Mid-Autumn Festival, family reunion. On such a happy day, it is always the time when all the snacks are full of food. China is rich in food culture, and every place has its own corresponding Mid-Autumn Festival food. Let's take a look at what all the places eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

mooncakes

When it comes to festive food for the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone must immediately think of mooncakes. Moon cakes are one of the most famous traditional snacks in China. Among them, Cantonese, Beijing, Suzhou, Chaozhou and Yunnan moon cakes are loved by people all over China. Since the Tang Dynasty, all parts of China will eat moon cakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival. Although different places have different practices and flavors, there will be no shortage of moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Suzhou: Water chestnuts

The market is full of people who sell and buy water chestnuts. Giving water chestnuts to children is even more blessed by adults who want them to be "smart". Water chestnut grows in July, but its best season is Mid-Autumn Festival.

Yunnan: Chestnut

When it is cool in autumn, the aroma of sugar-fried chestnuts begins to float in the streets. Chestnut, like taro and water chestnut, is also a must-eat snack in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Nanchang: Pomelo

Pomelo is an indispensable fruit in Mid-Autumn Festival. First, it happens to be the best season for grapefruit before and after Mid-Autumn Festival, so it's a pity to miss it. Secondly, grapefruit is big and round, symbolizing "reunion". Pomelo homophonic wanderer, Mid-Autumn Festival is a reunion festival, of course, wanderers go home for reunion.

Grapefruit also has the homonym of "Youzi", which means auspiciousness. While celebrating the festival, it also won a "lottery". In Nanchang dialect, the homonym of grapefruit is "having a son", so eating grapefruit in the Mid-Autumn Festival also has the auspicious meaning of having a baby early.

Guangxi: Ciba

Ciba is a kind of keepsake and holy food. Ciba is celebrated in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August. Eating Ciba and enjoying the moon is a symbol of family unity, happiness and good luck. For thousands of years, the broad masses of people have forged a profound friendship with it, and have a special liking for it, and given it infinite sustenance and profound meaning.

Zanba's conglomeration symbolizes the harmony and unity of the whole family; The sweetness of Ciba symbolizes the sweetness and happiness of life; Even if you take a nap early in the morning, the earlier you get up, the greater the harvest in the coming year; Ciba is round in size, which symbolizes people's "predestination", happiness, auspiciousness and reunion.

Zhejiang: Pumpkins

There is a special custom in the Mid-Autumn Festival, "Eating pumpkins in August and a half". From the older generation, there is also a legend about filial piety.

according to legend, a long time ago, there was a beautiful girl named Huang Hua at the foot of Nanshan. On August 15th, she found two oblate wild fruits in the weeds on the mountain, picked them back, and cooked them for her parents. After eating these delicious and fruity wild fruits, her parents, who were ill in bed for years of famine, gradually recovered. Therefore, melon was picked from Nanshan, and later people called it pumpkin. In the Mid-Autumn Festival, we always try it in various cooking methods.

Hefei: lotus root

Eating lotus root in Mid-Autumn Festival means sending a reunion, especially eating a "lotus root box". Slice the lotus root, connect the lower ends of each two pieces, sandwich meat and clam in the middle, and fry the noodles until golden. This is also called lotus root cake, which has the same effect as moon cakes.

In addition to moon cakes, Hefei people also eat "selfless lotus root" in Baohe during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Legend has it that in Bao Zheng's later years, Renzong awarded the hero half of Hefei City to Bao Gong. Bao Gong asked his descendants to stand on their own feet and refused the emperor's village reward. However, Renzong must give it, and finally give him a moat. If the emperor doesn't get the seal, he will be guilty of resisting the purport. Bao Gong was so helpless that he had to be sealed, but he was very uneasy. Seeing the lotus root in the moat, after careful consideration, the lotus root was stipulated; Lotus root can be eaten but not sold. Bao Zheng is iron and lotus root has no silk (private). Strange to say, the lotus roots in other places are broken, but the lotus roots in Baohe have no silk.

Since then, Hefei has left a two-part allegorical saying "Baohe Lotus Root-No Silk (Private)". Bao Zheng's descendants abided by Bao Gong's legacy, and tasted Bao He's lotus root and added rock sugar on the Mid-Autumn Festival to show "Bing Xin's selflessness". The lotus root in the river is only given to the neighbors, and it is never sold for money. This virtue is imitated by people, and it has become a custom.

Shanghai: Crab

As the saying goes, "The west wind makes the crab's feet itch", which means that every Mid-Autumn Festival, the crab is full of cream and fat, which is the best time to taste. Crabs are rich in nutrition, especially protein, which is several times higher than pork and fish.

In ancient times, the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival banquet of Han nationality was the most elegant in the court. For example, eating crabs was popular in the court in the Ming Dynasty. After the crabs were steamed with cattails, everyone sat around and tasted them, accompanied by wine and vinegar. Drink Su Ye Tang after eating and wash your hands with it. The banquet table area is full of flowers, pomegranates and other fashionable things, and the mythical dramas of the Mid-Autumn Festival are performed.

The above are the Mid-Autumn Festival delicacies compiled by Xiaobian.