Spring has arrived, and the temperature has gradually increased, but now the temperature is still unstable. The temperature difference between morning and evening is large, which is very easy to cause physical discomfort. Everyone is looking forward to the arrival of the spring equinox solar terms. After the spring equinox, summer is not far from us. The temperature will be relatively stable and hotter day by day. The vernal equinox is the fourth of the 24 solar terms. This year's vernal equinox is March 21. There are many customs and eating customs in China's 24 solar terms. What should be eaten in the spring equinox solar terms? What are the eating customs? This article brings you the introduction of the food customs of the spring equinox solar terms. Let's have a look.
What do you eat at the spring equinox
1. Spring vegetables
The surname Xie of Cangcheng town in Kaiping, which used to be the four cities (now plus Heshan as the five cities), has a non festive custom called "eating spring vegetables at the spring equinox." Spring vegetable 'is a wild amaranth, which is called' spring green Artemisia '. On the Spring Festival, the whole village went to pick spring vegetables. When searching in the field, it is often green and thin, about the length of a palm.
The spring vegetables collected are generally 'boiling soup' with fish fillets at home, which is called 'spring soup'. There is a doggerel saying: 'fill the dirty with spring soup and wash the liver and intestines. The whole family, old and young, is safe and healthy. " Since the spring of the year, people still pray for peace in their homes and strong health.
The custom of eating spring vegetables has continued until now. Spring vegetables are different in different places. As the name suggests, spring vegetables are spring vegetables. Eating more vegetables at this time can not only supplement nutrition, but also have the effect of health care. Spring season dishes include leeks used to raise Yang; Bean sprouts, lettuce, green onions, bean sprouts, garlic sprouts, etc. that promote vitality.
2. Radish
Yangzhou people also have the custom of eating steamed stuffed buns and spring rolls filled with radish or shredded radish at the spring equinox. At this time, eating radish can not only ventilate up and down, but also remove diseases and relieve spring sleepiness.
Among all kinds of vegetables for health care in spring, radish has the best effect. White radish has the functions of clearing heat and generating saliva, regulating qi, eliminating food and resolving phlegm. Eating raw is more conducive to clearing heat and generating saliva, cooking is more conducive to Qi and eliminating food. Eating in spring can be used to prevent phlegm, cough, sore throat, food injury, abdominal distension, constipation and other symptoms. Modern medicine believes that radish has a good diuretic effect, and the cellulose contained can also promote defecation and help lose weight. If you want to use radish to detoxify, you can choose raw food, beaten into juice, cold or pickled.
At ordinary times, radishes are called little ginseng because radishes can strengthen the stomach and digestion, protect the eyes and sterilize, prevent colds, ventilate, relieve fishiness and prevent constipation. At ordinary times, when the family is young, a large radish can't be eaten at one time. You can cut it open vertically and eat half. In this way, the head, waist and tail of radish are in the dish, with balanced nutrition.
3. Donkey rolling
According to the custom of old Beijing, we have to eat donkeys and roll on the spring equinox in order to avoid evil spirits and pray for blessings. The origin of donkey rolling is extraordinary. Its processing materials include rhubarb rice noodles, soybean noodles, red bean paste, sugar, sesame oil, osmanthus, green and red silk and melon kernel, which is enough to meet the diversification of ingredients in the nutritional diet guide. Its production is divided into three processes: blank making, filling and molding. The prepared 'donkey roll' is covered with bean flour, golden yellow, sweet bean filling, soft and unique. It is a delicious food for all ages.
According to the custom of old Beijing, we have to eat donkeys and roll on the spring equinox in order to avoid evil spirits and pray for blessings. The origin of donkey rolling is extraordinary. Its processing materials include rhubarb rice noodles, soybean noodles, red bean paste, sugar, sesame oil, osmanthus, green and red silk and melon kernel, which is enough to meet the diversification of ingredients in the nutritional diet guide. Its production is divided into three processes: blank making, filling and molding. The prepared 'donkey roll' is covered with bean flour, golden yellow, sweet bean filling, soft and unique. It is a delicious food for all ages.
4. Sun Cake
'sun cake, step by step '. According to the old Beijing custom, on the spring equinox, we should worship the sun god and 'please' eat the sun cake. Sun cake is not only a tribute to the spring equinox, but also a festival food, implying 'the sun is high'. Not only the meaning of 'Sun Cake' is beautiful, but also the setting of glutinous rice and filling is also in line with the health preservation concept of 'saving acid and increasing sweetness' in spring.
Sun cake is generally made of glutinous rice and sugar. It is made of red koji watermark, holding up the head of three legged chicken Xingjun (Golden Chicken), or pressing out the 'golden bird round light' on it with a mold to represent the sun god. Every five pieces of sun cake is a bowl, and there is an inch high flour kneading chicken on the top, which is very happy.
This' Sun Cake 'is made of glutinous rice and stuffed with jujube paste. White melon kernel and secret osmanthus are also added to the filling to pray for a bumper harvest in the new year. The climate of the equinox solar term is mild and sunny. We should eat glutinous rice and red dates appropriately to adjust the balance of physical function and adapt to the changes of solar terms.