What to eat in different seasons

1, spring, commonly known as "playing spring", in this day folk customary to eat radish, ginger, green onion, noodle cake, known as "bite spring"; spring also has its own food, mainly spring pancakes, radish, five Xin plate, etc., in the south is popular to eat spring rolls.

2, rain in the north of the old custom, this day ordinary people to eat noodles, spring pancakes, popcorn, etc., different regions have different food, but most of them are related to the dragon, the general name of the food plus "dragon" title, such as eating dumplings called eating "dragon ear "; eating noodles called eating "dragon beard"; eating rice called eating "dragon son"; eating wontons called eating "dragon eyes". "Rain Festival, back to the mother's home" is popular in the western Sichuan area of the festival custom, every time this time, married daughters to go home to visit their parents, which is a typical gift is called "pot pot meat", that is, stewed pig's feet in a casserole, snow-capped soybeans, kelp, and then use red paper, red rope to seal the mouth of the pot to the parents, in order to pay tribute to the parents, and then to the parents, and then to the parents. The can is then sealed with red paper and red string and presented to the parents to express their gratitude and respect for their parenting.

3, hibernation, ancient hibernation day, people will hold incense, mugwort, smoked four corners of the home, to the flavor drive. Hibernation season at first warm and cold, the climate is dry, because the pear is thirst quenching, folk have been eating pear hibernation custom; in some areas of Shandong, hibernation day, people in the courtyard in the middle of the stove cooking pancakes; in Shaanxi, some areas of the hibernation to eat fried beans; in the north of Shanxi's wild geese, farmers in the hibernation day to eat pears, meaning that the pests with the goodbye.

4, the spring equinox, the old folk "spring equinox eat spring vegetables" custom, spring vegetables is a kind of wild amaranth, also known as spring artemisia. Jiangnan region is popular treat plowing oxen, the custom of sacrificing birds

5, according to the custom of the old Beijing, spring equinox have to eat donkey rolls, in order to avoid evil and pray for luck. Donkey roll origin is extraordinary, just look at its processing materials include rhubarb rice noodles, soybean noodles, red bean paste, sugar, sesame oil, cinnamon, green and red silk and melon seeds, enough to meet the nutritional dietary guidelines on the diversification of ingredients this one. The production of donkey rolls is divided into three processes: making, stuffing and molding. The outer layer of the "donkey rolls" is covered with bean flour and is golden yellow in color, with a sweet bean aroma and soft filling, making it a unique delicacy for young and old alike.

6, Qingming, Qingming Festival, the southern part of the Yangtze River has the custom of eating green dumplings. Green dumplings are made of a kind of wild plant called "wheatgrass" which is pounded and squeezed out, and then the juice is taken and mixed with pure glutinous rice flour after drying, and then the dumplings start to be made; there is a custom of eating deep-fried noodle cake (called cold utensils in ancient times) in different places in the north and the south. Because of the relationship between Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival, some places still keep the custom of eating cold food on Qingming Festival. In Shandong, Jimo eats eggs and cold biscuits; Laiyang, Zhaoyuan and Changdao eat eggs and cold sorghum rice.

7, Guyu, for fishermen, Guyu Festival popular sea worship customs. Southern Guyu tea picking custom, legend has it that Guyu this day tea drink will clear fire, ward off evil spirits, bright eyes and so on. So no matter what the weather on this day, people will go to the tea mountain to pick some new tea to drink.