The delicacies of various places during the Qingming Festival include green dumplings from Jiangnan, white-flour chicken from Qingdao, mustard rice from eastern Fujian, white-cut chicken from Hainan, pancakes from Xiamen and southern Fujian, and date cake from northwest China.
1. Qingtuan During the Qingming Festival, there is a food custom in the Jiangnan area of ??eating Qingtuan. Qingtuan is made by grinding wheat straw into juice. The wheat straw juice and glutinous rice flour are mixed evenly, and then bean paste filling is added in the middle. After steaming, Qingtuan becomes Qingtuan.
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2. White-flour Chicken White-flour Chicken is a pastry made of flour kneaded into the shape of a chick. In the Qingdao area, there is a custom of eating eggs and white-flour chicks during the Qingming Festival. You can knead the flour flowers at home and steam them before eating them. It is also called
"Steamed Xiaoyan".
3. Mustard rice In eastern Fujian, there is a custom of eating mustard rice during the Qingming Festival. Mustard rice can also be eaten directly.
4. White-cut chicken During the Qingming Festival, people in Hainan will kill chickens to visit tombs and offer sacrifices. Generally, people will eat them after the sacrifice, so people in Hainan will eat white-cut chicken on this day.
Not only Qingming Festival, but also any important day, people in Hainan will eat boiled chicken.
5. Pancakes In Xiamen and southern Fujian, there is a custom of eating pancakes during the Qingming Festival. When rolling pancakes, you can choose the side dishes according to your own preferences, such as celery, leeks, bean sprouts, etc.
6. Date cake Eating jujube cake is a tradition in the northwest region. Steamed buns are usually eaten during Qingming Festival, and the buns are decorated with animal shapes. It is said that animals protected Jie Zitui when he climbed Mianshan Mountain, so this is used as a commemoration.
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