What traditional food do you eat at the autumnal equinox?

1, crab: "Autumn wind makes the crab's feet itch". Due to the previous high temperature weather, this year's hairy crabs are mature and listed later than before, just in time for the autumn equinox. The custom of eating hairy crabs has existed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces for a long time, and now the logistics is developed. After hairy crabs are listed, people everywhere can eat as soon as possible.

2. Autumn vegetables (wild amaranth): In Lingnan area, Hakkas have the custom of eating autumn vegetables in the autumn equinox, which is a kind of wild amaranth. On the day of the autumnal equinox, local people will pick autumn vegetables in the wild and cook them with fish fillets when they get home. Autumn vegetables can be used not only for soup, but also for cold salad and stir-frying. They can be eaten in various forms.

3. Tangyuan: At the autumnal equinox, there is a custom of eating tangyuan in Lingnan area. There is also a folk custom of "sticking sparrows' mouths with glutinous rice balls", also called "sticking sparrows". On that day, local farmers would cook some stuffed jiaozi, fork it up and put it outside the field, hoping that the birds would stick their mouths after eating, so as not to damage crops.

4. Eggs: "When the autumnal equinox arrives, the eggs will look good." Every autumn equinox, there is a folk custom of "laying eggs vertically". The game is to put the raw eggs firmly and vertically on the plane. After the game, people will boil eggs to eat.

5, snail: around the autumn equinox, snail is empty, there is no snail in the belly, and the meat is the fattest, which is the best eating time. There are many ways to eat snails, such as fried snails, which are spicy and delicious. If you cook this dish at home, you should pay attention to soaking the snails in salt water and washing them repeatedly to ensure cleanliness.

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-autumnal equinox