Dumplings There is a custom among northern Chinese people that they always make dumplings to eat when welcoming relatives and friends during festivals.

Especially on the first day of the Lunar New Year, when the whole family has finished their New Year greetings, they sit together and chat while making dumplings. They talk about all kinds of things, which attracts laughter and laughter from time to time. It is a lot of fun.

"Everyone loves to eat dumplings, and dumplings are especially delicious during New Year's dinner."

When people eat this smooth, delicious and delicious water cake, if they know more about its origin, who can not marvel at the long-standing pasta wonders of our ancient civilization!

During the Spring Festival, many regions in my country pay special attention to eating rice cakes.

New Year cakes are available in yellow and white colors, symbolizing gold and silver. New Year cakes are also called "Nian Nian cake", which is homophonic with "Nian Nian Gao", which means that people's work and life are improving year by year.

Therefore, the ancients had a poem to call the rice cake: "The meaning of the rice cake is a little cloudy, white as silver and gold. I look forward to good times and good fortunes as the years go by, and I sincerely and silently wish for wealth to come." Yuanxiao Yuanxiao, the original meaning is "the night of the Lantern Festival", because on the tenth day of the first lunar month

The main activity of the fifth "Lantern Festival" is to watch lanterns and admire the moon at night. Later, the name of the festival also evolved into "Lantern Festival".

The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month brings the celebrations that started on New Year's Eve to another climax.

On the night of the Lantern Festival, the streets and alleys are decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. People admire the lanterns, guess lantern riddles and eat the Lantern Festival, which has become a custom that has been passed down from generation to generation.

Zongzi Zongzi is fragrant and elegant, soft, waxy and creamy, with various flavors and is very popular among people.

However, glutinous rice, the raw material for making zongzi, is oily and sticky. Excessive eating can easily cause indigestion, which can lead to symptoms such as increased gastric acid secretion, bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, so you should not be gluttonous.

Mooncakes According to legend, in ancient my country, emperors had the ritual of worshiping the sun in spring and the moon in autumn.

Among the people, during the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, there is also the custom of worshiping or offering sacrifices to the moon.

"The moon is full in August and the fifteenth, and the Mid-Autumn moon cakes are fragrant and sweet." This famous proverb describes the custom of urban and rural people eating moon cakes on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mooncakes were originally used as sacrifices to worship the moon god. Later, people gradually took the Mid-Autumn moon appreciation and tasting mooncakes as a symbol of family reunion, and gradually mooncakes became festival gifts.

Laba porridge During the Laba Festival, in addition to the activities of worshiping ancestors and gods, people also have to fight against epidemics and eat "Laba porridge".

The history of eating Laba porridge in China has been more than a thousand years.

On every Laba day, whether it is the court, government, monastery, or ordinary people's homes, they must make Laba porridge.