It is said that it existed in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. At that time, it was called "spring dish". At that time, whenever people went to beginning of spring, they spread pancakes made of flour on plates and ate them with exquisite vegetables, so they were called "spring plates". At that time, not only did beginning of spring eat it that day, but people also brought "spring vegetables" on their spring outing. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, this trend became more prevalent.

The famous poet Du Fu's "Fine Lettuce in Spring" and Lu You's "Saving Things in Spring" truly reflect this kind of life custom of people in Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Tang dynasty, the spring plate was also called the spiced plate.

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There are many raw materials for spring cakes. If you want to send them into your mouth smoothly, the kung fu lies in the method of rolling them. Add chopped green onion, sweet noodle sauce, chopped sauce meat, scrambled eggs, fried spinach and leeks, yellow bean vermicelli, bean sprouts, etc. Put them on the spring cakes in turn and put them neatly. At this time, you should use an important tool-chopsticks.

Put chopsticks on the spring cake, roll up one side of the spring cake along the chopsticks, wrap the lower end, hold it by hand, roll up the other side, roll it up and put it on the plate, and then take out the chopsticks one by one. Skillful people will roll out spring pancake rolls as big as their mouths for easy biting. This rolling method is also suitable for roast duck.

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