People in China always pay attention to eating, especially when to eat. In Jiangsu, people have special feelings for broad beans. People in Jiangsu have corresponding seasons to eat broad beans. The "long summer" in the 24 solar terms is the best season for Jiangsu people to eat broad beans.

Newly listed vegetables in the same season include amaranth and garlic seedlings. But compared with broad beans, the price of broad beans is much cheaper, which is one of the important reasons why many people in Jiangsu choose to eat broad beans. Moreover, broad beans are rich in nutrition, which can supplement all kinds of substances needed by human body in hot summer. The climate in Jiangsu is more suitable for the growth of broad beans. All the reasons are combined to make Jiangsu people like to eat broad beans very much.