2. It is an old custom that it rains in the north. On this day, ordinary people want to eat noodles, spring cakes, popcorn and so on. Different regions have different foods, but most of them are related to dragons. Generally, the name of food is added with the title of "dragon". For example, eating jiaozi is called eating "dragon ears"; Eating noodles is called eating "dragon beard meat"; Eating rice is called eating "dragon son"; Eating wonton is called "longan", "Rain Festival, going back to my parents' home", which is a popular holiday custom in western Sichuan. At this time, the married daughter will go home to visit her parents. A typical gift is called "canned meat", which is to stew pig's trotters, snowflake beans and kelp in a casserole, then seal the jar with red paper and red rope and give it to her parents to express their gratitude and respect for their parenting.
3. I was shocked. In ancient times, people would hold incense and wormwood and smoke the four corners of the house to drive them away with incense. The solar terms are warm and cold, and the climate is dry. Because pears quench thirst, people have the custom of eating pears. In some areas of Shandong, people bake pancakes in the yard on panic day; In Shaanxi, some areas have to eat fried beans after being electrocuted; In Yanbei, Shanxi, farmers want to eat pears on the day of fright, which means to leave pests behind.
4. At the vernal equinox, folks always have the custom of "eating spring vegetables at the vernal equinox". Spring vegetable is a kind of wild amaranth, also known as Artemisia annua. In Jiangnan, the custom of watching cattle and offering sacrifices to birds is very popular.
According to the custom of old Beijing, in order to avoid evil spirits and pray for blessings, we should eat snowballing usury at the vernal equinox. The origin of snowballing usury is unusual, and its processing materials include rhubarb rice noodles, soybeans, red bean paste, sugar, sesame oil, osmanthus fragrans, green shredded pork and melon seeds, which are enough to meet the requirements of diversification of food materials in the Nutritional Dietary Guide. Its production is divided into three processes: blank making, filling and molding. "Snowball Donkey" is wrapped in bean flour, golden in color, sweet with bean flavor, soft and unique, and it is a delicious food suitable for all ages.
During the Qingming period, the custom of eating green zongzi in the south of the Yangtze River. Green jiaozi is to mash a wild plant called "wheat straw" to squeeze out juice, then mix this juice with dry pure glutinous rice flour, and then wrap it in jiaozi; There is a custom of eating prickly heat (called cooler in ancient times) all over the north and south. Because of the combination of Cold Food Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day, some places still keep the habit of eating cold food in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In Shandong, Jimo eats eggs and cakes; Laiyang, Zhaoyuan and Long Island eat eggs and cool sorghum rice.
7. Grain Rain, for fishermen, Grain Rain Festival is a popular custom of offering sacrifices to the sea. According to the custom of picking tea in southern Grain Rain, it is said that drinking tea on this day in Grain Rain will clear fire and ward off evil spirits and improve eyesight. So no matter what the weather is in Grain Rain, people will go to Chashan to pick some new tea to drink.