Spring cake side dishes are: shrimp, chicken, crabmeat, asparagus, shredded pork, leeks, chives, chives, dried spices, shredded egg skin, shredded dried tofu, spinach, shredded tripe, shredded yucca, shredded ham, mung bean sprouts, vermicelli, pork, Sichuan peppercorns and so on. The 19th day of the lunar month is the festival of spring in China, on this day people used to eat spring cake lettuce, etc., commonly known as chewing spring, bite spring or taste spring. During the Tang Dynasty, there was a custom of making spring plates on the day of spring.

Introduction of spring cake

Eating spring cake is one of the Chinese folk dietary customs of spring. In some areas (Northeast, North China and other regions) in the spring there is the custom of eating spring pancakes, spring pancakes are thin pancakes made of flour, usually to roll vegetables and eat. The earliest, spring cake and vegetables on a plate, become "spring plate".

Song "time and age" quoted Tang "four times treasure mirror" in: "spring day to eat rocaille, spring cake, lettuce, the number of spring plate." From the Song to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the wind of eating spring pancakes, and there is a record of the emperor in the spring to the hundred officials rewarded spring plate spring pancakes. Ming "Yandu excursion" contains: "Where the spring day, (the emperor) in the noon gate to give the hundred officials spring cake." To the Qing Dynasty, accompanied by spring pancakes and eat more rich vegetable fillings.

The authentic way to eat spring pancakes in the past was with "bean juice". It's hard to find, but millet porridge will do. People prepared small dishes or various types of fried vegetables, eat spring pancakes randomly into the cake. Spring to eat spring cake to welcome the spring, praying for a good harvest.