Long Tau Tau is a traditional festival, and in the continuous development and change in the formation of many cultures as well as customs and so on, so what is the traditional food of Long Tau Tau? What kind of food is there? Next follow this food culture to see it!
Dragon head traditional food
1, scallion cake
Some places February 2 to eat the cake called "dragon scale cake", and Lvliang area on this day to eat pancakes or scallion pancakes, known as the "uncovered". Dragon skin". Taiyuan area this day, in addition to eating pancakes, there are eating dumplings, called "eat dragon ear", Jinnan this day must eat sesame flowers, spreading, called "gnawing on the dragon bone".
2, dumplings, donkey roll (wealth rolling)
In the "dragon head" on this day, it is important to eat "meat and vegetables dumplings", take "meat and vegetables" of the harmony!
On the day of the Dragon's Head, it is customary to eat "meat and vegetable dumplings", taking the harmonic sound of "meat and vegetable" to mean "wealth", which is the meaning of "wealth" for the New Year; and in the custom of the old Beijing, people like to buy "donkey rolls" on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, which are wrapped in soybean flour with a filling of bean paste and a rounded shape, which is also the meaning of "rolling wealth".
3, fried beans
In the Northwest, Gansu Minxian and other places have the habit of eating fried beans, said the beginning of spring, Minxian February 2 will be, people buy large yellow pears to go home to honor their elders, so the February 2nd Temple is also known as the "Yellow Pear Club".
4, support the waist cake
Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai areas in February 2 this day to eat "support the waist cake" custom, meaning that the cake, the year will not be back pain.
5, noodles
Northern people like to eat a bowl of "dragon beard noodles" on this day to get a "good luck". Longxu noodles evolved from Shandong stretching noodles, because the stretched out noodles as thin as hair, under the rolling water like a silver dragon into the sea, so the name. The name "Longshu Noodle" has a good meaning of "smooth and smooth", "smooth and smooth".
6, noodles flag
Zibo people have the custom of eating fried noodles flag. It is cut into diamond-shaped slices of noodles, the dried noodles flag with white anti earth heating and frying.
7, fried noodles
In Anhui Province, Huangshan City, Shexian County, North Township area, every February 2, every family ate fried noodles, because the shape of the fried noodles like a worm, the symbol of the joint efforts of the worm fried and eaten all. On February 2, the food and drink of this day is mostly named after the dragon, all this is to wake up the Dragon King, praying for the Dragon King to bless a year of good weather and a good harvest.