The beginning of spring.

On the day of the beginning of spring, spring cakes are eaten, which is called "biting spring". Du Fu has a poem: "On a spring day, a plate of thin lettuce is on the plate, and I suddenly recall the plum blossoms in the two capitals." There are many green vegetables in the spring pancake rolls, which comes from the saying of "five spicy dishes" recommended at the beginning of spring. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "On New Year's Day, the beginning of spring is served with onions and garlic." Eat spring pancakes, leeks, polygonum, mustard and other spicy and tender vegetables together to welcome the new year. "Eating spring rolls has the same meaning. In fact, eating spring pancakes is not limited to the beginning of spring. You can eat spring pancakes and spring rolls on any day. They are all snacks eaten on the first day of spring.

Spring pancakes are pancakes baked with flour, often wrapped in shredded radish and other spicy vegetables and eaten. Eating spring cakes is one of the Chinese folk dietary customs at the beginning of spring. In some areas (Northeast China, North China, etc.) there is a custom of eating spring pancakes at the beginning of spring. Spring pancakes are pancakes baked with flour and usually eaten in rolls.