What foods should be eaten during Qingming Festival in 2019?

When Qingming Festival comes, many seasonal foods will appear. So what food should we eat during Qingming Festival in 2019? Let’s take a look at it together below.

What to eat during Qingming Festival 2019

Qingming Snail

The Qingming Festival is the best time to eat snails, as the snails have not yet reproduced during this season and are the most plump and fat. Hence the saying “Qingming snails are worth a goose”.

Green Rice Balls

During the Qingming Festival, people in the Jiangnan area have the custom of eating green dumplings. Green dumplings are made by crushing a wild plant called "wheatgrass" and squeezing out the juice. The juice is then mixed with dried water-ground pure glutinous rice flour to make the dumplings.

egg

There is a folk saying that if you eat an egg on Qingming Festival, you will have good health throughout the year. On the Qingming Festival, people can not only eat eggs, but also play with them. There are roughly two types of eggs: one is "painted eggs" and the other is "carved eggs." The colorfully painted eggs can be eaten, while the "carved eggs" are only for viewing.

Pancakes

"Eating pancakes on Qingming Festival" means that the family gets together to make pancakes and eat them after sweeping the graves on Qingming Festival. This custom is still preserved in most places in southern Fujian.

Mustard Rice

When the Qingming Festival comes, most people in eastern Fujian, whether in urban or rural areas, have the custom of eating mustard greens. It is said that eating "mustard rice" made by mixing mustard and rice on the second day of the second lunar month can prevent scabies all year round. There is also a custom of cooking loach noodles as a gift to ancestors and others on March 3rd.

Sanzi

There is a custom of eating Sanzi during the Qingming Festival in various parts of my country. Eating Sanzi during the Qingming Festival is deeply loved by people all over the world. Due to the differences between the north and the south, the ingredients used in Sanzi in different places are also different. The Sanzi in the north is generous and free-spirited, with wheat flour as the main ingredient; the Sanzi in the south is delicate and exquisite, with rice flour as the main ingredient.

Mugwort cake

Mugwort cake is a must-have traditional snack for Hakka people during the Qingming Festival. There is an old saying among Hakka people, "Eat mugwort cake around the Qingming Festival and you will not get sick all year round."

other

In addition, there are many food customs during the Qingming Festival in various parts of the north and south, such as cakes, sandwiches, Qingming rice dumplings, steamed rice cakes, Qingming cakes, dry porridge and other nutritious foods.

Summary: During the Qingming Festival, some areas have the custom of eating snails. At this time, the snails have not yet reproduced and the meat is plump and delicious. During the Qingming Festival, there is also a custom of eating Sanzi in some areas.