What traditional food do you eat on the Double Ninth Festival?

The Double Ninth Festival respects the elderly and climbs high to avoid disaster. "Gao" and "Gao" are homophonic, and they also mean "step by step" and "longevity", so "Chongyang Flower Cake" has become a popular holiday food.

Chongyang cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake, can be made at will, including "coarse flower cake", "fine flower cake" and "money flower cake". Stick some coriander leaves as a sign, and put rough dried fruits such as olives, dates and walnuts in the middle; There are three or two layers of exquisite flower cakes, and each layer contains exquisite candied dried fruits, such as apples, peaches, apricots and dates. Money flower cake is basically the same as fine flower cake, but smaller, like "money", which is mostly the food of upper-class nobles.

mutton noodles

"Sheep" and "Yang" are homophonic, which should be the code name of Chongyang. If you want to eat white flour, "white" means "100" minus the top "1", which means that 100 minus 1 is 99 to meet the code of "99". The birthday of a 99-year-old man in Beijing is called "centenary". Wealthy families can hold a banquet with mutton as the main part on the same day, such as exploding, roasting, rinsing and even whole lamb seats. Autumn is the fattest season for sheep. Mutton is warm and can keep out the cold.

sabotage

Crabs are rich in protein, which is called high-quality protein food. The crab meat is tender, and the fat content of the crab is very low, but the fat-soluble vitamins A, E and B are high, especially the crab yellow is rich in vitamin A, which is beneficial to vision and skin health. This is of great benefit to those who need supplementary nutrition.

As the saying goes, "the navel is sharp in September, and the chrysanthemum is drunk." There is also the custom of eating crabs on the Double Ninth Festival. Zheng Banqiao's poem: "In the festive season, enter Chongyang and hold tender ginger." This is evidence of the tradition of eating crabs in Chongyang. The Double Ninth Festival is in September. Autumn chrysanthemum is fragrant, crab paste is yellow and delicious, and the meat is fat and tender. This is a good season to eat crabs.

pomegranate

It is also the right time to eat pomegranate on the Double Ninth Festival. Pomegranate is tumor-like with seeds in the peel. When the fruit is ripe in autumn, it is harvested and eaten, and the taste is roughly sweet and sour. Pomegranate is rich in vitamins, among which the contents of vitamin C and vitamin B are high, and the contents of protein, fat and calcium are not low, among which the contents of vitamins are many times higher than those of apples. Pomegranate juice contains a variety of amino acids and trace elements, which has the functions of helping digestion, resisting gastric ulcer, softening blood vessels, lowering blood fat and blood sugar, lowering cholesterol and so on. Can prevent coronary heart disease, heart disease and hypertension, can achieve the effects of invigorating stomach, refreshing, stimulating appetite and prolonging life, and has a miraculous effect on alcoholics.