The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day's eating spring rolls

According to legend, in order to thank Zheng Chenggong, every household in Fujian cooked a dish for him. In order to live up to the people's love, Zheng Chenggong put the dishes of each family on the cooked dough and rolled them up to eat. This is the later spring rolls. During the period near Tomb-Sweeping Day, many Minnan people will make this kind of spring rolls at home, because oysters are one of the materials of this kind of spring rolls, and oysters are the most plump but not fishy when they are near Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Spring rolls, also known as spring cakes, spring plates and pancakes. It is the traditional food of China folk festivals, and it is very popular all over China, especially in Jiangnan and other places.

In the south of China, we don't eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival, but eat spring rolls and sesame jiaozi. When they are in Tomb-Sweeping Day, they will eat spring rolls in Zhangzhou. In addition to serving their families, villagers often treat guests. Spring rolls have a long history and evolved from ancient spring cakes.

Tomb-Sweeping Day has two connotations: nature and humanity. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Grave-sweeping and hiking are two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day customs handed down from ancient times in China. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major Spring Festival. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times to sweep graves and remember our ancestors. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety, awakening family memories, but also conducive to promoting the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation. Tomb-Sweeping Day's integration of natural solar terms and humanistic customs is a combination of humanistic and natural conditions, which fully embodies the Chinese ancestors' pursuit of harmony between heaven, earth and people, pays attention to conforming to the right time, place and people, and follows the laws of nature.