1. Youth League: In the Jiangnan area, there is a dietary custom of eating Youth League during the Qingming Festival.
Qingtuan is made by mashing a plant called wheat straw with a tool, squeezing out the juice, and kneading the juice with glutinous rice flour into a ball.
Wrap the filling made of red bean paste in the middle, steam it in a steamer, and then smear a layer of vegetable oil on the surface before eating.
2. Ai Cong: There is a saying that "eating Ai Cong before and after Qingming will keep you from getting sick all year round." Ai Cong is a must-have traditional food for Hakka people during Qingming Festival.
Moxa cake is made by boiling mugwort in water, draining the boiled mugwort and then chopping it into grass paste. The finer the better, then mix the mugwort paste, glutinous rice flour and the water in which the mugwort was boiled before and knead it into a ball.
, then wrap fillings such as sesame seeds and peanuts in the middle, seal and shape it into a square or round shape, put it in a steamer and steam it until it is done.
3. Sanzi: During the Qingming Festival, both the south and the north have the custom of eating Sanzi. Sanzi is a kind of fried food. Although both the South and the North eat Sanzi, the cooking method is different between the South and the North.
, The steamed buns in the south are made with rice noodles as the main ingredient and are exquisitely made, while the steamed buns in the north are made with wheat noodles as the main ingredient and are elegantly made.
4. Warm mushroom buns: People in Taining area have the dietary custom of eating warm mushroom buns during the Qingming Festival.
Warm mushroom buns are made from a kind of mushroom called warm mushroom grass by local people. The scientific name of warm mushroom grass is called sage grass, also known as Buddha's ear grass.
The way warm mushroom buns are made is different in different places. In the south, freshly picked mushroom grass is used to make the warm mushroom buns. The shape of the warm mushroom buns is like a round bun, while in the north, the warm mushroom buns are made in different ways.
At that time, the powder of warm mushroom grass was used to make the warm mushroom buns, which were shaped like dumplings and crescent-shaped.