2. Fried cakes. In some areas such as Beijing and Tianjin, people have the custom of eating fried cakes during the Spring Festival, which is called "eating gentian". The fried cake is golden in color, which makes Gentiana macrophylla very vivid.
3, Spring Cakes, beginning of spring pays attention to eating Spring Cakes, but February 2nd also pays attention to eating Spring Cakes. Eating spring cakes in beginning of spring is called "biting spring cakes", and eating spring cakes on February 2nd is called "biting Longlin", which is named because the shape of spring cakes is round and thin like scales.
4, snowballing, people always like to buy "snowballing" on February 2 of the lunar calendar to taste. The bean powder stuffed with bean paste snowballs, which is round in shape and has the auspicious meaning of "rolling financial resources".
5. Noodles. Northerners like to eat a bowl of "Longxu Noodles" on February 2nd to win a good prize. Longxu Noodles evolved from Lamian Noodles, a Shandong hand. Lamian Noodles is as thin as a hair, and boiling water is like a silver dragon entering the sea, hence its name.