Taro is eaten in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The mid-August of the lunar calendar is just the season for taro to be listed, and in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the pronunciation of taro is similar to "shipped".
Therefore, eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival is not only to enjoy the delicious food, but also to express the hope of good luck. Soybeans, in addition to taro, will be specially steamed during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and soy beans are used to feed the jade rabbits in the moon. These edamames are also called edamame pods locally, and pods are homophonic with the words "Jia" and "Ji".
Therefore, eating edamame is in the hope of good luck and everything goes well. Eating taro and edamame on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th is not only a season delicacy, but also expresses people's wishes for the future.
Mid-autumn festival is a good time to eat soybean taro;
The mid-August of the lunar calendar happens to be the season when taro is on the market. In addition to fresh moon cakes and Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, the Mid-Autumn Festival in the south of the Yangtze River also has the custom of eating taro and edamame, which are the most seasonal autumn delicacies in the Mid-Autumn Festival and a must-have dish on the table.
At this time, taro is tender and soft, and it is the most delicious. Jiangnan people believe that fruits and vegetables in season have high nutritional value and are good for health, so most of them like to cook and eat the original flavor. If you like salty taste, you can have a taro with scallion.
Zhong Fulan, president of Shanghai Folklore Society and professor of East China Normal University, who has been engaged in folklore research for many years, believes that the beans arranged neatly in the pod symbolize "brothers and sisters unite as one" and reflect the meaning of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion.