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What food does Grain Rain eat?

Grain Rain eats Grain Rain tea, Toona sinensis, black rice, bamboo shoots and mandarin fish.

1, Wugu Yucha

In Grain Rain solar terms, Grain Rain tea is an indispensable traditional food. From the folk point of view, Grain Rain tea represents spring tea. At this time, the tea is more plump than other seasons, with green-yellow color, soft texture and fresh and pleasant tea fragrance. At this time, the brewed tea is also sweet, so it is more comfortable to taste tea during the solar term in Grain Rain.

2. Toona sinensis

When the solar term arrives in Grain Rain, many places have the habit of eating Toona sinensis. The reason is that the name Toona sinensis is homophonic with the word "spring" in spring, so Grain Rain's eating Toona sinensis is also called "biting spring", which means to protect spring.

3. Black rice

In Guizhou, every household has the custom of eating black rice in Grain Rain solar terms, which is a dual moral expression of local farming culture and marriage customs.

4. Spring bamboo shoots

Spring bamboo shoots are also called Yanlai bamboo shoots, which means bamboo shoots that grow when swallows fly back. It means that spring is coming again, swallows are flying back and bamboo shoots are growing.

5. mandarin fish

Grain Rain is the time when mandarin fish are fat, and this time is a good time to enjoy mandarin fish. Siniperca chuatsi at this time has thick and tender meat, few thorns and rich nutrition. Whether it is steamed or braised, it is very suitable, and old people and children will like it very much.