10 Autumn Specialties In China

On the party table on the full moon day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese people, there are hairy crabs, river snails, duck or taro, next to the moon cake.
10 autumn specialties in China
Mid-Autumn Festival is a chance for Chinese people to return home and celebrate with their families. The full moon day of the 8th lunar month usually falls in the harvest season, so people have many ingredients to cook for the moon tray. Here are the most famous Mid-Autumn specialties in the country of billions of people.
The full moon in August of the Chinese people

. Photo: Bay Online.
Moon cake
This popular cake is usually round in shape, symbolizing the reunion day on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Popular flavors include cereals, red beans, white lotus, salted eggs and some fruits
Cinnamon flowers high
Cinnamon flowers are white, yellow or red, and are in full bloom during the Mid-Autumn Festival.



White flowers are called "honeysuckles", yellow flowers are "needles", red flowers are "woven cinnamon", different from cinnamon trees planted for bark. Cinnamon flower is a play food, has a sweet aroma from cinnamon flowers, the sweetness of honey or malt sugar. Chinese people can slice lotus root marinated with cinnamon flower nectar to eat in reunion dinner.
Cinnamon flowers high. Photo: Asian Inspirations.
Cinnamon flower drums
Soaking wine with cinnamon is a traditional custom dating back to the Warring States period (475 - 221 BC). Cinnamon flowers include white wine soaked with cinnamon flowers marinated in sugar, honey, red apple, longan, ginseng .



. The wine has a sweet taste, expressing the desire for a happy life.
Taro
The Chinese believe that taro can help fight bad luck and evil spirits. In the Jiangsu and Zhejiang dialects, taro has a similar pronunciation of the word bliss. In addition, the people of Trieu Son (Guangdong) often peel taro on the Mid-Autumn Festival with a symbolic meaning to ward off evil spirits.
Furry crab
Mid-Autumn Festival is also the season of hairy crabs, so this specialty often appears on the full-moon rice table of southern Chinese families. The most famous hairy crabs are raised in Taihu (Zhejiang), Yangcheng Lake (Jiangsu), Gucheng Lake (Shanghai) ..



. best when steamed.
River snail
In the fall, river snails are fat and delicious. Chinese people also believe that eating river snails during the Mid-Autumn Festival can help brighten your eyes. This specialty is a traditional dish on the full moon day of the 8th lunar month in Guangdong from the Qing Dynasty.
Duck meat
Duck gives better meat in the fall. When cinnamon flowers bloom, duck meat absorbs the scent of flowers, giving birth to specialties "flower cinnamon".
The Mulam people in Yunnan province have a tradition of eating ducks during the Mid-Autumn Festival.



According to legend, foreigners plundered and killed the villagers of Mulam at the end of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). A family selling sugar determined to fight back. They pretended to go to each street vendor, but in fact to inform the villagers to unanimously rise up on the full moon night of the eighth lunar month.
That night, most of the invaders perished, the survivors jumped into the river and turned into ducks. The Mulams celebrate their victory by catching ducks and having a party. The custom has since been inherited to commemorate the family selling sugar and duck becoming a Mid-Autumn dish with many ways to cook.
Boiled salted duck is a specialty in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, eastern China. Photo: VCG.




Pomegranate
The ripe pomegranate season coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival, giving fruit sweet and suitable for the dry season. The Chinese associate the transparent pomegranate seeds as the image of heap descendants. People often eat pomegranates, especially women who are married but have not had a baby. In addition, it is also one of the fruits on the Chinese altar to pray for a long life, family reunification and many good things.
Grapefruit
Grapefruit is one of the most important mid-autumn festival dishes, because the name has a Chinese pronunciation that almost resembles the word blessing. Chinese people eat grapefruit on the full moon day of the 8th lunar month to enjoy good things from the moon.
Pumpkin
Pumpkin is a popular dish in southern China during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Pumpkin is rich in fiber and carotene, helps reduce sugar and fat in the blood, is good for digestion and moisturizes the skin in the dry cold weather of autumn This fruit is a balanced Chinese diet that is rich in fat and meat.




According to Bao Ngoc / Vnexpress
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