Collect food related to traditional festivals.

Jiaozi Spring Festival, one is to commemorate Pangu's creation of the world and end the mixed state, and the other is to take it as a homonym with "chaos", which means "five grains are abundant". In addition, it is said that eating jiaozi's folk language is related to Nu Wa's making people. When Nuwa soil caused people, the ears of loess people were easily frozen off because of the cold weather. In order to prevent the ear from being fixed, Nuwa put a small eye on the ear, tied it with a thin thread, and put the other end of the thread in the mouth of the loess man to bite, so that the ear would be fine. In order to commemorate the achievements of Nu Wa, ordinary people wrapped jiaozi, molded adult ears with flour, wrapped them with stuffing (thread) and ate them with their mouths.

In addition to historical records, there is another folklore about the origin of jiaozi: once upon a time, there was an emperor who cared nothing about state affairs but fun. Courtiers are favored, loyalty suffers, the country is poor, and the people complain. One day, the traitor Pan Qi, known as Pan Sushui, came to see the emperor and said that he had a good idea to make the emperor live forever. After listening to this, the emperor was full of love and asked, "Pan Aiqing, what's the magic method? Tell me quickly! " Pan Qi once said, "If a person can eat a hundred kinds of rice, he can prolong his life and live forever. The emperor can order the recruitment of famous chefs in various places, so as to have three meals a day and eat hundreds of kinds of meals. Isn't that what he wants? " After hearing this, the emperor nodded again and again and issued a notice: the whole country invited elections.

From then on, Su used his superb skills to cook ninety-nine exquisite meals for the emperor, and the emperor was very satisfied. That night, Sue was very happy, thinking: Cook another meal tomorrow morning, and you can leave this hateful bad king and go home to reunite with your relatives. But when it comes to cooking, he doesn't know how to cook the last meal. He thought of suicide, thought of running away, and thought of poisoning this bad king who ate people's flesh and blood. When he was sad, he suddenly saw some leftover mutton and vegetables on the menu, so he picked up a knife and chopped the mutton and vegetables together, put seasoning on them at random, wrapped many small horns in white flour bags, and cooked them in a boiling pot as the last meal for the emperor. Sue was just sitting there waiting to die, but after eating this meal, the emperor ran into the kitchen in his pajamas and said, "This meal is the best today. What's its name? " After listening to this, Sue sighed, then looked up and saw this flat thing, and casually replied, "This is the best folk food." The emperor asked Sue to continue cooking for him. Sheng Qiao was so angry with the greedy bad king that he ran away the next day. Later generations learned to eat flat food in memory of this chef. In this way, it has been passed down from generation to generation and has been passed down to today.

The fifteenth day of the first month is Lantern Festival.

According to legend, the Lantern Festival was set up to commemorate Pinglu during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. After the death of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, Lv Hou's son Liu Ying became Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty. Hui Di was born weak and indecisive, and power gradually fell into the hands of Lv Hou. After Hui Di's death, he monopolized state affairs and turned Liu's world into Lu's. The old courtiers and Liu Zongshi were deeply indignant, but they were afraid of cruelty and dared not speak out.

After Lv Hou's death, Zhu Lu has been in a state of anxiety, afraid of being hurt and excluded. So, in the general's home, they secretly assembled and plotted to make trouble in order to completely seize Liu's country.

This incident reached the ears of Liu Xiang, the king of Qi in the Liu clan. In order to protect Liu's country, Liu Xiang decided to fight against Zhu Lu, and then got in touch with Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, the founding fathers, and the design was dissolved. The "Zhu Lu Rebellion" was finally completely put down.

After the rebellion, the ministers made Liu Heng, the second son of Liu Bang, emperor and called him Emperor Wen. Impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity, Emperor Wen designated the 15th day of the first month of the first month to quell the "Zhu-Lu Rebellion" as a day to have fun with the people, and every household in Beijing celebrated with lanterns and colorful decorations. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a popular folk festival-"Lantern Festival".

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were scheduled for the 15th day of the first month. Taiyi: the God who rules the universe. When Sima Qian created the taichu calendar Law, he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival.

Zongzi is on the fifth day of May.

Legend has it that it was born in memory of Qu Yuan who threw himself into the river. On that day, Zongzi was given to each other as a souvenir. Zongzi is still the traditional food with the deepest cultural accumulation in the history of China.

The moon cake is on August 15th.

Moon cakes are offerings to worship the moon god in the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival, and they have been handed down from time to time, forming the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Moon cakes have a long history in China. According to historical records, as early as the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, there was a kind of "Taishi cake" to commemorate Taishi Wenzhong, the "ancestor" of China moon cakes.

Laba porridge is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

In ancient China, Emperor Tiandi made a La Worship out of dry things in the twelfth lunar month to worship the gods. La Worship includes two aspects: one is sacrifice; The second is prayer. Sacrifice is to worship the Eight Valley Stars, offering sacrifices with dry things to express the meaning of Qingfeng harvest. Dry matter is called wax, and Baba is the god of eight stars, so it is called Laba. In terms of time, La Worship is held on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is also called Laba. Prayer is an important aspect of La Worship, that is, praying for good weather in the coming year to ensure a bumper agricultural harvest. Every year, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, dry things are sacrificed to the eight-grain star god and prayed, which is called Laba Wish or Wax Eight Wish, which is homophonic with porridge. So on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, dried fruits and vegetables are mixed together, cooked into porridge, and offered to the god of agriculture to express the meaning of Qingfeng harvest and pray. Laba porridge is used to homophone the meaning of Laba porridge, which is the origin of Laba porridge. It is to cook porridge with dry things, sacrifice to the god of agriculture, pray and bless, and celebrate the harvest.