In the old days, there was a custom in Siyi called "eating spring vegetables at the spring equinox". "Spring vegetables are a kind of wild amaranth, which the villagers call "spring artemisia". On the day of the spring equinox, the whole village went to pick spring vegetables. Most of the spring vegetables are young and green, thin trees, about as long as the palm of your hand. After picking the spring vegetables, people would make it together with fish slices, which is called "spring soup". Eating spring vegetables on the spring equinox has the meaning of praying for the health of the family.

2, radish

Yangzhou people also eat radish on the vernal equinox or radish stuffed buns, spring rolls custom. This time to eat radish can not only up and down the ventilation, but also play a disease, the effect of spring fever. In the spring of a variety of vegetables, radish is considered to be very good for the human body a vegetable, can eliminate food phlegm, but also can help to lose weight, whether it is adults or children can be appropriate to eat some radish, for their own body to supplement the nutrition, so radish is a very popular food.

3, donkey roll

According to the custom of the old Beijing, spring equinox have to eat donkey roll, in order to avoid evil and pray for luck. Donkey rolls are made of rich ingredients, including yellow rice noodles, soybean noodles, red bean paste, sugar, sesame oil, cinnamon, green and red silk and melon seeds, which are very nutritious and therefore very popular with some people. However, it should be noted that donkey roll contains too many calories and is also not easy to digest, so you can not eat too much at once.

4, sun cake

"Sun cake, step by step". According to the old Beijing custom, the day of the equinox to worship the sun god, "please" eat the sun cake. Sun cake is not only a tribute for the spring equinox festival, but also a seasonal food, which means "high sun". The sun cake not only has a very good meaning, but also a very delicious food, at the same time, the sun cake is also a kind of health benefits of a kind of food. So every year at the time of the spring equinox, people are going to eat the sun cake this kind of food.