Traditional foods eaten during the Grain Rain solar term include:

1. Eating Chinese toon

As the saying goes: “The toon buds are extremely tender before the rain, and the toon buds grow into wood after the rain. ". Before and after Grain Rain, it is a good time to eat Chinese toon, especially in the northern region. Eating Chinese toon during Grain Rain is the most seasonal and precious dish nowadays.

The toon at this time is mellow, refreshing and has high nutritional value. Only at this time of the year can you taste this "flavor of spring"! Moreover, Toona sinensis has the effects of improving the body's immunity, strengthening the stomach, regulating qi, stopping diarrhea, moisturizing, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and killing insects.

2. Drink Grain Rain tea

Folk proverb goes: "Grain Rain and Grain Rain, picking tea is the opposite of rain." Grain Rain is the season for picking tea. The tea picked before Grain Rain is tender, fragrant and has the best taste. Therefore, tasting new tea during Grain Rain has become a habit. Guyu tea is warm and cool. Because Guyu grows in mild spring and the spring temperature is moderate, Guyu tea has the effect of warming and removing fire, and can be used as tea therapy.

3. Eat coriander

"Qingming breaks snow, and Grain Rain breaks frost." During the 15 days before and after Grain Rain and the last three days of Tomb Sweeping Day, the spleen is at its peak. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that coriander is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It can strengthen the stomach and digestion, diuretic and laxative. It can also induce sweating, clear up rashes, eliminate digestion and reduce qi. It is suitable for colds, indigestion, etc. Eating coriander in spring can dispel the cold, which is especially suitable when the spring is cold.

4. Black rice

Every year during the Grain Rain season, Zhaoxing Dong Village has the custom of "eating black rice, painting faces, and sowing rice seeds". On Guyu day, young men and women fully express their love. Young men will go to the girl's house to throw bamboo baskets and ask for black rice. The more people there, the more face the girl's family feels. This is a dual metaphorical expression of local farming culture and marriage and love customs.

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