Eating snails
As for eating snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is recorded in the "Shunde County Chronicle" during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty: "Looking at the sun in August, taro is eaten and snails are eaten." Folk believe that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, snails are eaten. Field snails can improve eyesight. According to analysis, snail meat is rich in nutrients, and the vitamin A it contains is an important substance for the visual pigment of the eyes. Eating snails can improve eyesight, which makes sense. But why must we be particularly keen on eating during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Some people point out that around the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is the time when the snails are empty and there are no small snails in the abdomen, so the meat is particularly plump. This is the best time to eat snails. Nowadays, among the people in Guangzhou, many families have the habit of frying snails during the Mid-Autumn Festival.