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What does biting spring mean?

Bite spring, beginning of spring. On this day, the Han people pay attention to buying a radish, which is called bite spring. Eating spring cakes every day at the beginning of spring is called biting spring.

On this day, Han people in the early spring should eat some fresh vegetables, not only to prevent diseases, but also to welcome the Spring Festival.

In the Four Seasons Mirror of the Tang Dynasty, it was recorded that beginning of spring ate reeds, spring cakes and lettuce as vegetables.

Spring cake, also called lotus leaf cake, is a kind of hot flour cake, which is oiled in the middle, rolled into a cake, baked and uncovered into two pieces. Spring cakes are used to roll vegetables, including cooked vegetables and stir-fried dishes. In the past, when eating spring cakes, I paid attention to calling Pan Su at the box store. Box hotel is a sauce meat shop, and the store sends people to deliver food to your door. In the box, there are smoked pot bellies, pine nuts pot bellies, baked pork with sauce, smoked elbow, soy sauce elbow, smoked chicken, soy sauce duck and so on. Be put in a picture frame. When eating, you should change the knife and cut it into filaments, and several home-cooked dishes should be rolled into spring cakes to eat.