What to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival? As the saying goes: "August and fifteenth are full, and the Mid-Autumn moon cakes are fragrant and sweet." It can be seen that of course we eat moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. But depending on the customs of different places, the food you eat varies.

Eating ducks

The Mulao people in Yunnan, my country, buy pancakes and kill ducks on August 15th to celebrate this traditional festival. In order to commemorate the family of three sugar sellers who used to sell sugar in the village to mobilize the villagers to kill Fangui guys, Mulao people buy cakes and kill ducks every August 15th to educate future generations not to forget the struggle against aggression.

Eating taro

Eating taro during the Mid-Autumn Festival means to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and also expresses disbelief in evil spirits. "Chaozhou Fu Zhi" written by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty said: "Playing with the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, peeling taro and eating it is called peeling ghost skin." Peeling ghosts and eating them is like Zhong Kui's spirit of exorcising ghosts, which is respectable.

Eating snails

As for eating snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is recorded in the "Shunde County Chronicle" during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty: "Looking at the sun in August, taro is eaten and snails are eaten." Folk believe that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, snails are eaten. Field snails can improve eyesight. According to analysis, snail meat is rich in nutrients, and the vitamin A it contains is an important substance for the visual pigment of the eyes. Eating snails can improve eyesight, which makes sense. But why must we be particularly keen on eating during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Some people point out that around the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is the time when the snails are empty and there are no small snails in the abdomen, so the meat is particularly plump. This is the best time to eat snails. Nowadays, among the people in Guangzhou, many families have the habit of frying snails during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Eating pumpkins

During the Mid-Autumn Festival in various parts of the Yangtze River, every household has the custom of eating old pumpkins and burning glutinous rice in August and a half.

Drinking osmanthus wine

Every Mid-Autumn Festival night, people look up at the bright moon, smell the fragrance of osmanthus, think of Wu Gang cutting osmanthus, drink a cup of osmanthus honey wine, and celebrate the sweetness of the family Honey, gathering together has become a holiday enjoyment. Osmanthus is not only for viewing, but also has edible value. Osmanthus is not only for viewing, but also has edible value. In Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs", there are poems such as "aiding Ji's fight and drinking cinnamon pulp" and "laying osmanthus and drinking pepper pulp". It can be seen that the age of drinking osmanthus and making wine in our country is quite long ago.

Eating lotus root boxes

Eating lotus roots during the Mid-Autumn Festival also means reunion, especially eating "lotus root boxes". People in Jiangsu and Zhejiang usually slice lotus root into slices, connect the lower ends of each two slices, stuff them with meat, clams, etc., and fry the outside until golden brown. This is also called lotus root cake, which is similar to moon cakes. There are two main varieties of lotus root on the market today, namely seven-hole lotus root and nine-hole lotus root. Seven-hole lotus root is mostly cultivated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This variety has excellent texture, tender meat, crispy, sweet, and flawless whiteness. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus root changes from cool to warm in nature after being cooked, which is beneficial to the spleen and stomach. It has the effects of nourishing the stomach, nourishing yin, and replenishing blood.