Food has always been a profound part of China's culture. Basically, every traditional festival in China has its own traditional food, and Qingming Festival is no exception. The beautiful spring has arrived, flowers are blooming, birds are singing, all things are beginning to wake up, and there is a vibrant scene everywhere. The Fortune Teller website takes you to experience the second month of the lunar calendar in 2018!Easter EggsEating eggs during Qingming Festival is called eating festival eggs. There are generally two types of festival eggs. One is painted eggs, which are made by boiling chicken or duck eggs, using madder juice as dye, and painting flowers on the eggshells. After a few days, when the eggshell is peeled off, blue patterns will appear on the egg white, which is very beautiful. The other is carved eggs, which is to boil chicken or duck eggs, draw patterns on the eggshell with a pen, then use a knife to hollow out the whole egg, and then take out the egg white and yolk in turn. The fine craftsmanship of the carving is amazing. It can be eaten as well as viewed.QingtuanAmong the festive foods in the south, Qingtuan (Green Rice Balls) eaten in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas is very distinctive. According to legend, when Li Xiucheng of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was defeated and hunted by the Qing army, he disguised himself as a farmer named Zhang San and drove cattle to plow the fields in order to escape the pursuit of the Qing army. But the Qing soldiers had set up troops to search the village, so he could not enter the village. He was very hungry, so he asked Zhang San to find him food. When Zhang San saw the mugwort, he had an idea. He boiled the mugwort, added glutinous rice, and steamed it into shiny green dumplings. He gave them to Li Xiucheng, and Li was able to fill his stomach. This story spread and became a new food during the Qingming Festival. Later, there were more ways to make it and it tasted better. People in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas often eat red disasters during the Qingming Festival.Zitui YanAmong the festive foods in the north, there is a kind of Zitui swallow, which is named after Jie Zitui. During the Song Dynasty, people used flour and jujube paste to make swallows, strung them together with willow branches and hung them on the door to summon the soul of Jie Zitui, so they called them Zitui Swallows. During the Qingming Festival in Yulin and Yan'an in northern Shaanxi, people eat steamed tuimo, also known as laomomo. It looks like an ancient military general's helmet, weighing half a pound to a pound in size, filled with eggs or red dates, and has a top with flower veneers all around. Noodle flowers are swallows, insects, snakes, rabbits or the four treasures of the study made of noodles. This is for men to eat. Women eat the long shuttle touch, and unmarried girls eat the ground-grabbing bun touch. The children eat swallow, snake, tiger and other noodles, and boys like tiger the most. This custom is still popular today.ScatterIts original name was Hanju, which originated in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Sazi is fried pasta, crispy and delicious, and some are sprinkled with sesame seeds for a better taste. In "Qimin Yaoshu" it is said to be a ring cake. This kind of food is still consumed among the Uyghur and Hui people in the south, north and northwest.Run BingIn southern Fujian, people eat runbing, also known as spring rolls or spring pancakes, during the Qingming Festival. The method is to use very thin dough as the skin, and cut vegetables such as bean sprouts, leeks, celery, carrots, dried tofu, shredded meat, etc. into shreds as the filling, sprinkle with powdered sugar, seaweed crisps and other powders, roll it into a tube shape and it is ready to be eaten.Qingming SnailIn the south, snails are at their plumpest and most delicious during the Qingming Festival, before they reproduce. There is a saying that "a snail during the Qingming Festival is worth a goose." Eating snail meat during the Qingming Festival is called "tiaoqing". After eating, the snail shells are thrown onto the roof. It is said that the rolling sound can scare away mice, making it easier to raise silkworms. It can be fried with the shell, or the snail meat can be picked out after being cooked and eaten cold or fried. |
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