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Autumn Equinox Traditional Foods

Traditional food for the autumnal equinox:

1. Autumn Vegetable: Autumn Vegetable is a kind of wild amaranth, which is called "Autumn Artemisia" by the villagers, and the whole village goes to pick Autumn Vegetable on the day of the autumnal equinox.

2. Eggs: every year on the autumnal equinox, the folk have the custom of "erection of eggs", many places have to hold "erection of eggs" fun games or competitions on this day, "erection of eggs", of course. "Of course, after eating eggs, eggs are rich in a variety of vitamins and minerals.

3. dumplings: autumn equinox this day, some local folk have eaten dumplings custom, dumplings are mostly made of glutinous rice as the main raw material and a number of other ingredients, the added ingredients are often high sugar, high-calorie things help to replenish the body's heat energy, tonic deficiency, blood, rising sun and spleen.

4. Crab: Autumn equinox is the most fertile crab meat, but also the most nourishing time, and is rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin A and other nutrients.

5. Radish: Autumn equinox health can be appropriate to eat more pungent, sour, sweet and moist or have the effect of lowering the lungs of fruits and vegetables, especially white radish, carrots.