The traditional food of the Cold Food Festival includes cold porridge, black rice, prickly heat, green balls, clear fruit and so on.

1, cold porridge

Cold porridge is called cold porridge because in the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er, Jin Wengong designated the day when he was burned to death as Cold Food Festival to commemorate the hero's explanation. On this day, people are not allowed to make a fire at home, so they all eat cold food. The porridge that gets cold this day is called cold porridge.

2. Black rice

Black rice, also known as "black rice", is a kind of rice made of glutinous rice. It was originally used by Taoism as a sacrificial food for this day, but later it spread to the people and became a holiday food for the Cold Food Festival.

3. Xunzi

Xunzi, a fried pasta, was originally a cold food. In ancient times, it was also called "cold food device", which happened to be eaten at the Cold Food Festival.

4. Communist Youth League

Qing Tuan is a kind of green cake dough, mostly sweet. During Tomb-Sweeping Day and Cold Food Festival, people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will eat green balls. Qing Tuan is soft and waxy, with bright and special color, which is a food that many people like very much.

5. Transparent fruit

Qingming fruit is a kind of food eaten before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day. Its shape and practice are similar to those of jiaozi, but its taste is completely different from that of jiaozi. The skin of Qingming fruit is made of shrew or wormwood, and leeks, eggs and dried tofu are used as fillings.