Special delicacies during the Qingming Festival include green dumplings, steamed rice dumplings (sǎn), roasted suckling pig, eggs, date cakes, etc.

1. Qingtuanzi Qingtuanzi is a special delicacy of the Qingming Festival. Every year when the Qingming Festival is approaching, every household will eat it. This food custom can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago.

Qingtuanzi is as green as jade, soft, waxy and fragrant, and tastes sweet but not greasy. It is a must-have food for people in the south of the Yangtze River to worship their ancestors during the Qingming Festival and Cold Food Festival.

It is not only delicious, but also symbolizes people’s good expectations for life, hoping that their families will be happy and happy, and their families will live long and healthy.

2. Sanzi (sǎn) In ancient times, it was important to not light a fire to cook during the Qingming Festival, but to eat cold food, and Sanzi is a type of cold food. Golden Sanzi is a kind of fried pasta, made with flour and glutinous rice flour.

Salt or honey or sugar, rolled into thin strips and fried.

The making process of the dumplings is relatively exquisite, and they taste crispy and crunchy. They are widely loved by people from all over China and of all ethnic groups.

3. Roast suckling pig In Guangdong, "roasted suckling pig" is an indispensable item during the Qingming Festival. It emphasizes the meaning of "red skin, red and strong", which represents the wealth of the family.

Therefore, to this day, many Cantonese people still bring roast suckling pig to worship their ancestors on the Qingming Festival. After the sacrifice, every member of the family must share the food.

4. Eggs Many places have the custom of eating eggs during Qingming Festival.

The various colors on the eggs are called festival eggs. They are boiled and given to children. Folk customs believe that eggs are round and round. Eating an egg on the Qingming Festival can ward off disasters and avoid disasters throughout the year.

Good health.

In addition to boiling eggs and eating them on Qingming Festival, some places also "paint" and "carve eggs".

5. Date cake: In some areas in the north, date cake is eaten during the Qingming Festival. Date cake is also called Zitui cake. It is a traditional delicacy. It is made with fermented wine to make dough, and then steamed with red dates and placed on top.

I bought a lot of nuts and dried fruits, which tasted sour and sweet.

Because the homophonic sound of "cake" is "high", eating jujube cake during the Qingming Festival means getting better and better, and also means reunion and peace. Many families will make jujube cake together as a family when the Qingming Festival is approaching.