What traditional food does Suzhou beginning of spring eat?

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

Spring jujube dumplings

Suzhou has the custom of eating jiaozi in four cities and six districts. In this early spring glutinous rice balls, there are both white glutinous rice balls and green glutinous rice balls, and the taste is salty and sweet. Sweet stuffing is mostly sesame bean paste, and salty stuffing is mostly shredded radish. It is believed that beginning of spring's eating radish has the function of invigorating qi and helping digestion.

spring roll

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

Biting and tasting spring is a traditional food culture custom. In Wu's book Dream 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 it.

wonton

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