What are the traditional delicacies to eat at the Autumn Equinox? Food you can’t miss on the Autumnal Equinox: Tangyuan. Farmers have a holiday according to custom on the Autumn Equinox. Every family eats Tangyuan, and more than ten glutinous rice dumplings are made without fillings. Or boil twenty or thirty pieces, stick them with thin bamboo forks and place them on the ridge of the field outside. It is called sticking the sparrows' mouths to prevent sparrows from destroying the crops. Of course, hoping to use glutinous rice balls to glue the sparrow's mouth is just a beautiful imagination and wish of farmers, but this also illustrates a truth, that is, glutinous rice balls are relatively sticky, difficult to digest, and should not be eaten in large quantities. Eating Autumn Vegetables In the Lingnan area, people surnamed Xie in Cangcheng Town, Kaiping, which used to be the fourth town (and now include Heshan as the fifth town), have an unforgettable custom called "eating autumn vegetables at the autumnal equinox". "Qiucai" is a kind of wild amaranth, which the locals call "Qiubi Artemisia". On the day of the autumnal equinox, the whole village goes to pick autumn vegetables. When searching in the fields, most of them are green and thin, about as long as a palm. The harvested autumn vegetables are usually boiled in soup with fish fillets at home, which is called "autumn soup". There is a jingle that goes: "Autumn soup fills the internal organs and cleanses the liver and intestines. The whole family, old and young, is safe and healthy." Since autumn, people pray for peace in their homes and health. Eat radish to maintain health during the autumn equinox. You can eat more fruits and vegetables that are pungent, sour, sweet or have the effect of lowering lung qi, especially white radish and carrots. According to traditional Chinese medicine, radish must be divided into raw and cooked. Raw radish tastes pungent, sweet, and cool in nature; cooked radish tastes sweet, has a neutral nature, and enters the lung and stomach meridians. Eating crabs during the autumnal equinox is the time when crab meat is the most plump and nutritious. Crabs are high-quality and valuable aquatic products, and their meat is tender and delicious. Not only that, crabs also have extremely high nutritional value. Their protein content is several times higher than that of pork and fish, and they are rich in nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, and vitamin A. Eat duck meat During the autumnal equinox, when the temperature drops, many people have an increased appetite and prefer to eat meat. Experts said: "Excessive consumption of meat is not good, but from a nutritional point of view, giving up meat is not a way to maintain health. A balanced diet is what we advocate." Meat has different tastes and nutrients, and is suitable for different groups of people, so it should be based on Choose the most suitable meat according to your physique and climate. When eating eggs, "the autumnal equinox is here and the eggs are pretty." During the autumnal equinox every year, there is also a folk custom of "erecting eggs". In many places, interesting games or competitions of "erecting eggs" are held on this day. Of course, eating eggs is indispensable after "erecting eggs". Eggs are rich in various vitamins and minerals, a small amount of omega-3 fatty acids, and a large amount of lecithin, lutein and other health ingredients. Eating eggs during the autumnal equinox has many benefits.