Eating dragon waist, also called backing cake, is actually a kind of cake in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, which means backing. People who work every day generally have a bad waist and often have backache, while supporting cakes means that the waist must be supported. I hope that eating dragon's waist will no longer have the problem of back pain like Jinlong.
Supporting cakes is a kind of pastry snack that is popular among local people in Zhejiang. On the second day of February, the rice cake is fried once every other year, which makes the back tough and can stand the work, so it is called "supporting the cake". As a poet said, "On February 2nd, the spring was beautiful, and we supported each other to make a flower cake. Supporting a good meal is not afraid of hard work all year round. " "Cut the rice cake into short strips and fry it in blue oil." It's hard to swing in the wind every year, and it's strange that Wuniang has less waist. "
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Today, supporting cakes has become a delicious food for every household. Eating propped cakes is a custom that originated in the farming era. It is said that at that time, after the first month, every household would start farming in the fields. Spring ploughing time is tight and the task is heavy, so there is no time to cook and eat. Therefore, in order to make hard-working families have the strength to "stand up straight" and work hard in the fields, housewives will make a cake and hang it on the waist of workers. So if you are hungry, you can pick it up and have a bite.
When you are full, you have the strength to continue working. Traditionally, Suzhou people eat cakes that they didn't eat during the Spring Festival, and then they are fried and heated. Xu Hua, a calligrapher in Suzhou in the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem "Supporting the Cake", which reads: "The New Year has gone, the rice cake is still there, and the gluttonous people are still satisfied. Since then, I have supported my waist and feet and traveled all over the famous mountains. " This is proof of the old way of eating.