Eating traditional foods at the beginning of spring is very particular. The following are the foods eaten at the beginning of spring.
1. Spring cakes
Eating spring cakes at the beginning of spring means welcoming spring and praying for a good harvest. In some areas, there is a custom of eating spring pancakes at the beginning of spring. Spring pancakes are the most delicious in the Northeast and Beijing areas. It is said that spring pancakes, as a traditional Chaozhou snack, evolved from the ancient folk snacks of Chaozhou and need to be verified. Spring pancakes are pancakes baked with flour, usually rolled into vegetables.
2. Spring Plate
Spring Plate is also called "Five Spicy Plate", which is made of five kinds of spicy lettuce. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Five pungent vegetables are eaten on New Year's Day and the beginning of spring with pungent and tender vegetables such as onions, garlic, leeks, weeds, and mustards, with the meaning of welcoming the new year." This custom spread to the Tang, Song, and Jin Dynasties. ,Yuan.
3. Spring rolls
Spring rolls are also called spring cakes, spring plates, and pancakes. It is a traditional food in Chinese folk festivals. It is popular throughout China, especially in Jiangnan and other places. In southern China, instead of eating dumplings during the Spring Festival, people eat spring rolls and sesame dumplings. In addition to being used for home consumption, folk people often use it to entertain guests. Spring rolls have a long history and evolved from ancient spring cakes.
4. Radish
In many places, the beginning of spring is also called "biting spring". The most representative food in the north is radish. Eating radish can be eaten in various ways, such as nibbling, slicing, shredding, and stuffing. Northerners love to eat raw radishes, especially Xinmei and small carrots.
5. Simmering Spring
Mainly popular in Wenzhou and other southern regions, it can represent the dietary characteristics of the Spring Festival in the south during the Qing Dynasty. The so-called simmering spring means burning and eating spring tea. At first, people chopped Zhu Luan into pieces, mixed it with white beans or black beans, and cooked it with water and tea. Later, red beans, red dates, citrus, osmanthus, brown sugar and tea were boiled in water. This is spring tea. This kind of tea is specially consumed at the beginning of spring, and the locals call it Suichun.