What does it mean to eat pumpkin in spring?

There is a custom of eating pumpkins at the beginning of spring, which means welcoming the Spring Festival and having more food every year.

Playing spring is a traditional custom in China, and also a common name in beginning of spring. China has been a big agricultural country since ancient times, and the key is spring. There is a folk saying that "a year's plan lies in spring". In the past, beginning of spring was both an ancient solar term and an important festival. In the folk proverb "Eat melons in spring and live to be eighty-eight", melons refer to pumpkins, that is, jiaozi who eats pumpkin stuffing or steamed stuffed buns with pumpkin stuffing on the same day in beginning of spring.

Mature pumpkins can be stored for a long time, usually in the next spring. In ancient times, Jiaxing had the custom of eating pumpkins in the early spring, which meant that there was enough food every year to welcome the spring. Another way of saying that beginning of spring eats pumpkins is that he is lucky in the south, especially when he can eat the piece with the pumpkin handle. Therefore, after the pumpkin is ripe, the children can't wait to surround the pot, hoping that their parents can give themselves the piece with the handle to show their love.