What to eat in early spring.

The custom of eating spring rolls and spring cakes in early spring.

spring roll

In beginning of spring, eating spring rolls was one of the traditional foods in China. Spring rolls are wrapped in dough, and the stuffing can be selected according to personal preference. Common fillings are meat, vegetables and bean paste. Eating spring rolls symbolizes the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year. In addition, spring rolls also have rich nutritional value. Vegetables in the stuffing can stimulate appetite, while the bean paste stuffing symbolizes sweetness and happiness. Therefore, spring has begun.

spring pancake

Spring cake is one of the folk food customs in early spring in China. It wraps all kinds of dishes with bread, plus a thin layer of shredded onion, bean sprouts, leeks, vermicelli and other ingredients. When eating spring cakes, roll up these dishes and eat them together from beginning to end, which means smooth, safe and auspicious. Spring cakes symbolize the beginning of a new year. People pray and celebrate the arrival of spring by eating them.

Spring has begun.

Beginning of spring, the first of the 24 solar terms, stands for "beginning"; Spring represents warmth and growth. Twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated according to "variable stars". When the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the shade, it is beginning of spring. At present, solar terms are determined according to the longitude of the sun. When the sun reaches the longitude of 365,438+05, it is the beginning of spring, and the festival is held on February 3-5 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

In the era of cadres and branches, silver moon is spring, beginning of spring is the first year, and beginning of spring means the beginning and self-renewal of everything, which means a new cycle has begun. In the traditional concept, beginning of spring means auspiciousness, and beginning of spring marks that the winter when everything is hidden has passed, and it has begun to enter the spring when everything is warm and everything grows. In nature, the most striking feature of beginning of spring is that everything is beginning to show signs of recovery.