When is the Little New Year in 2019? What do people in the north eat during the Little New Year?
The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month every year is the traditional Chinese day for worshiping the kitchen god, also known as "Little New Year". So when is the Little New Year? What do northerners eat during the Little New Year? Want to know more about the twelfth lunar month of 2018? Please pay attention to Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic for the twelfth month of the lunar calendar!When is the Little New Year in 2019?Lunar calendar December 23, 2018 Gregorian calendar January 28, 2019 Monday [Today's lunar calendar][Do not use it for important events on the day of the red yarn] Marrying, moving, bringing in money, opening a business, making offerings, planting, bringing in livestock, fasting and offering sacrifices, seeking wealth, traveling, coming of age, attending school, seeking a partner [Today’s taboos in the almanac] [Do not use it for important events on the day of the red yarn] Bed laying, ground breaking, funeral, burial, construction, groundbreaking, property purchase, embankment building, water release, seeking medical treatment, appointment, marriage proposal, praying for blessings, seeking heirs, shipment, beam laying, pillar erection, drilling, reconciliation, moving into a house, separation, boating, Six Shining: Buddha's extinction, Twelve Gods establish their positions, God on duty: Suzaku (black road day) The twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month in 2018 is the day of the Vermillion Bird and also the day of red gauze. It is unlucky and should not be used for important events. Therefore, it is not an auspicious day. If you want to hold civil activities, you should choose another auspicious day. What do northerners eat during the Little New Year?1. Dumplings In the north, there is a custom of eating dumplings. It is said that dumplings are present in almost every festival in the north. Eating dumplings on the eve of the Chinese New Year means "sending off dumplings with noodles in the wind". The purpose of eating dumplings is to see the Kitchen God off. When offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God, the dumplings should be placed upright on the altar. In addition, there is a folk saying that "nothing tastes better than dumplings." During every Chinese New Year, dumplings become an indispensable delicacy.2. Eating noodles: People in the Shandong Peninsula are mostly busy making jujube cakes, reunion cakes, longevity peaches and other noodle patterns after the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, to represent family reunion and a prosperous life year after year. This method of making is rather troublesome. The dough needs to be left to rest after it has been fermented, then kneaded again and left to rest again. Then, it is shaped into various shapes of pasta and left to rest again. The pasta is then put into the steamer after it has rested. The steamed pasta is also called "noodle flower". It is very delicious but very time-consuming. 3. Stove candy and sugar melon Stove candy is a kind of malt sugar with great viscosity. When it is drawn into a long stick, it is called "Kanto candy", and when it is drawn into a flat round shape, it is called "sugar melon". In winter, it is placed outside. Because of the cold weather, the sugar melon solidifies and there are tiny bubbles inside. It tastes crispy, sweet and crunchy, with a unique flavor. 4. Rice cakes are made of glutinous rice flour as the main ingredient, and peanuts, sesame seeds and sugar as side ingredients. They are put into molds and beaten into round shapes, then steamed at high temperature. They have a unique flavor and symbolize "reunion". 5. In the western region of Shandong, there is a folk song about rice cakes : “Twenty-three, sticky rice cakes.” The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month every year is the day when every household steams and eats sticky cakes, which is meant to stick the mouth of the Kitchen God shut so that he will speak good things to the heaven instead of bad things on earth. Sticky cake is made from yellow rice, red dates and other ingredients. It is sweet, chewy and soft in the mouth, and it carries the auspicious meaning of "getting higher year by year". In addition, Hainanese people use coconut as an ingredient to make coconut cakes for consumption and for praying, with the auspicious meaning of "getting higher year by year". |
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