What to eat during Mid-Autumn Festival? Besides mooncakes, what other delicacies are there during the Mid-Autumn Festival?
Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese cultural festival, also known as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Meeting, Moon-Chasing Festival, Moon-Playing Festival, Moon-Worshiping Festival, Daughter's Festival or Reunion Festival. The arrival of the eighth month of the lunar calendar also means that the summer heat has dissipated and autumn has truly arrived. So what should we pay attention to in the eighth month of the lunar calendar in 2018? Come to Mr. Shui Mo to learn more about related content.What other delicacies are there during the Mid-Autumn Festival besides mooncakes?1. Osmanthus <br /> People often eat mooncakes and enjoy osmanthus during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and eat various foods made from osmanthus, such as osmanthus honey wine, osmanthus ice cream, osmanthus candied lotus root, and osmanthus wine dumplings. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, gazing up at the red osmanthus in the moon, smelling the osmanthus fragrance, drinking a cup of osmanthus honey wine, and celebrating the sweetness of the family have become a beautiful enjoyment of the festival.2. Lotus root box <br /> Eating lotus root during the Mid-Autumn Festival also symbolizes family reunion, especially eating lotus root box. People in Jiangsu and Zhejiang often cut the lotus root into slices, connect the lower ends of each two slices, put meat, clams and other fillings in the middle, and fry the outside until golden brown. This is also called lotus root cake, which is similar to moon cake. Currently, there are two main varieties of lotus roots on the market, namely seven-hole lotus roots and nine-hole lotus roots. Seven-hole lotus roots are widely cultivated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. This variety has excellent texture, tender flesh, fresh, crisp, sweet, and flawless white color. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that after the lotus root is cooked, its nature changes from cool to warm, which is beneficial to the spleen and stomach, and has the effects of nourishing the stomach, nourishing yin, and benefiting the blood. 3. Snails <br /> As for eating snails during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Shunde County Chronicles during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty recorded: "On the fifteenth day of August, people eat taro and snails." People believe that eating snails during the Mid-Autumn Festival can improve eyesight. But why are we particularly keen on eating it during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, the snails are empty-bellied, with no small snails inside, and the meat is particularly plump and delicious, making it the best time to eat snails. Nowadays, many families in Guangzhou have the habit of stir-frying snails during the Mid-Autumn Festival. 4. Osmanthus Duck <br /> People in the Jiangnan area have a variety of customs during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition to eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Nanjing people must also eat the famous Jinling dish, osmanthus duck. "Osmanthus Duck" is available on the market when the osmanthus fragrance fills the air. It is fat but not greasy and tastes delicious. After drinking, you must eat a small piece of sweet taro, drizzled with cinnamon syrup, which is simply delicious. "Guijiang" is named after Qu Yuan's "Chu Ci·Shao Siming" "I help the north to drink guijiang." Osmanthus syrup, also known as sugar osmanthus, is picked around the Mid-Autumn Festival and pickled with sugar and sour plums. The women in the south of the Yangtze River are skillful and can turn the objects described in poems into delicacies on the table. Nanjing people call the moon-watching with family "celebrating reunion", the gathering for drinking "full moon", and the outing to the streets "walking the moon". 5. Crab <br /> The hairy crab is an indispensable dish for people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang during the Mid-Autumn Festival. One crab per person, split and eaten with ginger and vinegar, is the best way to kill time. However, hairy crabs are cold in nature, so they should be eaten with some rice wine to warm the stomach, and then drinking a cup of ginger tea after eating, which is good for health. 6. Sesame Cake <br /> Sichuan people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival by eating mooncakes, making rice cakes, killing ducks, and eating sesame cakes and honey cakes. In some places, orange lanterns are lit and hung at the door to show celebration. There are also children who stick incense sticks on grapefruits and dance along the streets, which is called "dancing with shooting star incense balls". During the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jiading County, people worship the land god, perform variety shows, perform vocal music, and display cultural relics, which is called "watching the show." 7. Pomegranate <br /> Mid-Autumn Festival is when pomegranates are ripe. Because pomegranate is as red as agate, as white as crystal, and tastes like crystal jade, it becomes one of the offerings on the table, symbolizing longevity, reunion and good luck. Before this thing is peeled, it is more fun to play with than to look at. It feels cool, round and smooth in the hand. After it is peeled, it is more fun to look at than to eat. It looks like a bunch of little gems put together, and it is beautiful. It also means reunion. |
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