What food does Grain Rain eat?

Toona sinensis is eaten in northern Grain Rain, and it is the season for Toona sinensis to go on the market around Grain Rain. At this time, Toona sinensis is mellow and refreshing, with high nutritional value. It is said that Toona sinensis is tender as silk before the rain. Toona sinensis has the functions of improving immunity, invigorating stomach, regulating qi, relieving diarrhea, moistening skin, resisting bacteria, diminishing inflammation and killing insects.

2. Black rice

Eating black rice is a traditional custom in Grain Rain. Even in Zhaoxing Dong Village, there is a custom of "eating black rice, scratching your face and sowing rice seeds". On this day in Grain Rain, young men and women fully express their love. Young men will go to the girl's house to throw bamboo baskets and beg for black rice. The more people go, the more embarrassed the girl's family feels. It is a double moral expression of local farming culture and marriage customs.

3. Tricolor rice

In Grain Rain, the Miao people will celebrate the traditional festival "March 3rd". On this day, Miao people will eat three-color rice, which is a traditional snack of Miao people in the mountainous area of northwest Hainan. It is festive and widely made and eaten during "March 3rd" (a traditional festival of Li and Miao nationalities).

4. Drink grain rain tea.

Spring is the season of tea germination. In the south of China, Grain Rain has the habit of picking tea. Therefore, no matter what the weather is like, people will go to the nearby Chashan to pick some new tea and then come back to make tea. It is said that drinking tea in Grain Rain on this day can clear fire, ward off evil spirits and improve eyesight. Therefore, no matter what the weather is in Grain Rain, people will go to Chashan to pick some new tea to drink.