What are the traditional foods to eat at the vernal equinox?

Every solar term has food, and so does the vernal equinox. The vernal equinox is one of the 24 solar terms. In mid-spring, many people celebrate and eat some traditional food, so many people don't know what traditional food to eat at the vernal equinox. Let's get to know it together!

What traditional food do you eat at the vernal equinox?

Spring vegetables

In the past, there was a custom in the four cities (now Heshan is the five cities) called "eating spring vegetables at the vernal equinox". "Spring vegetable" is a kind of wild amaranth, which villagers call "Artemisia chun". On the vernal equinox, the whole village went to pick spring vegetables. When searching in the wild, it is often green and thin, about the length of a palm.

Small carrot

Yangzhou people also have the custom of eating spring rolls stuffed with buns or shredded radish at the vernal equinox. At this time, eating radish can not only ventilate up and down, but also play a role in getting rid of diseases and solving difficulties.

Rolling donkeys, Beijing snacks

According to the custom of old Beijing, in order to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings, the spring equinox will eat snowballing usury. The origin of snowballing usury is unusual, and its processing materials include rhubarb rice noodles, soybeans, red bean paste, sugar, sesame oil, osmanthus fragrans, green shredded pork and melon seeds, which are enough to meet the requirements of diversification of food materials in the Nutritional Dietary Guide. Its production is divided into three processes: blank making, filling and molding. "Snowball Donkey" is wrapped in bean flour, golden in color, sweet with bean flavor, soft and unique, and it is a delicious food suitable for all ages.

Taiyang cake

Sun cakes, step by step. According to the custom of old Beijing, on the vernal equinox, you should worship the sun god and "please" eat sun cakes. Sun cake is not only a tribute of the vernal equinox, but also a seasonal food, which means "the sun is high". Not only does "sun cake" mean beauty, but the setting of glutinous rice and stuffing also conforms to the health care concept of "preserving acid and sweetening" in spring. Generally, sun cakes are made of glutinous rice and sugar, with a red rice watermark supporting a hairy statue of a three-legged chicken (golden rooster), or a "golden bird round light" pressed by a mold to represent the sun god. Sun cakes are served in a bowl of five yuan each, with noodles one inch high on them to rub chicken. I am very happy.