What food does Northeast Tomb-Sweeping Day eat?

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China. Many people will hold sacrificial activities in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and many people will go out for an outing in Tomb-Sweeping Day. However, in Tomb-Sweeping Day, besides some activities, diet is also a major feature.

Zitui steamed stuffed bun should be unfamiliar to southerners, and some people have never even heard of it. The day before in Tomb-Sweeping Day was the Cold Food Festival, during which fireworks and firecrackers were not allowed, and only cold food and cold dishes were allowed. This dish is a unique traditional food in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the custom of eating jiaozi and pushing steamed buns in Tomb-Sweeping Day has been passed down to this day.

Zongzi, a kind of fried food, is crisp and fragrant. The Cold Food Festival (one or two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day) will be closed for three days, so people will fry some ring-shaped pasta in advance as fast food for the Cold Food Festival, which is also called "cold utensils". Tomb-Sweeping Day has the custom of eating prickly heat in both north and south of China.