What traditional food should be eaten during the Qingming Festival in 2019? Why do we plant willow branches during the Qingming Festival?
Introduction: Qingming Festival is an important traditional festival. There are many customs of Qingming Festival. In fact, there are many food customs. So what traditional food should we eat during Qingming Festival in 2019? Why do we plant willow branches during Qingming Festival? Shuimoxiansheng.com provides you with more content related to the third month of the lunar calendar in 2019. Everyone is welcome to learn about it together!What traditional food should we eat during Qingming Festival in 2019?What to eat during Qingming Festival: Qingming RiceOn the eve of Qingming Festival, every household collects various edible herbs from the wild to make Qingming decoctions. Commonly used herbs include mugwort, hemp leaves, chicken-foot vine, Qingming vegetable (Bai Gongweng), shepherd's purse, wolfberry leaves, etc. Wash, remove the stems and cook the herbs you need. Mix them with the glutinous rice (add an appropriate amount of rice) that has been soaked and drained in advance. Use a pestle and mortar to make rice balls. Add brown sugar and rub well. Make rice cubes and steam them until cooked. What to eat during Qingming Festival: Qingtuan During the Qingming Festival, people in the Jiangnan area have the custom of eating Qingtuan. Qingtuan is made by crushing a wild plant called "wheatgrass" and squeezing out the juice. The juice is then mixed with dried water-ground pure glutinous rice flour and kneaded to make the dumplings. The filling of the dumpling is made of delicate sugar bean paste, and a small piece of sugar lard is added when wrapping the filling. After the dough is made, steam it in a steamer. When it is out of the steamer, use a brush to evenly brush the surface of the dumplings with vegetable oil. That's it. What to eat during Qingming Festival: Mugwort cake The Hakka people have an old saying, "Eat mugwort cakes around the Qingming Festival and you won't get sick all year round." Aiban is a traditional snack that Hakka people must have during the Qingming Festival. The first step is to wash the fresh and tender mugwort that you picked, put it in a pot and cook it, then take it out and drain it. The water used to cook the mugwort should be kept for later use. Then chop the cooked mugwort into grass paste. The finer and softer the paste is, the better. After the mugwort paste is chopped, add glutinous rice flour and the water used to boil the mugwort and mix them into a dough. Then wrap the prepared fillings such as sesame, black-eyed peas, peanuts, etc. into the dough, seal it and pinch it into round, long and other shapes, put it in a pot and steam it for 15-20 minutes before taking it out of the oven. What to eat during Qingming Festival: Scallions and egg pancakes During the Qingming Festival, many families in Qingdao eat green onions and egg pancakes, which symbolize cleverness and wisdom. This custom has continued to this day. In addition, in the old days, some families in Qingdao would make dough flowers, called "steamed little swallows", and eat white flour chickens and eggs. It means that the little swallows have come and the real spring has arrived. On the morning of Qingming Festival, the whole family must eat eggs and white flour chicken, so that they can have a clear mind and bright eyes and will not get sick. Many students bring eggs to their teachers to show their respect. What to eat during Qingming Festival: Sanzi There is a custom of eating Sanzi during the Qingming Festival in various parts of my country. "Sanzi" is a fried food that is crispy and delicious. It was called "Hanju" in ancient times. The custom of abstaining from fire and eating cold food during the Cold Food Festival is no longer popular in most parts of my country, but the Sanzi (fried dumplings) associated with this festival are still loved by people all over the world. There are differences between the Sanzi popular in the Han area in the north and the south: the Sanzi in the north is generous and unrestrained, with wheat flour as the main ingredient; the Sanzi in the south is delicate and exquisite, with rice flour as the main ingredient. What to eat during Qingming Festival: Pancakes There is a folk proverb in Xiamen that goes "eat pancakes on Qingming Festival", which means that the family will gather together to make pancakes and eat them after visiting the graves on Qingming Festival. Nowadays, this custom is still preserved in most places in southern Fujian. When old Xiamen people roll up pancakes, they usually like to put some crispy seaweed, fried egg shreds, or spread a little chili sauce in the pancake skin. It tastes better when eaten while hot after rolling. The various vegetables wrapped in it indicate that crops will prosper and livestock will thrive. In some areas, it is believed that eating pancakes wrapped with celery and leeks will make people more diligent (celery), live longer (leeks), and have a more prosperous family business. What to eat during Qingming Festival: Pu Zi Kueh To make Pu Zi Cake, first mash the leaves and fruits (cores) of the Pu Zi tree, pound them into powder with rice, then ferment them and add sugar, and finally steam them using a ceramic mold or a plum blossom mold. Generally, Pu Zi Cake comes in two shapes: plum blossom shape and peach shape. There is also one called bowl fermented peach. The steamed Pu seeds are grass green in color, and each one is grinning, always giving people a wonderful feeling of spring. The rice cake is light green in color and tastes very sweet. It is said that eating it can relieve heat and eliminate diseases. What to eat during Qingming Festival: mustard rice During the Qingming Festival, most people in eastern Fujian, whether in urban or rural areas, have the custom of eating mustard greens. It is said that eating "mustard rice" made by mixing mustard and rice on the second day of the second lunar month can prevent scabies all year round. There is also a custom of cooking loach noodles as a gift to ancestors and others on March 3rd. Why do we plant willow branches during the Qingming Festival?Legend 1: The custom of planting willows and trees on Qingming Festival is said to commemorate Shennong, who invented various agricultural production tools and "tasted hundreds of herbs".Legend 2: When Duke Wen of Jin and his ministers hiked up the mountain to pay tribute to Jie Zitui, they discovered that the old willow tree that had been burned that year had come back to life. Duke Wen of Jin immediately named the old willow tree "Qingming Willow" and broke off a few willow branches on the spot and wore them on his head as a memorial. All his ministers followed suit and it became a custom. Wearing willows on Qingming Festival has become a symbol of commemorating Jie Zitui. Legend three: It is said that willow branches have the function of warding off evil spirits, so planting willow branches and wearing willow branches are not only fashionable decorations, but also have the effect of praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits. Planting willow branches on Qingming Festival may also be related to the custom of begging for new fire with willow branches during the Cold Food Festival in the past. The new wave of annual fortune in 2019 has already changed. Calculate your own fortune in advance, correct your mistakes if there are any, and encourage yourself if there are none, so that the new year will be smooth and safe. 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