What traditional foods should be eaten on the Spring Equinox? What traditional foods should be eaten on the Spring Equinox? Chinese people are very particular about the diet of traditional solar terms. They will eat different foods in different solar terms. This kind of food has certain seasonality.

Let’s take a look at what traditional foods are eaten during the Spring Equinox.

What are the traditional foods to eat on the Spring Equinox? 1. Eating spring vegetables. In the past, there was a non-festival custom in Siyi called "eating spring vegetables on the Spring Equinox".

"Chuncai" is a kind of wild amaranth, which the locals call "Chunbi Artemisia".

On the vernal equinox, the whole village goes to pick spring vegetables.

When searching in the fields, most of them are green and thin, about as long as a palm.

The collected spring vegetables are usually boiled in soup with fish fillets at home, which is called "spring soup".

There is a jingle: "Spring soup is poured into the internal organs and cleanses the liver and intestines. The whole family, old and young, is safe and healthy." Gradually this became a custom.

Since spring, people pray for peace in their homes and health.

2. Radish Yangzhou people also have the custom of eating radish or steamed stuffed buns and spring rolls stuffed with shredded radish on the Spring Equinox.

Eating radish at this time can not only ventilate the air up and down, but also have the effect of removing diseases and relieving spring sleepiness.

Among the various vegetables for health care in spring, radish has the best effect.

White radish has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, regulating qi, digesting and reducing phlegm. When eaten raw, it clears away heat and promotes fluid production, while when cooked, it promotes qi and promotes digestion. When eaten in spring, it can be used to prevent and treat phlegm-rich coughs, sore throat, bloating, constipation and other symptoms.

Modern medicine believes that radish has a good diuretic effect, and the fiber it contains can also promote defecation and help lose weight.

If you want to use radish to detoxify, you can choose to eat it raw, make it into juice, eat it cold or pickle it.

Folks believe that "radish tops are spicy, tails are dry, and waists are just right." Experts also remind that radishes are eaten in segments with different nutrients: the top of the radish contains the most vitamin C and is suitable for stir-frying and making soup; the middle segment has higher sugar content.

It can be shredded and eaten cold; the tail is spicy, contains amylase and mustard oil, and is suitable for pickling and mixing... Usually when the family is small, one large radish cannot be eaten at one time, so you can cut it vertically and eat half of it, so that the head, waist and tail of the radish are all eaten.

In the dish, the nutrition is balanced.

3. Donkey rolling According to the custom of old Beijing, donkeys are eaten and rolled on the vernal equinox in order to ward off evil and pray for blessings.

Donkey Rolling has an extraordinary origin. Judging from its processing materials, it includes rhubarb rice noodles, soybean noodles, red bean paste, white sugar, sesame oil, osmanthus, green and red silk and melon kernels, which is enough to meet the nutritional dietary guideline of diversified ingredients.

Its production is divided into three processes: blank making, filling and shaping.

The outer layer of the prepared "Donkey Rolling" is covered with bean flour, which is golden in color. The bean-flavored filling is sweet, soft in the mouth and has a unique flavor. It is a delicacy suitable for all ages.

Donkey rolling is also called bean flour cake. There is no doubt that bean flour cake uses soybean flour as the main raw material.

Plus typical protein-complementing foods like bean paste.

Every 100 grams of donkey rolling contains 194 kcal of heat energy, 8.2 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, and 41.8 grams of carbohydrates.

In addition, it also contains vitamins, calcium and other micronutrients.

However, I would also like to remind everyone here that although donkey rolling is delicious and has good nutritional value, do not eat too much. After all, it contains a lot of sugar. If you eat too much, you will exceed the energy limit and easily increase your blood sugar.

In addition, the soft and waxy ingredients are difficult to digest if consumed too much.

Therefore, donkey rolling, as a traditional delicacy, can be tasted briefly during festivals and left with endless aftertaste.

4. Sun cake "Sun cake, better and better".

According to old Beijing customs, on the day of the Spring Equinox, the Sun God is worshiped and "invited" to eat sun cakes.

Sun cake is not only a tribute to the Spring Equinox festival, but also a seasonal food, which means "the sun is high".

Not only does the "sun cake" have a beautiful meaning, but the arrangement of the glutinous rice and fillings also conforms to the spring health concept of "saving sourness and increasing sweetness".

Sun cakes are generally made from glutinous rice and sugar, with red yeast watermarks on them, a head-up three-legged chicken star king (golden rooster) image, or a "golden bird round light" molded on it to represent the sun god.

There are five pieces of sun cake in a bowl, and there is a little noodle-shaped chicken inserted on the top, which is very festive.

This kind of "sun cake" is made of glutinous rice skin and filled with jujube paste. White melon kernels and secret osmanthus are also added to the filling to pray for a good harvest in the new year.

The spring equinox has a mild climate and bright sunshine. You should eat glutinous rice, red dates, etc. appropriately to adjust the balance of body functions and adapt to the changes in solar terms. Customs of the Spring Equinox 1. Sending Spring Oxen. The Spring Equinox is coming soon, and people will send Spring Oxen from door to door.

The picture is made of two sheets of red or yellow paper printed with the lunar solar terms throughout the year, as well as a pattern of farmers plowing the fields, which is called the "Spring Ox Picture".

The people who sent the pictures were all folk singers who were good at talking. They mainly talked about spring plowing and auspicious words that were consistent with the farming season. Every time they visited a house, they immediately fell in love with the scene. They said whatever they saw until the owner was happy and gave money.

Although the words come out casually, each sentence has a nice rhyme to it.

It is commonly known as "Shuo Chun", and people who talk about spring are called "Chun Guan".