Toona sinensis is naturally the most popular food every spring. Toona sinensis trees sprout in spring, bloom in summer and bear fruit in autumn and winter. The Toona sinensis we usually eat is actually Toona sinensis buds. Toona sinensis bud is nutritious, rich in vitamin C, vitamin E, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium and other ingredients. Chinese medicine also believes that it has a dietotherapy effect, mainly treating exogenous cold, rheumatism, stomachache, dysentery and so on.

Malantou is widely distributed on country roadsides, fields and hillsides. Every spring, many people will pick its tender stems and leaves and take them home for processing. It is a very good green appetizing wild vegetable with fresh and delicious taste. The best eating season of Malantou is before the Qingming Festival. As the saying goes, "Malan cuisine is a treasure before the Ming Dynasty, and Malan sheep mouth grass after the Ming Dynasty". You don't know the freshness of spring unless you take a bite of Malantou before Qingming Festival!

Spring bamboo shoots are certainly worth mentioning again in spring food. They can be perfectly matched with many dishes, and they are refreshing and delicious no matter how they are cooked! From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine nutrition, bamboo shoots are different from winter bamboo shoots, which are still buried underground and have emerged. Therefore, winter bamboo shoots are thick and bitter, which is nourishing yin and tonifying kidney. Roasted pork with winter bamboo shoots is a particularly good dish. Spring bamboo shoots are the kind that begin to sprout, and they enter the liver, which can penetrate the internal yin, cold, wet and turbid qi of the human body, so the practice of spring bamboo shoots can be mixed with vegetables, such as the above-mentioned Malantou spring bamboo shoots.

The most common practice of spring bamboo shoots in the south of the Yangtze River is salted and preserved, which is the most delicious in the south of the Yangtze River. Cured meat blindly, fresh meat blindly and stewed slowly, the whole pot of soup is full of fresh.

The earliest time for strawberries to be listed every year is around New Year's Day, and the national producing areas can be listed from December to April and May of the following year, so spring is still a good season for eating strawberries! Moreover, the price of strawberries in spring will be much better than that in winter. Choosing brands and varieties with good appearance will still taste very fresh and sweet!

Spring rolls are a traditional food in China folk festivals, especially in the south. Like Hangzhou, almost every household will eat spring rolls during the Spring Festival, and some places are popular to eat spring rolls during the Qingming Festival. Spring rolls are usually wrapped in leeks, bean sprouts, carrots, dried mushrooms, pork, etc. All kinds of stuffing are wrapped in a layer of spring rolls and fried golden, and it will make your mouth water.