Do you know any special foods in China?

The foods with special meanings in China are: jiaozi, rice cakes, glutinous rice balls, spring cakes, spring rolls, Longxu Noodles, zongzi, moon cakes, laba porridge and laba garlic.

Jiaozi: a symbol of reunion; It is very auspicious to make friends with older people; In addition, jiaozi, which is shaped like an ingot, has the auspicious meaning of "making a fortune" when eating jiaozi in the New Year.

Rice cake: homophonic "rice cake", southerners like to eat rice cakes during the New Year.

Tangyuan: the traditional food of Lantern Festival. It means "Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan". South Renye Fang eats glutinous rice balls during the Spring Festival.

Spring pancake: beginning of spring, Han nationality, has the custom of eating spring pancake. From the Song Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, eating spring cakes became more and more popular, and it was recorded that the emperor would send spring cakes to officials in the spring.

Spring rolls: evolved from ancient spring cakes, which are fried together with various dishes. They are traditional foods that begin in spring and symbolize auspicious spring.

Longxu Noodles: The noodle of Han nationality is a kind of slender noodle, which looks like Longxu Noodles. Popular in northern areas, the dragon heads up on the second day of the second lunar month, and the custom is to eat Longxu Noodles. Now it is a common food for residents, and it is eaten all year round.

Zongzi: the traditional food of the Dragon Boat Festival of the Han nationality. According to folklore, zongzi is eaten in memory of Qu Yuan. Zongzi, as one of the traditional foods with the deepest historical and cultural accumulation in China, has also spread far away. Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and other places where Chinese people live together also have the custom of eating zongzi.

Moon cake: a long-standing traditional snack of Han nationality, but it is a must-eat food in Mid-Autumn Festival, symbolizing reunion and harmony. In ancient times, moon cakes were eaten as sacrifices during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Laba porridge: a kind of porridge cooked with various ingredients in Laba Festival. Cooking a pot with all kinds of food has the meaning of gathering all things, harmonizing thousands of spirits and harvesting in Qingfeng.

Laba garlic: It is a food custom of Laba Festival, and the word garlic is homophonic with the word "calculate". A year's income and expenditure should be calculated on this day. As the saying goes, "Laba porridge, Laba garlic, the messenger of paying the bill, the messenger of paying the debt."

In the north, there is a proverb "Winter Solstice Day, jiaozi Summer Solstice Day", and there is also a saying that "leaving home is jiaozi's face at home". Jiaozi means reunion, and noodles mean longevity.