On this day in beginning of spring, there are customs of "biting spring" and "tasting spring" all over the country. Whether you bite or taste spring, you use spicy vegetables. "Biting spring" means eating raw radish in the early spring, with crispy and juicy green radish as the top, and it is best to have a "beautiful heart" with green skin and red hearts. It is said that beginning of spring can get rid of the spring sleep by biting a raw radish every day.
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After the long summer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the diet should be light, mainly digestible and vitamin-rich foods, and eat less greasy and spicy foods. "Nourishing yang in spring and summer" focuses on nourishing the heart, which can not only supplement nutrition, but also strengthen the heart.
In winter, people begin to nourish their bodies, but we should be careful not to blindly "tonic". Diet recuperation should follow the principles of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter" and "tonifying deficiency and warming cold".
Matters needing attention in different solar terms
Beginning of spring symbolizes the arrival of spring, and there is a saying that people eat spring cakes in the north. Beginning of spring eats spring cakes, commonly known as biting spring. Spring cakes are thin and soft, and then seasonal vegetables, such as leeks, spinach and sauerkraut, can also be rolled up with shredded pork and potatoes. All the dishes are rolled together and eaten from beginning to end, which is called a beginning and an end.
After the long summer, the weather will get hotter and hotter, and it won't be long before the wheat harvest season. Many people will lose their appetite in summer, so they will cook on the water from the summer solstice, one to enhance their health and the other to commemorate the upcoming wheat harvest.