1, fried lotus root balls
Lotus root is a seasonal vegetable in the Mid-Autumn Festival and a traditional food during the festival. It symbolizes noble quality. And the lotus root silk, which is always cut, expresses endless thoughts for relatives. Mid-Autumn Festival reunion dinner, there must be a meatball dish to symbolize reunion. Then use lotus root to make it, which is delicious and appropriate.
2. steamed spare ribs with taro
Meat and vegetables are indispensable to the family banquet. Ribs are very common ingredients, and it is a paragraph by paragraph, which means rising steadily. There are many ways to eat ribs, such as braising, stewing and frying, but the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet is more suitable for steaming with taro. In addition, taro is also a traditional food in Mid-Autumn Festival, and its homophonic "Yu Tou" symbolizes that life is rich and you don't have to worry about eating.
3. Fish
The fish here refers to all fish and seafood, not a single fish. In the traditional culture of China, fish stands for abundance, richness and auspiciousness.
4. Boiled edamame
Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, it is indispensable to have a drink or two, then the appetizer must be prepared, boiled edamame is the most classic. Moreover, from ancient times, edamame is also a must-eat food for Mid-Autumn Festival, which symbolizes the fullness of the circle and the prosperity of future generations.
The moral of Mid-Autumn Festival:
The lunar calendar occupies an important position in Chinese traditional culture, especially the 15th of every month, which is an important day. Many festivals are set on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, such as the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, the Mid-Autumn Festival on the fifteenth day of July, and the Mid-Autumn Festival on the fifteenth day of August.
As a festival with a long history, the Mid-Autumn Festival is popular with many traditional folk customs: Yue Bai, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, watching lanterns, watching tides, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine. The Mid-Autumn Festival falls in mid-autumn, which is the harvest season, and there are countless seasonal foods.
Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a food festival. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are many traditional foods to entertain people. In addition to eating in season, people use these foods to convey their hopes for missing their hometown, missing their loved ones, praying for a bumper harvest and happy reunion.