What traditional food do you eat at the vernal equinox?

1, Spring Vegetables: Xie, a town in Cangcheng, Kaiping, used to be four towns (now Heshan is five towns), and there is an unbroken custom called "eating spring vegetables at the vernal equinox". "Spring vegetable" is a kind of wild amaranth, which villagers call "Artemisia chun". On the vernal equinox, the whole village went to pick spring vegetables. When searching in the wild, it is often green and thin, about the length of a palm. Picked spring vegetables are usually boiled with fish fillets at home, which is called "spring soup". There is a jingle that says, "Spring soup is dirty, and it washes the liver and intestines. The whole family is safe and healthy. " Since the spring of the year, people still pray for peace and health at home.

2. Radish: Yangzhou people also have the custom of eating buns and spring rolls stuffed with radish or shredded radish at the vernal equinox. At this time, eating radish can not only ventilate up and down, but also play a role in getting rid of diseases and solving difficulties. Among various vegetables for health care in spring, radish has the best effect. White radish has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, regulating qi and promoting digestion, and resolving phlegm. Raw radish tends to clear away heat and promote fluid production, while cooked radish tends to promote qi and digestion. Can be used for preventing symptoms such as cough due to excessive phlegm, sore throat, anorexia, abdominal distension, constipation, etc. Modern medicine believes that radish has a good diuretic effect, and the cellulose it contains can also promote defecation and help to lose weight. If you want to detoxify with radish, you can choose raw food, juice, cold salad or pickling.

3. Tangyuan: According to custom, farmers have a holiday on the vernal equinox. Every family should eat glutinous rice balls, and ten, twenty or thirty jiaozi's that don't contain hearts should be cooked, and they should be placed on the edge of outdoor fields with thin bamboo forks, which is called sticking sparrows' mouths, so as not to destroy crops.