What traditional food does the south eat in the autumn equinox? Introduction of food eaten at the southern autumnal equinox.

1, autumn vegetables. "Autumn vegetable" is a kind of wild amaranth, which villagers call "autumn Artemisia". On the autumnal equinox, the whole village went to pick autumn vegetables. When searching in the wild, it is often green and thin, about the length of a palm. Picked autumn vegetables are usually boiled with fish fillets at home, which is called "autumn soup". There is a jingle: "autumn soup is dirty, wash the liver and intestines." The whole family is safe and healthy. "Since autumn, people still pray for peace and health at home.

2. eggs. When the autumnal equinox comes, eggs are beautiful. Every autumn equinox, folks also have the custom of "laying eggs vertically", and many places hold interesting games or competitions of "laying eggs vertically" on this day. After the "vertical egg", of course, you have to eat eggs. Eggs are rich in vitamins and minerals, a small amount of omega-3 fatty acids, a large amount of lecithin and other health components. Eating eggs at the autumnal equinox has many advantages.

3. Tangyuan. On the autumnal equinox, some places have the folk custom of eating dumplings. Tangyuan is mostly made of glutinous rice as the main raw material and other ingredients. The added ingredients are often high in sugar and calories, which is helpful to supplement human heat, tonify deficiency, regulate blood, strengthen yang and strengthen spleen. Farmer friends also need to cook a dozen or twenty or thirty jiaozi without wrapping their hearts, and put them on the ridges of outdoor fields with thin bamboo forks. This is called sticking sparrows' mouths to avoid damaging crops.