Some jiaozi are shaped like gold ingots, others like ears. On this day, dragons look up and eat jiaozi, which is called "eating dragon ears". "It's better to stick it upside down than to be comfortable, and it's better to wrap it in jiaozi than to be delicious". On the day when the dragon looks up, we should pay attention to eating "jiaozi of meat and vegetables", that is, taking the homonym of "meat and vegetables" as "wealth" to convey the message that the new year will be rich.

2. Fried oil cake

In some areas such as Beijing and Tianjin, people have the custom of eating fried cakes during the Spring Festival, which is called "eating gentian". The fried cake is golden in color, which makes Gentiana macrophylla very vivid. The practice is to grind millet into yellow rice, and then grind yellow rice into flour, which is yellow wheat. Yellow rice cake made of yellow wheat has four characteristics: yellow, soft, thick and fragrant. There are two ways to eat it, one is vegetarian cake and the other is fried cake.

3. Spring pancake

On this day in beginning of spring, we pay attention to eating spring cakes, but on February 2nd, we also pay attention to eating spring cakes. Eating spring cakes in beginning of spring is called "biting spring", while eating spring cakes on February 2nd is called "biting Long Lin", which is named because the shape of spring cakes is round and thin like fish scales. The custom of eating spring cakes on February 2nd originated from the Qing Dynasty, which involved meat such as sauced elbows, pork head, tea duck and vegetables such as leeks, radishes and bean sprouts.

Step 4 scroll around

According to the custom of old Beijing, people always like to buy "snowballing usury" on the second day of the second lunar month. Yellow bean stuffed with bean paste snowballs are round in shape and have the auspicious meaning of "rolling financial resources".

5. A flag

On the second day of the second lunar month, Zibo people have the traditional custom of eating fried noodles and colorful flags. The so-called flag is a piece of dough cut into diamonds, 3-2 cm long and wide. The dried noodle flag is heated and fried with clay to make fried noodle flag.

6. Noodles

Northerners like to eat a bowl of "Longxu Noodles" on February 2nd to win good prizes. Longxu Noodles evolved from Shandong's hand Lamian Noodles. Lamian Noodles is as thin as a hair, and boiled water goes into the sea like a silver dragon, hence its name. According to legend, there was a chef among the imperial chefs in the Ming Dynasty. On that day in beginning of spring, he made a noodle as thin as a dragon beard. The emperor had a big appetite, was very happy and full of praise. Since then, this kind of fried noodles has become a very fashionable snack. The February eclipse in Longxu Noodles has a beautiful meaning of "smooth and smooth, smooth and smooth, happy and happy".

7.popcorn

When Wu Zetian became emperor, it annoyed the jade emperor. The jade emperor told the four dragon kings that it was forbidden to rain on the earth for three years, but one of them went against his will. When the Jade Emperor knew it, he put it on the ground and pressed it under the stupa. The Jade Emperor said that if he wanted to go back to heaven, it would be "golden beans blossom". In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for golden beans in full bloom. On the second day of February of the following year, when people were drying corn seeds, it suddenly occurred to them that this kind of corn was like golden beans, and it blossomed as soon as it was fried. Isn't it "golden beans blossom"? Every household popped popcorn and set up a case in the yard to burn incense for the blooming "golden beans"

8. Fried beans

On February 2nd, there is a custom of eating fried beans in northwest China and Min County, Gansu Province, which means that at the beginning of each spring, people who come to Langhui will buy rhubarb pears and take them home to honor the elderly, so the February 2nd Temple Fair is also called "Huang Lihui".

9. Pig head

The second day of the second lunar month is a traditional festival for ordinary people, and there is a habit of "the dragon looks up and eats the pig's head". People buy pig's head meat in succession, hoping to have a good omen in the new year.

10, onion cake

In some places, the cakes eaten on February 2 are called "Longlin cakes", while in Luliang area, eating pancakes or scallion cakes on this day is called "uncovering the dragon skin". In Taiyuan, besides pancakes, jiaozi is also eaten on this day, which is called "eating dragon's ears". Some people roll plates with cakes, which means turning off the tap. Jinnan must eat twist and prickly heat that day, which is called "biting the keel".

1 1, fried noodles

In the area of Beixiang, Shexian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, every household eats fried noodles at noon on the second day of the second lunar month. Stir-fried noodles are small pieces of noodles, and then mixed with shredded pork, shredded tofu, shredded bamboo shoots, vegetables and so on. Because fried noodles look like insects, it means that everyone works together with Qi Xin to fry the insects and eat them all.

12, backing cake

In Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, the custom of eating "supporting cakes" is kept on February 2, which means that if you eat cakes, you won't have backache that year.

13, mustard rice

There is a custom of eating mustard rice on February 2. There is a saying in the local dialect that rhymes with it, which means that if you eat mustard rice on this day, you won't get skin disease for a year. This has a certain scientific reason, because the vitamins and chlorophyll in mustard are good for your skin.

14 snail powder

On February 2nd, Liuzhou locals will eat a bowl of snail powder (usually), because the snail powder in Chili oil is red, which means that the days are booming, and the ingredients are peanuts, sour bamboo shoots and yuba, which means that the days are colorful.

15, Taiping honey cake

Wuzhou specialty snacks, eating too square meters of cakes on February 2, symbolizes the family's safe reunion. Rice cakes are loved by many people because of their sweetness. It is usually made of peanuts, sesame seeds, melon seeds and crystal meat. They have a traditional flavor and are very delicious!