Autumnal equinox, what to eat?
Autumn equinox solar terms, cool bursts, suitable for eating the following:
1, eat fresh dates at the autumnal equinox
Autumn is the best date-eating season in a year. Fresh jujube is rich in iron that makes skin rosy, and also contains a lot of vitamin C. Vitamin C is the best weapon against free radicals and aging, which can reduce melanin and inhibit melanin production, fade spots and pigmentation, and improve skin color.
Jujube has the functions of calming the heart and calming the nerves, improving intelligence and strengthening the brain, stimulating appetite, removing fishy smell, improving immunity, preventing and treating hypertension, osteoporosis and anemia, and is a good tonic for the elderly in autumn.
2, eat grapes in the autumn equinox
Grape is a kind of fruit that people like because of its beautiful color, fragrant smell, sweet and sour taste, appetizing and digestion. At the same time, grapes are rich in nutrients, not only containing a lot of glucose and fructose, but also containing amino acids, vitamin C, calcium, iron and other nutrients. Among them, many polyphenols, such as proanthocyanidins and anthocyanins, have excellent antioxidant properties, which are 65433 higher than vitamin C.
However, it should be noted that it is not advisable to drink water immediately after eating grapes, otherwise it will easily lead to diarrhea. In addition, people with diabetes should avoid eating grapes.
3, still eating at the autumnal equinox: water chestnut
Water chestnut, also known as horseshoe, has the reputation of "underground Sydney". Water chestnut tastes sweet and cold, has the effects of clearing away lung heat, relieving sore throat, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, and has certain effects on preventing autumn dryness, cough, throat discomfort and thirst. Besides raw food, it can also be boiled, fried, roasted and simmered. However, water chestnut is not easy to digest, and people with deficiency of spleen and stomach and poor digestive function, children and the elderly are not easy to eat more.
4. eggs
When the autumnal equinox comes, eggs are beautiful. Like the vernal equinox, when the annual autumnal equinox comes, many places in China will hold interesting "vertical egg" games or competitions on this day. Don't forget to eat the eggs after beating the "vertical eggs" Eggs are very nutritious In the field of nutrition, eggs have always been known as "all-nutritious food". Eggs are one of the best sources of high-quality protein, which also contains many vitamins and minerals, a small amount of omega-3 fatty acids, a large amount of lecithin, lutein and other health-care ingredients.
5. Tangyuan
According to custom, farmers have a holiday on the autumn equinox. Every family should eat dumplings. Ten, twenty or thirty dumplings that don't need to be wrapped are cooked, and a thin bamboo fork is placed on the outdoor ridge beside the field, which is called sticking the sparrow's mouth without destroying crops. Of course, it is only the farmers' beautiful imagination and desire to stick dumplings on sparrows' mouths, but it also illustrates the truth that dumplings are sticky, difficult to digest and should not be eaten more.
6. Autumn vegetables
In Lingnan area, Xie's family in Cangzhen, Kaiping used to be four cities (now Heshan is five cities), and there is an unbroken custom called "eating autumn vegetables at the autumnal equinox". "Autumn vegetable" is a kind of wild amaranth, which villagers call "autumn Artemisia". On the autumnal equinox, the whole village went to pick autumn vegetables. When searching in the wild, it is often green and thin, about the length of a palm.
Extension:
The custom of autumnal equinox
1, vertical egg
Every autumn equinox, tens of millions of people all over the world are doing "vertical egg" experiments. How this toy, called "China Custom", became a "world game" is still difficult to verify. However, the game is simple and interesting: choose a smooth and symmetrical fresh egg that has just been born for four or five days, gently stand it up and put it on the table. Although there are many losers, there are also many winners. The autumnal equinox has become the best time for vertical egg games, so there is a saying that "when the autumnal equinox arrives, the eggs will look good." The eggs that stand up are very beautiful.
Step 2 worship god
The folk festivals around the autumnal equinox are: February 15 is Zhang Kai's birthday; Wang Sheng, also known as "Chen", was a warrior in the Tang Dynasty, who made contributions to Zhangzhou and became the patron saint of Zhangzhou after his death. February 19 is the birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Every birthday, many believers will go to Guanyin Temple to worship. On February 25th, Sanshan King Sacrifice Day: Sanshan King refers to Dushan, Mingshan, Jinshan and other mountain gods in Jieyang County, Chaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province. In the early years, Chaozhou Hakka immigrants were patrons in autumn, so the believers were mainly Hakkas.
Step 3 send autumn cattle
The autumnal equinox is coming soon, and people will send pictures of autumn cows door to door. The picture is printed with red paper or yellow paper on the lunar solar terms all the year round, and also printed with farmers' ploughing patterns, which is called "Autumn Cattle Map". The pictures are all folk singers, who mainly say things like good luck in autumn ploughing that do not violate the farming season. Every time they go to a house, they say whatever they see until the owner is happy to give money. Although the words spoken are casual, every sentence rhymes beautifully. Commonly known as "Autumn", Qiu Ren is called "Qiu Guan".
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