What food does Tomb-Sweeping Day eat?

Zongzi, Malantou, Snail, Runbing Vegetable, Black Rice.

The foods eaten in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Henan Province are: zongzi, Malantou, snail, cake-moistened vegetables and braised rice. 1, Zongzi, every household in Tomb-Sweeping Day will make Zongzi, which can be used as a sacrifice to the grave or as dry food for hiking.

2, Malantou, Malantou has two kinds of red stalks and green stalks, both of which are edible. Because of the combination of the Cold Food Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day, some places still keep the habit of eating cold food in Tomb-Sweeping Day. 3, the snail Qingming Festival is the best season to eat snails, because at this time snails have not yet propagated, the most fat, so there is a saying that "Qingming snails are worth a goose."

Snails can be eaten in many ways. They can be fried with onion, ginger, soy sauce, cooking wine and sugar. You can also cook, pick snail meat, mix, drink, rot and simmer. 4. Runbing dish, the proper term of "Runbing dish" should be spring cake. At first, spring cakes and vegetables were put on a plate, which became "spring vegetables".

The Song Dynasty's Chronology quoted the Tang Dynasty's Four Seasons Mirror as saying: "There will be an eclipse of radish, spring cake, lettuce and a spring dish in beginning of spring." From Song Dynasty to Ming and Qing Dynasties, eating spring cakes became more and more popular.

5. Black rice. Every household in Tomb-Sweeping Day and Henan cooks "black rice" for friends and relatives every year.