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	\|description=~~Spring~~ rolls are thin ~~wrappers filled and usually~~ fried, ~~eaten across China as a snack~~ and ~~festive food~~.		\|description=Chinese spring rolls are thin-wrapped snacks—often fried crisp, sometimes fresh—linked to spring festivals and southern wrap traditions.
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	'''Spring Roll''' (Simplified Chinese: 春卷; Traditional Chinese: 春捲; Pinyin: ''Chūn juǎn'') is a thin-wrapped roll filled with vegetables and~~/or meat~~, ~~most~~ often deep-fried until crisp~~. Fresh (unfried) versions also exist in some regions~~.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_roll English Wikipedia]</ref>		'''Spring Roll''' (Simplified Chinese: 春卷; Traditional Chinese: 春捲; Pinyin: ''Chūn juǎn'') is a thin-wrapped roll filled with finely cut vegetables and, often, meat or seafood. In much of mainland Mandarin restaurant and street-food practice the roll is deep-fried until golden and shatter-crisp; related southern Fujianese / Teochew fresh wraps and overseas Hokkien '''popiah''' / '''lumpia''' belong to the same broad family but are not identical SKUs.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_roll English Wikipedia: Spring roll]</ref><ref name="popiah">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popiah English Wikipedia: Popiah]</ref>

	== Characteristics ==		== Characteristics ==

	Fried spring rolls are ~~cylindrical~~ or ~~rectangular~~ with a ~~shatteringly~~ crisp wrapper. Fillings are ~~usually finely cut~~ so they cook quickly and ~~stay juicy without soaking~~ the skin.		Fried spring rolls are usually small cylinders or flattened bars with a dry, crisp wrapper and a hot, juicy interior. Fillings are shredded so they cook quickly and do not soak the skin. Fresh (unfried) wraps use soft thin skins and a cooler vegetable-forward filling. Dim-sum houses may cut fried rolls on the bias and serve them with Worcestershire-style or sweet chili dips; street stalls sell them whole as walk-away snacks.

	== Ingredients (overview) ==		== Ingredients (overview) ==

	~~Wheat~~ or ~~other thin~~ wrappers, shredded cabbage ~~or other vegetables~~, ~~meat or seafood optional~~, ~~seasonings~~, ~~and~~ oil for frying. ~~Dipping sauces vary~~.		Thin wheat (or similar) wrappers; shredded cabbage, carrot, bamboo shoot, mushroom, vermicelli, pork, shrimp, or other fine fillings; oil for frying when the crisp style is ordered. This page is overview only—no recipe steps.

	== History and culture ==		== History and culture ==

	~~Spring rolls appear nationwide and in overseas Chinese cooking; Fujian and other southern street-food scenes often list them among casual snacks.~~ The name links ~~historically~~ to spring ~~festival foods~~, though everyday fried rolls are year-round.		The Mandarin name links the snack to spring and to older spring-pancake / New Year food customs south of the Yangtze, even though everyday fried rolls are sold year-round.<ref name="ch">[https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-food/spring-rolls.htm China Highlights: spring rolls as festive food]</ref> Fujian and Chaoshan foodways keep a parallel fresh-wrap tradition (润饼 / 薄饼), eaten around Qingming and celebrations; Hokkien and Teochew migrants carried that grammar into Taiwan and Southeast Asia as '''popiah''', while Filipino and Indonesian '''lumpia''' show further local adaptation of the same Fujianese root.<ref name="popiah" /><ref name="lumpia">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumpia English Wikipedia: Lumpia]</ref>

			Provincial Fujian English dining notes also describe a local fried soybean-skin “five-spice roll” (五香卷) for festivals and ceremonies—another regional wrap that should not be flattened into the generic takeaway spring roll.<ref name="fj">[https://www.fujian.gov.cn/english/cultureandtravel/dining/202501/t20250107_6619695.htm Fujian Provincial Government: Spring Roll of Fujian Style]</ref>

			Overseas Chinese restaurant spring rolls are often larger and meatier than mainland dim-sum sizes; they are diaspora menu grammar, useful for recognition but not a substitute for naming the Chinese regional styles above.

	== Serving and variations ==		== Serving and variations ==

	~~Snack~~ or ~~appetizer, sometimes cut on the bias~~. ~~See~~ [[~~Chinese Snack~~]] and [[Fujian Food]]; ~~related~~ fried ~~snacks include [[Guotie]]~~.		Appetizer, snack, or festive tray item. Compare [[Guotie]] (pan-fried dumpling, different wrapper logic) and [[Dim Sum]] baskets. For southern fresh-wrap context see [[Fujian Food]]; keep Cantonese yum-cha fried rolls distinct from Southeast Asian popiah stalls even when English menus say “spring roll” for both.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

	* [[Chinese Snack]]		* [[Chinese Snack]]
	* [[Fujian Food]]		* [[Fujian Food]]
			* [[Dim Sum]]
	* [[Guotie]]		* [[Guotie]]
	* [[Dim Sum]]
	* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]		* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

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|title=Spring Roll (春卷) - Chinese Food Wiki
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|description=Spring rolls are thin wrappers filled and usually fried, eaten across China as a snack and festive food.
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{{Infobox chinese food
| image = Spring Roll.jpg
| caption = Spring Roll
| alternate_name = Chun juan; fried spring rolls; Chinese spring roll
| pinyin = Chūn juǎn
| type = Rolled snack
| course = Snack / appetizer
| country = China
| region = Pan-China / Fujian and beyond
| other = Fried or fresh wrapped rolls
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'''Spring Roll''' (Simplified Chinese: 春卷; Traditional Chinese: 春捲; Pinyin: ''Chūn juǎn'') is a thin-wrapped roll filled with vegetables and/or meat, most often deep-fried until crisp. Fresh (unfried) versions also exist in some regions.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_roll English Wikipedia]</ref>

== Characteristics ==

Fried spring rolls are cylindrical or rectangular with a shatteringly crisp wrapper. Fillings are usually finely cut so they cook quickly and stay juicy without soaking the skin.

== Ingredients (overview) ==

Wheat or other thin wrappers, shredded cabbage or other vegetables, meat or seafood optional, seasonings, and oil for frying. Dipping sauces vary.

== History and culture ==

Spring rolls appear nationwide and in overseas Chinese cooking; Fujian and other southern street-food scenes often list them among casual snacks. The name links historically to spring festival foods, though everyday fried rolls are year-round.

== Serving and variations ==

Snack or appetizer, sometimes cut on the bias. See [[Chinese Snack]] and [[Fujian Food]]; related fried snacks include [[Guotie]].

== See also ==

* [[Chinese Snack]]
* [[Fujian Food]]
* [[Guotie]]
* [[Dim Sum]]
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

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