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What are the Qingming foods?

Qingming cuisine includes: Qing Tuan, boiled eggs with shepherd's purse, prickly heat, mugwort leaves and rolled pancakes.

1, Youth League

Qing Tuan, also known as Ai Tuan, is made of wormwood leaf juice and glutinous rice flour, which can be filled with various fillings. Having a reunion dinner is to commemorate our ancestors and express our thoughts.

2, shepherd's purse boiled eggs

The shape of an egg is round, symbolizing reunion and perfection, and implying perfection. On this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, shepherd's purse boiled eggs, which means good health all year round.

3. Xunzi

In ancient times, the Cold Food Festival was forbidden for three days, and only cold food was allowed. So many people cooked all kinds of delicious food a few days ago, waiting for the Cold Food Festival. The prickly heat is fried with flour.

4. Aizan

Some practices are similar to those of the Youth League, while others are simple. Wash Folium Artemisiae Argyi and mix well with flour. Then steam, add various seasonings and stir evenly.

Step 5 roll pancakes

Qingming rolls pancakes, representing everything. Among them, all kinds of vegetables are packed, which indicates that farmers are prosperous and six livestock are prosperous. In some areas, people also believe that eating pancakes wrapped in celery and non-vegetables will make people work harder, live longer and prosper their family business.