace elements and nutrients, which can effectively improve the body's immunity and has a very good health care effect.