What are the dietary customs and cultures in beginning of spring's solar terms?

Beginning of spring solar terms include spring cakes, spring rolls, white radishes, spring tea and spring vegetables.

1, spring pancake

Also known as lotus leaf cake, it is a kind of pancake baked with flour. Two small pieces of oily water are stacked together and rolled into a thin cake. After baking, they are uncovered and divided into two pieces.

2. Spring rolls

The practice of spring rolls is similar to that of spring rolls, but the spring rolls are eaten directly after the vegetables are rolled, while the spring rolls are wrapped in pancakes and rolled into a tube about two inches long, wrapped at both ends, fried in an oil pan until tender, and drained before eating.

3, white radish

In many parts of our country, there is a saying that beginning of spring "bites the spring". In northern beginning of spring, the most representative food is white radish, which can be chewed, shredded, sliced and stuffed.

4. Spring tea

Beginning of spring eats spring tea, also called "simmering spring", which is mainly popular in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. Tea here doesn't mean tea. The earliest practice is to chop a grapefruit, mix it with black beans or white beans, and brew it with tea before drinking. Later, red beans, osmanthus, citrus, osmanthus and so on were used. Boil it with brown sugar until it is ripe, which is called "simmering spring".

5. Spring vegetables

On the day of spring, people should eat some seasonal vegetables in spring, such as spring leeks, spring buds and spring spinach, which not only means welcoming the new year, but also plays a role in health care.