What vegetables do you eat in biting spring?

Eat radish shepherd's purse in spring.

Biting spring is one of the solar terms customs in beginning of spring, which refers to eating spring plates, spring cakes and radishes. On the day when spring begins, it means "If you bite the grass roots, you can do anything". The Proceedings of the Ming Dynasty also recorded: "When China was in beginning of spring, no one chewed radish and said' biting spring'."

The Qing Dynasty's exclusive "Biting Spring Poem": "Warming the law to hasten the end of spring, lettuce is fragrant; Linggen soil is brittle with thin strands and evenly cut into jade. When accompanied by wine, the dark fragrance gives birth to blue _, and when eating, the teeth and lips giggle; The imperial city has a rural flavor and takes care of new hair. " It is conceivable that the custom of biting spring at that time was still very strong. The word "bite" is not only a kind of mood, but also a kind of tenacity buried in the bottom of my heart, which is a unique custom of China people.