There are many allusions in the history of the emergence of the Youth Federation. One is that in the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,000 years ago, Jin Wengong forced the hero meson to push out of the mountain to be sealed, and listened to the villain's words and set fire to Mianshan mountain forest, which led to the secluded meson push and his mother finally being buried in the forest fire. Jin Wengong was very sad. He ordered the nationwide ban on firing and cooking on the anniversary of Muon's death. He could only eat cold food, so he had the Cold Food Festival. Therefore, people "sacrifice red lotus root green meatballs first", and the steamed green meatballs are easy to store and eat after cooling, so it has become the best choice for people to sacrifice their ancestors and fill their stomachs. This custom has been handed down. There is also a legend that Li Xiucheng of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom successfully escaped from the world with the Youth League made by villagers. There are many stories that cannot be decided, but what is certain is that the custom of having reunion dinner in Tomb-Sweeping Day has a long history and has been deeply loved by people.

The Youth League has different names in different regions. Hakka people call it Ai Ai, Zhejiang and its nearby areas call it Qingming Cake, and others call it Amigo and Qingming Cake. Although the names and practices of green glutinous rice balls in different regions may be different, they are all green glutinous rice balls wrapped with various fillings. People will pick wormwood before Qingming, when the leaves of wormwood are green and dripping, forming a perfect green group. Blanch wormwood in a pot, take it out after cooking, mash wormwood and juice, and add wormwood residue and juice into the powder for kneading. The smell of wormwood will be stronger. If you don't want a heavy smell of wormwood, you can only add ground wormwood juice, so that the green skin is pure green.

Just like zongzi has a dispute over sweetness and saltiness, moon cakes have a battle between the north and the south, and the Youth League also has a dispute over sweetness and saltiness. The most traditional one should be the green ball with sweet red bean paste. Rub the dough embryo of raw dough into long strips, divide it into small doses of appropriate size and equal weight, and rub them into balls one by one. When wrapping jiaozi, press a hole in the jiaozi with your thumb, scoop a spoonful of red bean paste into it, and then make a round jiaozi. This is the fragrant and soft red bean paste green jiaozi. Most of the wormwood made by Hakkas use sesame and peanut stuffing. The typical fillings of salty green meatballs are egg yolk floss stuffing, diced cabbage and bamboo shoots stuffing, and pickled fresh stuffing. These fillings are basically added with salted egg yolk or ham bacon to create a salty flavor. Don't miss it for meat lovers!

With the diversification of people's needs, a variety of online celebrity-flavored youth groups have emerged. Time-honored cake shops in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have launched various new flavors this year, such as the green package of shredded chicken and bacon in Shanghai Xinghualou, the green package of Q-heart milky purple sweet potato and pork floss in Shanghai Xinya Cantonese Restaurant, and the green package of matcha milk in Shen Dacheng ... Others like quicksand explosion pearl green group and pickled fish green group. Although these tastes look "wonderful", they attract many young people to buy them, and everyone is willing to wait in line just to taste these fresh tastes. Recently, the Youth League is definitely one of the hottest products in Taobao. It is precisely because of the development of e-commerce and the innovation of merchants that people all over the country can taste this kind of Qingming food with Jiangnan characteristics more easily this year than before.

Although it is easy to buy various flavors of green meatballs now, there are still many food lovers making their own green meatballs at home. Mash the mugwort leaves into mud, knead the dough and wrap the stuffing, then steam in a steamer for about 15 minutes. If the meat is green, steam it for a long time. The steamed green balls are bright green, emitting the fragrance of wormwood. Take a bite, the soft cake is wrapped in hot stuffing, which is hard to give up and never forget. However, you should not eat too many green balls, especially for the elderly and children. After all, green meatballs are mainly glutinous rice, which is a difficult food to digest. If you eat too much, it will cause too much burden on the digestive system and may cause gastrointestinal discomfort.

"There are many rains during the Qingming period, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls." Even if the weather in Tomb-Sweeping Day makes people feel bad, don't forget that Qingming food represented by the Youth League can save this spring. The cured green is not limited to many flavors of fine red bean paste, fluffy egg yolk and cheese, and it will never let people down.