Qingming is the fifth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms. It occurs around April 5 every year, either one day earlier or one day later, when the sun reaches 15 degrees of ecliptic longitude.

Let’s take a look at the traditional food and health tips for Qingming Festival that I have compiled for you. You are welcome to read them, for reference only.

Traditional delicacies during the Qingming Festival 1. Qingtuan. Qingtuan is one of the must-eat foods during the Qingming Festival. This is also a delicacy that has been passed down from ancient times to the present.

Qingtuan is actually somewhat similar to the dumplings we usually eat, but mugwort juice is added when making Qingtuan. The steamed dumplings are green, so they are called Qingtuan.

In ancient times, Qingtuan was eaten during the Qingming Festival, which was also called eating cold food.

So now, although it is impossible for everyone to eat cold food during the Qingming Festival, the Youth League will still continue to eat it in order to preserve China's traditional food culture and customs.

2. Toon buds Toon buds are young leaves that grow on toon trees. Starting from the beginning of March every year, toon buds can be picked and eaten. By mid-April, there are basically no toon buds left, so it is not edible.

Time is very short.

The Qingming Festival happens to be the last moment to eat toon buds, so everyone will seize this time to taste this delicious food.

The preparation method of toon buds is very simple. It is usually used to cook soup or scrambled eggs. It has a special aroma when eaten. For some people who like to eat toon buds, this aroma is really irresistible.

3. Ciba In many areas, a traditional food eaten during the Qingming Festival is Ciba. Ciba is similar to the rice cakes that everyone usually eats. It is also made of glutinous rice flour, but the glutinous rice cake is very soft and glutinous.

The glutinous rice cake becomes hard after it cools down. Cut it into slices and fry it in a pan. It will be very soft and glutinous. It is very delicious when dipped in white sugar or topped with red sauce.

4. Snails During the Qingming Festival in the South, snails are indispensable.

In fact, eating snails during the Qingming Festival mainly depends on the season. Although snails are available all year round, the snails during the Qingming Festival are the most plump, freshest and cleanest. After this time, the meat quality and quality of the snails are relatively different.

The taste is not as good as anything else.

So everyone will eat some snails during the Qingming Festival to taste the delicious food only available during the Qingming Festival.

Qingming health tips: Yang Qi rises in spring, and the body's Yang Qi also rises accordingly. To support Yang Qi, you should pay attention to your diet. You can eat onions, coriander, black beans, dates, stilbene, etc. regularly, and eat more.

Foods that can eliminate phlegm, strengthen the spleen, nourish the kidneys and nourish the lungs, such as loquats, pears, lotus seeds, lilies, jujubes, walnuts, honey, etc., can help relieve symptoms.

Chinese medicine for nourishing the spleen also believes: "It is better to reduce acidity and increase sweetness in spring to nourish the spleen." This is because spring is the time when liver qi is strong, and strong liver qi will affect the spleen. Therefore, spleen and stomach weakness is easy to occur in spring, and more sour foods are eaten.

It will cause liver yang to be overactive. Therefore, it is advisable to choose pungent, sweet and warm foods in spring diet, avoid sour and astringent foods, and eat more vegetables and wild vegetables.

Nourishing Yang: In spring, due to the characteristics of human body's yang energy growth, you can choose a tonic and tonic diet, such as using warm foods to supplement.

A tonic diet is suitable for normal people and weak people, such as buckwheat, coix seed, soy milk, mung beans, apples, sesame seeds, walnuts, etc.

A clear and tonic diet refers to a diet that is cooked with foods that are cooler in nature, such as pears, lotus roots, shepherd's purse, lilies, etc.

Nourish the Kidneys. The climate in spring is pleasant, which is a good time for patients with poor kidney function to nourish and regulate the kidneys. Taking kidney-strengthening formulas and kidney-strengthening medicated meals at this time will have a higher effect on the early stages of kidney damage. Patients should pay attention to spring lifestyle conditioning and diet.

Mainly light and sweet.

You can eat light fruits and vegetables, such as mangosteen, lotus root, coix seed, cucumber and cantaloupe.

Nourish the Liver "Huangdi Neijing" records: "When a person lies down, blood returns to the liver", and in spring, one should "sleep at night and get up early".

The key to nourishing the liver is sleep. We should comply with the vitality of nature, go to bed early and get up early, go for a walk in the morning, relax the body, soothe the body and regulate emotions as a way to maintain health.

To nourish yin, those with yin deficiency and internal heat constitution can choose rice porridge, red bean porridge, lotus heart porridge, green vegetable puree and other foods. Do not eat sweet and greasy, fried and greasy, raw and cold foods.

Nourish the brain: In spring, people with excessive liver yang are prone to headaches and dizziness. This is why traditional Chinese medicine says that "people with spring qi are prone to all diseases."

The dietary prevention and treatment method is to eat 250-500 grams of bananas or oranges every day; or use 100 grams of banana peels and drink them frequently instead of tea.

In addition, you can also use 250 grams of celery and 10 red dates, decocted in water instead of tea.

In a stomach-nourishing diet, avoid rich pork soup, chicken soup, fish soup, beef soup, spinach, beans, animal offal and irritating condiments, because the above foods have a strong effect on stimulating gastric juice secretion and can easily form gas and cause

Abdominal distension and increased gastrointestinal burden.

The diet should be light and easy to digest, and the above-mentioned honey therapy can be used.