What food does Henan eat for the New Year?

1, creature

When it comes to off-year holidays in Henan, of course, jiaozi is indispensable. In Henan, there is a folk custom of eating jiaozi in the coming year. It also means "send jiaozi to the windward side". People in Henan eat jiaozi, and they can only eat it if they receive the Kitchen God. In mountainous areas, you will eat cakes and buckwheat noodles, and in southeastern Shanxi, there will be the custom of frying corn.

2. Sesame candy

Many areas will have the custom of eating sesame candy in the next year, and Henan must eat sesame candy in the next year. Sesame sugar, the main component is maltose. It tastes sticky to the mouth and teeth, because the outdoor temperature is very low in winter, so if sesame candy is frozen outside for a while, it tastes fragrant and crisp, and it will have a special taste when chewed in the mouth.

3. Fire

Fire is often called sesame seed cake. For a Henan person, it is essential to eat fire in the next year. If you don't eat fire next year, then this next year will be incomplete. Every year, people buy sesame cakes to eat. Some people make their own fires at home to eat.

The significance of Henan off-year to Henan people;

1, Off-year represents a year that is coming to a perfect end, so many people pay great attention to reunion with their families in Off-year.

Off-year is a time when many people cook traditional food, so many people will take part in this festival.

3. Off-year bears the yearning and fighting spirit of Henan people for a better life.