1. beginning of spring, commonly known as "Dachun", is used to eating radish, ginger, onion and bread on this day, which is called "Biting Spring"; Beginning of spring also has its own food, mainly spring cakes, radishes, spiced dishes, etc. Spring rolls are popular in the south.
2. Rainwater is an old custom in the north. On this day, ordinary people want to eat noodles, spring cakes, popcorn, etc. Different regions have different foods, but most of them are related to dragons. Generally, the name of food is added with the title of "dragon". For example, eating dumplings is called eating "dragon ears". Eating noodles is called eating "dragon beard"; Eating rice is called eating "dragon son"; Eating wonton is called eating "longan" "Rain Festival, Going Back to Mother's Home" is a popular holiday custom in western Sichuan. At this time, the married daughter will go home to visit her parents. The typical gift is called "canned meat", that is, stewed pig's feet, snow-capped soybeans and kelp in a casserole, and then sealed the jar with red paper and red rope to give it to her parents to express their gratitude and respect for their parenting.
3. In ancient times, people would hold fragrance and wormwood and smoke the four corners of their homes to drive them away with fragrance. The solar terms are warm and cold, and the climate is dry. Because pears quench their thirst, people have the custom of eating pears. In some areas of Shandong, people bake pancakes in the courtyard on the day of fright; In Shaanxi, some areas have to eat fried beans after being shocked; In Yanbei, Shanxi, farmers want to eat pears on the day of fright, which means to leave pests.
4. vernal equinox. In the old days, there was a folk custom of "eating spring vegetables at the vernal equinox". Spring vegetables are a kind of wild amaranth, also known as spring wormwood. In the south of the Yangtze River, the custom of rewarding cattle and offering sacrifices to hundreds of birds is popular
5. According to the custom of old Beijing, people have to eat snowballing in the spring equinox in order to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings. The origin of snowballing usury is extraordinary, and its processing materials include rhubarb rice noodles, yellow bean, red bean paste, white sugar, sesame oil, osmanthus fragrans, green shredded pork and melon seeds, which is enough to meet the requirement of diversification of ingredients in the nutritional dietary guidelines. Its production is divided into three processes: blank making, stuffing and molding. The outer layer of the "snowballing donkey" is covered with bean noodles, which is golden yellow, sweet with bean flavor, soft and unique, and it is a delicious food for all ages.
6. During the Qingming Festival, there is a custom of eating green dumplings in the south of the Yangtze River. Green dumplings are made by mashing a wild plant called "Wheat Straw" and squeezing out juice, then mixing this juice with dried pure glutinous rice flour, and then making dumplings; There is a custom of eating prickly heat (called cold utensils in ancient times) all over the north and south. Due to the combination of Cold Food Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day, some places still keep the habit of eating cold food in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In Shandong, Jimo eats eggs and cold cakes; Laiyang, Zhaoyuan and Long Island eat eggs and cold sorghum rice.
7. Grain Rain, for fishermen, Grain Rain Festival is a popular custom of offering sacrifices to the sea. According to the custom of picking tea in southern Grain Rain, it is said that drinking tea on this day in Grain Rain will clear fire, ward off evil spirits and improve eyesight. So no matter what the weather is in Grain Rain, people will go to Chashan to pick some new tea to drink.