1, bamboo shoots
Since ancient times, many Zhuang people in Qingyuan have the custom of "eating spring water". "Eating spring" means eating seasonal fruits and vegetables suitable for health preservation from the beginning of spring, so it is also called "biting spring" or "gnawing spring". When selecting bamboo shoots, it is best to be tender yellow, and the whiter the bamboo shoots, the more tender they are.
2. Communist Youth League
The Youth League is a traditional snack in the south. Its taste is not sweet or greasy, and it has a faint but long grass fragrance. Light green jiaozi turns dark green after steaming. The freshly steamed green dumplings are soft, waxy and sweet, with a slightly sticky taste. Folium Artemisiae Argyi exudes a rich fragrance, which is sweet and full of the taste of spring.
3. Pu Guo Zi
Puguozi is known as the unique "matcha cake" of Chaoshan Tomb-Sweeping Day. It tastes sweet and delicate, and it is a spring cake on the table and in the hands of ordinary people. Chaoshan people pay attention to "making cakes in the season". As a kind of green and healthy seasonal food, shop cakes are full of nostalgia.
4. Spring rolls
In the southern region, spring rolls are "biting spring" food, which means welcoming the spring. Spring rolls have a long history of eating, which can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty and has been used ever since. Spring rolls are shaped like spring cocoons, and the skin as thin as cicadas is wrapped with seasonal ingredients such as bean sprouts and celery. After sealing, fry in a pot and make crispy spring rolls.
5. Spring pancake
Compared with small-sized spring rolls, the spring cakes that northerners like to eat look more real. Spring cakes are both meat and vegetables, suitable for all ages. According to ancient records, during the Qing Dynasty, some wealthy families had the habit of eating spring cakes at the beginning of spring. It can be seen that the custom of eating spring cakes has a long history. Different from ancient times, every household can afford spring cakes now, and the ingredients inside are becoming more and more abundant.