What traditional foods should we eat during the Spring Equinox? The classic "five foods" during the Spring Equinox

The Spring Equinox of 2017 is approaching, and it is the beginning of spring. So, do you know what to eat during the Spring Equinox? What traditional foods are eaten during the Spring Equinox? Let’s take a look together.

What traditional food should we eat during the Spring Equinox?

Sun Cake

According to the customs in Beijing, people worship the sun god and eat sun cakes on the Spring Equinox. The image of a three-legged chicken god (golden rooster) with its head held high is printed on it with red yeast rice water, or a "golden bird halo" is pressed out with a mold to represent the sun god. Sun Cake is not only a tribute to the Spring Equinox Festival, but also a seasonal food, symbolizing continuous advancement. In addition, sun cakes are generally made of glutinous rice and sugar, which is also in line with the health concept of "reducing sourness and increasing sweetness" in spring.

sweet dumpling

During the Spring Equinox, there is a folk custom called "sticking the bird's mouth". That is to say, on the day of the Spring Equinox, every household has to cook more than ten solid dumplings and put them on a plate to dry. They cut bamboos with leaves from the bamboo forest, and the children from each family stuck the dumplings on the top of the bamboo poles, carried them to the fields, and then stuck them one by one on the ridges of their own fields. They hope that the glutinous rice balls can stick to the mouths of stealing sparrows, preventing them from destroying the crops. We also cook glutinous rice balls for health preservation, because glutinous rice balls are mostly made of glutinous rice as the main ingredient and some other ingredients. Glutinous rice is warm in nature and sweet in taste. The added ingredients are often high in sugar and high in calories. Eating a small amount in the cold spring season can help replenish the body's heat energy, replenish the body, regulate the blood, and raise the yang and strengthen the spleen.

radish

In Yangzhou area, there is a custom of eating steamed buns and spring rolls stuffed with radish or shredded radish during the Spring Equinox. When it comes to health care in spring, radish is the most effective food. White radish has the effects of clearing heat, promoting body fluid, regulating qi, and digesting food and resolving phlegm. Eating it raw is more effective in clearing heat and promoting body fluid, while eating it cooked is more effective in promoting qi and digesting food. Therefore, eating radish during the Spring Equinox can not only help circulate air, but also help eliminate diseases and relieve spring fatigue.