What traditional foods should you eat during the Waking of Insects? Six classic delicacies will accompany you during the Waking of Insects

The Jingzhe solar term of 2017 is coming soon. Do you know what to eat during the Jingzhe solar term? What traditional food is usually eaten during the Waking of Insects? Let’s take a look together.

What traditional food should we eat during the Waking of Insects?

Scented Cake

Yan Gao, whose real name is Yin Gao, is a traditional festival food in Jiangsu. The Xungao is snow-white, soft, sweet and delicious, cool but not hard. It is available for nearly two months every year from the Waking of Insects to the Beginning of Summer, and is no longer sold in the market before the Beginning of Summer.

Donkey Roll

"After the Waking of Insects, all insects revive." After the Waking of Insects, all things revive and many activities to drive away poisons become popular among the people. According to the old custom, it is popular to eat "Ludagun" in Tianjin during the Jingzhe Festival every year. The meaning of this is: pests die and people turn over a new leaf.

Eat pears

During the Jingzhe season, the weather is warm but cold and dry, so people in Shanxi have the custom of eating pears on the Jingzhe day. The meaning of eating pears during the Jingzhe period is: leaving home to start a business and working hard to bring honor to the ancestors. Farmers eat pears on the Waking of Insects day to say goodbye to pests. Moreover, pears are sweet and juicy, and have the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, nourishing yin and clearing away heat. At this time, they are like natural nectar to people, clearing away internal heat and refreshing the mind.