Introduction to traditional food of the Ghost Festival. What should we eat during the Ghost Festival?
The traditional food of different festivals will be different, but not everyone knows what the traditional food of the Ghost Festival is. So, let’s take a look at the introduction of the traditional food of the Ghost Festival. What should we eat on the Ghost Festival? Shuimo.com has prepared the lunar calendar content for the seventh month of 2021. You can click on Shuimo.com’s special topic on the seventh month of 2021 to learn more.Introduction to traditional food of the Ghost Festival. What should we eat during the Ghost Festival?1. Eat rice noodles during the Ghost FestivalOn the day of the Ghost Festival, there is a custom of eating rice noodles in Dongguan, and it is common in almost the entire Dongguan. Of course, the way of eating rice noodles is different in different areas. 2. Eat flower buns during the Ghost Festival Before the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, dough sculpture activities are popular among women, especially in northern Shanxi. A family steamed flower buns, and the neighbors came to help. First, according to the actual number of people in the family, make a big flower bun for each person. 3. Eat flatbreads on the Ghost Festival. In Dongxian Township, Jiangsu Province, many villagers eat flatbreads (a kind of food made of flour and sugar in the shape of a dustpan) on the Ghost Festival. Nowadays, some people call flatbreads dumplings, but in fact, flatbreads and dumplings are very different. The difference between flatbread and dumplings lies first in the skin and second in the filling. 4. Eat dumplings during the Ghost Festival In Tiantai, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, they eat "jiaobing", a food similar to spring rolls, during the Ghost Festival. 5. Eat duck during the Ghost Festival Many places across the country choose to eat duck during the 15th day of the seventh lunar month because ducks swim in the water, which symbolizes the lighting of river lanterns and praying for the salvation of the soul. There is also a saying that "duck" is a homophone for "pressure", and eating duck is to suppress the "soul". This statement is a bit far-fetched, because in many places "duck" and "pressure" have different pronunciations. Do we release river lanterns during the Ghost Festival?Yes, releasing river lanterns is one of the traditional customs of the Ghost Festival.River lanterns are also called "lotus lanterns". River lanterns usually have a lamp or candle on a base and are placed in rivers, lakes, and seas on the night of the Ghost Festival, allowing them to drift. The custom of releasing river lanterns during the Zhongyuan Festival is said to have evolved from the custom of hanging lanterns during the Shangyuan Festival (Lantern Festival). People believe that the Shangyuan Festival is a human festival, while the Zhongyuan Festival is a ghost festival. Humans are yang, ghosts are yin, land is yang, and water is yin. Therefore, lanterns are hung on land during the Shangyuan Festival, while those are hung on water during the Zhongyuan Festival. The mysterious darkness underwater reminds people of the legendary hell where ghosts sink. Therefore, lanterns are hung on land during the Lantern Festival, and on water during the Ghost Festival. Nowadays, releasing river lanterns has become a joyful activity. According to the Buddhist Ullambana Festival rituals, releasing river lanterns is just a small program and does not seem to be very important. Among the folk customs of the Ghost Festival, lighting lanterns is relatively important. The purpose of releasing river lanterns is to pray for salvation. A passage from "The Story of Hulan River" by Xiao Hong, a modern female writer, is the best footnote to this custom: "The 15th of July is Ghost Festival; the dead souls and resentful ghosts, who cannot be reborn, are lingering in hell and suffering greatly. They want to be reborn but can't find the way. If on this day, a dead ghost holding a river lantern will be reborn." The road from the underworld to the world of the living is probably very dark, and you can't see the road without a light. So lighting lanterns is a good deed. It can be seen that the living upright gentlemen have not forgotten the dead souls and ghosts. |
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