Things to eat during the Qingming Festival include: green dumplings, steamed rice dumplings, moxa dumplings, black glutinous rice, and pancakes.
1. Qingtuan As a traditional delicacy in the Jiangnan area, Qingtuan is one of the representative foods of Qingming Festival.
Qingtuan is made of glutinous rice flour and mugwort, usually wrapped with sweet fillings such as lotus seeds and bean paste, and sometimes with salty fillings.
The glutinous rice flour is very sticky, and the green dumplings wrapped into it have a delicate texture and are very chewy. Coupled with the fragrance of mugwort, the taste is unforgettable.
2. Sanzi Sanzi is a Tomb-Sweeping Day snack that is available and loved all over the north and south.
The main material of this food is flour, which is kneaded, fermented, rolled into strips, cut into small pieces and then fried. It is crispy and delicious, with a unique texture and taste.
Rice noodles are mostly used as the main ingredient in southerners' dumplings, while wheat noodles are mostly used as the main ingredient in northerners' dumplings.
3. Ai Bo Ai Bo is also a traditional delicacy during the Qingming Festival. Its preparation method is relatively simple. You only need to mix glutinous rice flour, glutinous rice noodles, some seasonings and mugwort, and then cook it in a pot.
That’s it.
4. Wunen rice: Wunen rice, also known as "Wunn rice", is one of the traditional Qingming Festival delicacies of the She people and has a long history.
It is characterized by its black color because the main ingredient is black glutinous rice, plus sugar, oil, chicken, etc.
Wu Ni rice is not only bright in color, but also sweet and delicious. It is praised by the She people as a food that is "sweet in the mouth and affectionate in the heart".
5. Pancake Pancake is a traditional specialty in Chaozhou, Guangdong and Fuzhou, Fujian. It is especially popular during the Qingming Festival when people go to the mountains to worship ancestors.
Pancake is a kind of pastry with crispy texture and light taste. It can not only satisfy hunger, but also make people have endless aftertaste.
During the Qingming Festival, pancakes are one of the protagonists of breakfast in every household.