Qingming Festival Jiangnan region to eat what specialties?

One, green dumplings

In the Jiangnan region of China, there is a habit of eating green dumplings on Qingming Festival. The juice of mugwort is usually mixed into the glutinous rice flour, and then wrapped into a delicate bean paste filling or lotus seed paste, not sweet and not greasy, with a light but long grass aroma.

Two, deep-fried noodle cakes

There is a custom of eating deep-fried noodle cakes at Qingming Festival in the north and south of China. "Deep-fried noodle cake is a kind of deep-fried food, which is crispy and exquisite, and was called "cold utensils" in ancient times. Deep-fried noodle cake in the north is made of wheat flour, while deep-fried noodle cake in the south is made of rice flour.

Three, Ai Zhi Zhi

Ai Zhi Zhi is one kind of Qingming Zhi Zhi, which is a kind of delicious special traditional snack, belonging to Hakka cuisine. It is made of sticky rice flour, glutinous rice flour and mugwort.

Customs of Qingming:

1, trekking

The Chinese people have had the custom of trekking on Qingming since ancient times. Treading green ancient called spring, searching for spring, etc., that is, spring excursions, also known as "spring". Generally refers to the early spring to the countryside to walk and play. Treading green this seasonal folk activities, in our country has a long history, its source is the ancient farming rituals to welcome the spring custom, this farming rituals to welcome the spring custom has a profound influence on later generations.

2, flying kites

Kites, also known as "paper kites", "kites", kite flying is a favorite activity during the Qingming Festival. Kites are made of paper or silk on a skeleton made of bamboo gabions, pulled by a long line tied to it, and released into the sky while the wind is blowing, belonging to a kind of flying machine that utilizes aerodynamic power alone. Whenever the Qingming Festival, people not only put during the day, also put at night.