Traditional food of bibcock
1, scallion cake
In some places, the cakes eaten on February 2 are called "Longlin cakes", while in Luliang area, eating pancakes or scallion cakes on this day is called "uncovering the dragon skin". In Taiyuan, besides pancakes, jiaozi is eaten on this day, which is called "eating dragon's ears", while in the south of Shanxi, you must eat twist and sprinkle seeds on this day, which is called "biting the keel".
2, making love, snowballing (financial resources rolling)
On the day of "the dragon looks up", we pay attention to eating "jiaozi with meat dishes" and take the homonym of "meat dishes" to send a message that the new year's financial resources are rolling; In the custom of old Beijing, people like to buy "snowballing usury" on the second day of the second lunar month. Soybean powder is wrapped in bean paste, which is round in appearance and also has the meaning of "rolling in financial resources".
Step 3 fry beans
There is a habit of eating fried beans in northwest China and Min County, Gansu Province, which indicates the beginning of spring. On February 2nd, in Min County, people bought rhubarb pears and went home to honor the elderly, so the February 2nd Temple Fair was also called "Huang Lihui".
Step 4 support the cake
In Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, the custom of eating "supporting cakes" is kept on February 2, which means that if you eat cakes, you won't have backache that year.
5. Noodles
Northerners like to eat a bowl of "Longxu Noodles" on this day to win a "good lottery". Longxu Noodles evolved from Lamian Noodles, a Shandong hand, and was named after Lamian Noodles, who was as thin as a hair and boiled into a silver dragon. "Longxu Noodles" has a beautiful meaning of smoothness.
6. A flag
Zibo people have the custom of eating fried noodles and flags. It is made by cutting into rhombic slices and frying the dry flag with clay.
7, fried noodles
In the area of Beixiang, Shexian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, every household eats fried noodles on February 2nd, because the fried noodles look like insects, which means that everyone works together with Qi Xin to fry the insects and eat them all. On February 2, most of the food on this day was named dragon. All this is to wake up the Dragon King and pray for a good harvest in a year.