Radish is sweet, crisp and juicy. Cooked food is as sweet as taro, and raw recommendation is as crisp as pear. Its utility is no less than ginseng, so it is called "October radish competition ginseng". Throughout the ages, many celebrities are also good at eating radishes. In northern beginning of spring, the most representative food is eating radish, commonly known as "biting spring". Radish can be eaten in many forms, such as chewing, slicing, shredding and stuffing.

In the Three Kingdoms of Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao was defeated by Sun Liu's allied forces and fled from Huarong Road. The weather is hot, and tens of thousands of troops are hungry and thirsty, so they can't walk any further. It happened that there was a large radish field by the roadside, and the soldiers pulled up radishes to satisfy their hunger. This radish field played a key role in saving Cao Jun's life and was later called "Saving Cao Tian".

Other customs of eating spring

1, Spring Festival

Spring Festival is one of the eating customs at the beginning of spring. Lettuce, melon, fruit, cake and sugar are mainly taken out from vegetables and put on plates to feed relatives and friends or eat for the Spring Festival. There are five kinds of dishes: fruit, vegetables, candy, cake and bait. Vegetables mainly include: bean sprouts, radishes, leeks, spinach, lettuce, beans, eggs and shredded potatoes. Du Fu's "beginning of spring": "In spring, the lettuce in the spring dish is fine, and I suddenly think of the time when Beijing Mei bloom."

2. Spring pancake

Spring pancake is a pancake baked with flour and usually eaten with rolled vegetables. At first, spring cakes and vegetables were put on a plate, which became "spring vegetables". The Song Dynasty's Chronology quoted the Tang Dynasty's Four Seasons Mirror as saying: "There will be an eclipse of radish, spring cake, lettuce and a spring dish in beginning of spring."