Qingming snacks include: Qingtuan, moxa cake, steamed buns, Pu Zi Kueh, moist cakes, etc.
1. Qingtuan Qingtuan is one of the must-eat foods during the Qingming Festival. It is a traditional snack eaten by people in Jiangnan during the Qingming Festival. According to research, the name Qingtuan originated in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,000 years. During Qingming Festival, almost every
Steamed qingtuan is a must. In ancient times, people made qingtuan mainly for sacrifices. Although qingtuan has been passed down for thousands of years and its appearance has not changed, its function as a sacrificial object has become increasingly diluted, and it has become a highly seasonal dish.
snacks, often used as spring outing snacks.
2. Ai Cong Ai Cong is a traditional delicacy eaten by Hakkas in Guangdong during the Qingming Festival. There is an old saying among the Hakkas that "eating Ai Cong before and after Qingming will keep you from getting sick all year round."
"粄" is the general name for various types of glutinous rice and sticky rice cakes in Hakka dialect. Ai cake is generally made and used during the Qingming period, so it belongs to the Qingming cake and is also the most common Qingming cake.
Made with sticky rice flour, glutinous rice flour, mugwort, etc. Because mugwort is added, fresh mugwort is generally boiled in water and minced into puree, poured into the glutinous rice flour, and then added with boiled mugwort water.
Wrap it with your favorite fillings and steam it until cooked.
3. Sanzi is a special food of the Qingming Festival, and there is a custom of eating Sanzi during the Qingming Festival in both the north and the south. "Sanzi" is a fried food, crispy and delicate, and was called "Han Ju" in ancient times.
The custom of prohibiting fire and cold food during the Cold Food Festival is no longer popular in most parts of our country, but the dumplings related to this festival are deeply loved by the world.
There are differences between the north and the south in the dumplings that are popular in Han areas: the northern dumplings are generous and free-spirited, with wheat noodles as the main ingredient; the southern dumplings are delicate and delicate, and mostly use rice noodles as the main ingredient.
4. Pu Zi Kueh Pu Zi Kueh is a must-have traditional pastry for the Qingming Festival that almost everyone at home and abroad knows. At the same time, making "Pu Zi Kueh" during the Qing Ming Festival is also a traditional food custom of the Chaoshan people, fully demonstrating the characteristics of the overseas Chinese in Chaoshan.
ethnic customs and food characteristics.
During the Qingming Festival, Chaoshan folks who are far away from home and abroad will offer Pu Zi Kueh when they return to their hometown to visit their graves. This is a unique way for Chaoshan to remember their ancestors.
5. Eating moist cakes during Qingming Festival is very popular in southern Fujian, Chaoshan and Taiwan. It is said that this is a legacy of the ancient cold food diet custom. In ancient times, cold food was eaten on the day of Qingming Festival. Vegetables were cooled and then wrapped in dough for consumption.
, this custom has been passed down to this day, and everyone will eat cakes on Qingming Festival to commemorate the occasion.
With the progress of the times, Runcake is no longer limited to the Qingming Festival or March 3rd, and has become a unique snack in southern Fujian and Taiwan.