Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar. "Stand" means "start", and beginning of spring means that winter goes and spring comes. On this day in beginning of spring, there is a folk custom of eating spring cakes, which means "biting spring" and "entering spring".
Spring cakes are as thin as cicadas' wings. What is recorded here is a spring roll (also called spring plate) which is made by smearing thin noodles on a 1 flat pan to make a very thin and transparent cake, which is used to wrap shepherd's purse stuffing and then fried. Spring cakes and spring rolls are symbols of spring in the eyes of the ancients.
Spring cake is a round cake rolled with white flour and baked. "Tiaodingji" in Qing Dynasty records that the method of making spring cakes is "rolling the dough with ham, chicken and other things, or frying the cabbage in four seasons for customers. Cured pork loin, garlic flower, black date, walnut kernel and foreign sugar (white sugar) are crushed and rolled into pieces. " This is the way to eat in the Qing Dynasty. But now it has evolved into spring cake with sweet noodle sauce and rolled onion.