What to eat on the first day of spring?

The day of spring, China's folk to have eaten spring cake, spring rolls and bite radish and other customs, commonly known as "bite spring" and "play spring"?

The spring, is the first season of the year, the temperature is gradually rising, people's Yang Qi step by step, in order to let the body in accordance with the sky should be the time to bite the spring of the food is best to have the sweet and pungent dispersal of qualities of the food.

Radish: In many places, spring is also called "bite spring". The most representative food in the north is radish, eating radish can be divided into gnawing, slicing, shredding, stuffing and other forms. Eating radish can not only solve the spring sleepy, but also can enhance the fertility of women, the spring radish is also known as the "children and grandchildren radish". Northern people love to eat raw radish, especially in the heart of the United States and carrots for the best.

Spring cake: Tang "Four Seasons Treasure Mirror" recorded: "Spring, food reeds, spring cake, lettuce, the number of 'vegetable plate'." Visible Tang Dynasty people have begun to try spring plate, eat spring cake. The so-called spring pancake, also known as lotus leaf pancake, is actually a kind of hot noodle pancake - with two small pieces of water, the center of the oil, rolled into a pancake, after cooking can be uncovered into two. Spring pancakes are used to roll up vegetables for eating, and the dishes include cooked and stir-fried vegetables.

Spring rolls: also known as spring pancakes, pancakes, is a popular traditional snack in Fuzhou folk, has a long history, evolved from the ancient spring pancakes. Eating spring rolls in the spring is an ancient Chinese custom, which has the meaning of welcoming the spring and looking forward to a good harvest. The earliest records show biting spring to eat spring cakes. Folk in the spring this day to eat some spring fresh vegetables, both for the prevention of disease, but also to meet the meaning of the new year. Tang "four times treasure mirror" records: "spring, food reed, spring cake, lettuce, number 'vegetable plate'." Visible Tang Dynasty people have begun to try spring plate, eat spring cake. The so-called spring pancake, also known as lotus leaf cake, in fact, is a kind of hot noodle pancake - with two small pieces of water, the middle of the oil, put together into a pancake, cooked can be unveiled into two, used to roll vegetables to eat.