What food do you want to eat during the solar term?

Pears, eggs, fried beans, taro, pancakes, snowballing, fermented glutinous rice wine, etc. Sting, also called gas sting, is the third of the 24 solar terms. When the sun reaches 345 degrees, it will cross the Gregorian calendar on March 5-6. Sting reflects the phenomenon that natural creatures germinate and grow under the influence of rhythm changes.

Eating pears in shock is a folk custom in some places. Because the weather is dry at this time, it is easy to get angry. Eating more pears can moisten the lungs, relieve cough and clear away heat, so pears are most suitable for this time. In addition to eating directly, you can also boil pear water for your family to drink.

Besides pears, people also eat eggs. There is a folk saying that white tigers are sacrificed. White tigers can only feed eggs with their fangs open, so eating them won't hurt people, so this custom continues to this day, and there is also the custom of eating eggs in the solar terms.

Stir-fried beans are fried soybeans. After soybeans are soaked in salt water, they will be fried in a pot, and there will be a crackling sound during the frying process. This is like some pests suffering, which shows that eating more soybeans is good. Soybeans can supplement calcium, especially for the elderly.

Taro is a custom of Hakka people in southern Jiangxi and western Fujian. On this day, we should cook hairy taro and fry soybeans, which means to eliminate pests. Taro can help digestion and stimulate appetite. It is also good to eat in spring.