What traditional food does Suzhou beginning of spring eat?

On February 4th every year, when the sun reaches longitude 3 15, people welcome the first solar term of the year-beginning of spring. When Suzhou comes to beginning of spring, people traditionally want to eat some seasonal foods, so let Lao Huangli introduce you to what traditional foods Suzhou beginning of spring eats.

Spring jujube dumplings

Beginning of spring has the custom of eating jiaozi in four cities and six districts of Suzhou. In this early spring jiaozi, there are both white jiaozi and green jiaozi, and their tastes are salty and sweet. Sweet fillings are mostly sesame seeds and bean paste, while salty jiaozi is mostly shredded radish. People think that eating radish in beginning of spring has the function of invigorating qi and helping digestion.

spring roll

Spring rolls are a kind of delicious food that Suzhou people often eat in spring. They are fried in thin leather bags. The stuffing of Suzhou spring rolls is different from that in the north, and leek meat is rarely used, but mostly Chinese cabbage and shepherd's purse meat is used. Pay attention to also use shrimp sauce, red bean paste, fruit.

"Bite and taste spring" is a traditional food culture custom. In the book Dream written by Wu in the Southern Song Dynasty, two kinds of spring rolls are mentioned: thin-skinned spring rolls and mother-child spring rolls. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, spring rolls became a favorite snack of Suzhou people. Nowadays, Suzhou people are no longer limited to the beginning of spring, but can often eat them.

wonton

Wonton's position in Suzhou is equivalent to that of jiaozi in the north. Suzhou cuisine pays attention to seasonality, but wonton alone is versatile. Wonton is shaped like an ingot, which means good luck. Naturally, you can eat it at any time ~ In beginning of spring season, it is a good choice to eat three fresh wonton, shredded chicken wonton, Kaiyang wonton and bubble wonton.