1. Taro, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, besides moon cakes and ducks, Shanghainese also eat taro. Some put taro in the old duck soup, add some flat-pointed bamboo shoots to eat, and some directly fry with scallion oil. Taro is a plant that propagates through bulbs, symbolizing "mother and child depend on each other". Therefore, eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival is of great significance. In Jiangnan dialect, the homonym of taro is "Quanyun". Therefore, eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival can not only taste the taste, but also indicate good luck.

2, edamame, there is a saying in Shanghai County Records that "August and a half is also the birthday of taro and edamame". To celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone must use "baked taro with hairy pods". The edamame is produced from the local "Niudabian". The beans of this edamame are flat and fat, as if they had been trampled by cattle, and the taste is a little sweet. There are several kinds of beans in edamame, which also symbolize the unity of brothers and sisters. edamame is also called edamame pod in the local area. It is hoped that eating edamame will be auspicious and everything will be fine.

3. Babel duck, Shanghai people attach importance to health protection. Because autumn is dry, eating ducks is good for health, which is when ducks are full, so eating ducks around the Mid-Autumn Festival has become a traditional custom in Shanghai. Shanghai people especially like four kinds of ducks: one is fresh and delicious salted duck; The other is fresh and crispy roast duck, the third is sauced duck with thick red sauce, and the fourth is delicious babao duck.