Spring Rolls 春卷
Spring rolls are a Cantonese dim sum dish of cylindrical shape. The filling of spring rolls could be vegetables or meat, and the taste could be either sweet or savory. After fillings are wrapped in spring roll wrappers, the next step is frying, when the spring rolls are given their golden-yellow color. It is a dish especially popular in East China: Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Fujian, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, etc.
春卷是广东人的小点心,其形似圆筒状。春卷通常有蔬菜馅或者肉馅两种,口味可甜可辣。做法是把包好的春卷,放入平锅,将其炸成金黄颜色。春卷这种小吃流行于中国东部的江西,江苏,上海,福建,广州,深圳,香港等地方。
Spring rolls get their name because they are traditionally eaten during the Spring Festival. Lucky Saying for Eating Spring Rolls 黄金万两 (hwung-jin wan-lyang/): 'A ton of gold' (because the fried spring rolls are gold in color they look like gold bar) — a wish for prosperity.
春卷因其是春节的传统小吃,所以素有黄金万两之称。因为炸后的春卷在颜色,和形状上酷似金条,所以寓意着财富。
Lucky Saying for Eating Spring Rolls 关于春卷的吉祥话:
黄金万两 (hwung-jin wan-lyang/): 'A ton of gold' (because the fried spring rolls are gold in color they look like gold bar) — a wish for prosperity.