The special food traditions of the twenty-four solar terms: "Biuchun" refers to the custom of eating spring dishes, spring pancakes, spring rolls and chewing radishes on the beginning of spring. The word "bite" refers to the many food customs of the season.

When it rains, otter sacrifices fish, or else you just eat fish... There is also a custom of bringing cans of meat back to your parents' home... In ancient my country, rainwater was divided into three periods: "In the first period, Otters sacrificed fish; in the second period, the swans came; During this period, the otters began to catch fish, as if they were offering sacrifices first and then eating them. After five days, the geese began to fly back from the south to the north. In the spring rain where everything is silent, the grass and trees begin to sprout buds as the Yang Qi rises in the ground.

Another main custom of the Rain Festival is the son-in-law, who goes to give festivals to his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

The gifts given during the festival are usually two rattan chairs with a one-foot-two-foot red ribbon wrapped around them. This is called "Jie Shou", which means wishing the father-in-law and mother-in-law a long life.

Another typical gift for the festival is "canned meat": stewed pig's feet, snow-capped soybeans and kelp in a clay pot, then seal the mouth of the can with red paper and red string, and send it to the father-in-law and mother-in-law.

This is an expression of gratitude and respect to the father-in-law and mother-in-law who worked hard to raise their daughter.

If it is a wedding day for a newlywed son-in-law, the father-in-law and mother-in-law will also give him an umbrella in return, so that the son-in-law can be protected from the wind and rain when he goes out to run around. It also means wishing the son-in-law a smooth and safe journey in life.

During this solar term, you should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and eat a light diet to replenish body moisture. Spinach, leeks, etc. are all good vegetables, and eat less greasy food.

Porridge is the best diet therapy, and it can be made into lotus seed porridge, yam porridge, red date porridge, etc.

During this season, you should eat less warm foods such as mutton and dog meat.

Jingzhe has a folk custom of eating pears during Jingzhe. In minority areas, the Yao people in Jinxiu County, Guangxi, eat "fried worms" on Jingzhe Day. After the "worms" are cooked, they are placed in the hall, and the whole family sits around and eats them.

, and shouting while eating: "Eating fried worms, eating fried worms!" When they are enjoying themselves, they have to compete. Whoever eats faster and chews louder, everyone comes to congratulate him for his contribution to the eradication of pests.

In fact, the "worm" is corn, which is its symbolic meaning.

In some areas of Shandong, farmers will light a stove in the courtyard to bake pancakes on the Waking of Insects Day, which means that the smoke and fire will kill the pests.

In Shaanxi, some areas eat fried beans to celebrate the Waking of Insects.

People soak the soybeans in salt water and stir-fry them in a pot. The crackling sound symbolizes the sound of insects jumping when they are heated in the pot.

In the Yanbei region of Shanxi Province, farmers eat pears on the Waking of Insects Day to bid farewell to pests.

——It seems that food customs are closely connected with the meaning of solar terms. Eggs are erect on the Spring Equinox, so you can eat them too!

In the past, people with the surname Xie in Cangcheng Town, Kaiping, which was the fourth city (including Heshan as the fifth city), had an unforgettable custom called "eating spring vegetables on the spring equinox".

"Chuncai" is a kind of wild amaranth, which the locals call "Chunbi Artemisia".

On the vernal equinox, the whole village goes to pick spring vegetables.

When searching in the fields, most of them are green and thin, about as long as a palm.

The collected spring vegetables are usually boiled in soup with fish fillets at home, which is called "spring soup".

There is a jingle that goes: "Spring soup fills the internal organs and cleanses the liver and intestines. The whole family, old and young, is safe and healthy." Since spring, people pray for peace in their homes and health.

On the day of the Spring Equinox, farmers have a holiday according to custom. Every family has to eat Tangyuan. In addition, they have to cook more than ten or twenty or thirty Tangyuan without wrapping them, cut them with thin bamboo forks and place them outdoors on the edge of the field.

The ridge is called the sticky mouth of a sparrow to prevent sparrows from destroying crops.

During the Qingming Festival (as a major festival for worshiping ancestors, there are many designated foods!), there is a custom of eating green dumplings in the south of the Yangtze River.

Green dumplings are made by pounding a wild plant called "wheat straw" and squeezing out the juice. The juice is then mixed and kneaded with the dried pure glutinous rice flour, and then the dumplings are made.

The filling center of the dumplings is made of fine sugar bean paste. When filling, a small piece of sugar lard is added.

After the dumplings are made, put them into a basket and steam them. When they come out of the basket, use a brush to evenly brush the cooked vegetable oil on the surface of the dumplings, and you're done.

Green dumplings are as green as jade, waxy and soft, with a fragrant fragrance. They taste sweet but not greasy, fat but not plump.

Artemisia cake is similar to Jiangnan Qingtuan. The preparation method is: "pick new artemisia buds and glutinous rice and pound them together to make the artemisia juice and rice flour blend into one. Fill it with meat, vegetables, bean paste, jujube paste, etc., and serve it in various styles."

It is put into a wooden mold and steamed in a basket with new reed leaves. "The wormwood cake is green in color and has a plant fragrance. It is one of the foods used to worship ancestors during the Qingming Festival, and is also used as a gift or to entertain relatives and friends.

In addition, there is a custom of eating tea eggs in Huaiyang during Qingming Festival.

(You need to eat green food during the Qingming Festival. People in Jiangnan eat sweet food. People in Lingnan also eat salty food. But sweet food is indeed delicious! There is a custom of eating rice dumplings during the Qingming Festival in various parts of the north and south of my country. " rice dumplings" are one Fried food, crispy and delicious, 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 Han area: the northern dumplings are generous and free-spirited, using wheat noodles as the main ingredient; the southern dumplings are delicate and delicate, mostly using rice noodles as the main ingredient.