Youth League is a special snack in the south of the Yangtze River. It is mainly made of wormwood juice and glutinous rice flour. Of course, you can also add some stuffing. Generally speaking, people in the south of the Yangtze River do the Qingming Festival in Tomb-Sweeping Day every year. In ancient times, the Youth League was mainly used for offering sacrifices.

But now the culture of the Youth League as a sacrifice has gradually faded, not only as a sacrifice, but also as a snack, which has a certain meaning of reunion.

Why does Tomb-Sweeping Day have a reunion dinner?

The reason why Tomb-Sweeping Day eats Youth League is mainly a custom. According to legend, during the Qing Dynasty, Li Xiucheng, the general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was chased by Qing soldiers, and a nearby farmer came forward to help, disguised Li Xiucheng as a farmer and cultivated land with him. Li Xiucheng didn't get caught, and the Qing soldiers didn't stop there, so they sent more soldiers to set up posts in the village. Anyone who left the village had to be inspected to prevent them from bringing food to Li Xiucheng.

Farmers wash wormwood, cook it, juice it, knead it into glutinous rice flour and make zongzi. Then he put the green jiaozi in the grass and passed the sentry post at the village entrance. Li Xiucheng ate the green jiaozi, and felt that the fragrant glutinous rice was not sticky. After dark, he bypassed the Qing army post and returned to the base camp safely. Later, in order to defend the enemy, Taiping Army had to learn to be a Youth League, so the custom of eating Youth League spread.

Where is the youth league's specialty mainly concentrated in Jiangnan?

The green ball is mainly made of wormwood and glutinous rice flour. It is a special snack in southern China, mainly popular in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, these areas will make green balls to eat, mainly as spring outing snacks, with high nutritional value and edible value.

Is there a youth league in winter? Yes, but very few.

Youth League is a common snack in life. Although there is no special time to eat, it is generally the best time to eat Youth League around Tomb-Sweeping Day every year. At this time, people in the south of the Yangtze River will make green groups to eat, mainly as snacks for spring outing.

There are also youth leagues in winter, but few people eat them at this time. Secondly, most of the youth groups in winter are not made by themselves, but sold in the market.