What to eat during the Ghost Festival? What are the dietary requirements for the Ghost Festival?
Introduction: The Ghost Festival is an important traditional festival in our country, and there are many customs and traditions about the Ghost Festival. So what should we eat during the Ghost Festival? What are the dietary requirements for the Ghost Festival on July 15th? In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, there is a flag waving on the earth; in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, there is a desire surging in the sky. Visit the Fortune Teller website to learn more details about the seventh lunar month of 2018.What to eat during the Ghost Festival? What are the dietary requirements for the Ghost Festival?1. Duck <br /> What can you eat on Ghost Festival to ward off evil spirits? In Guangxi, people choose to eat duck to ward off evil spirits on Ghost Festival. Duck means "press", which means to suppress the fright and suppress the ghosts. Moreover, duck claws are shaped like rakes, which can easily scratch the clothes of ghosts (probably because they are afraid that the ghosts will accumulate resentment and refuse to return to their original place). Another saying is that it is said that deceased ancestors will return home to visit relatives on the Ghost Festival and have to cross the Naihe Bridge, but they cannot cross without a boat. Therefore, the living people would send some ducks down so that the ducks could swim and carry them back. Over time, this became a tradition of eating ducks during the Ghost Festival. Later, people from different places gave it various legends, which generally meant to exorcise demons and ward off evil spirits.2. Steamed buns <br /> People in Jiangxi choose to eat steamed buns on this day to ward off evil spirits. Legend has it that in the past, when the wizard Ai Jian was performing a spell, he scattered steamed buns and fruits to the audience. A woman who had not been pregnant for a long time grabbed a steamed bun and got pregnant the next year. Therefore, eating buns on Ghost Festival also symbolizes the wish for early birth of a son. For children, eating buns means safety and freedom from fright throughout their lives. 3. Flower Buns <br /> Shanxi people will choose to steam flower buns on Ghost Festival, and the most popular ones are in northern Shanxi. On this day, you will definitely see every household busy steaming flower buns. When one family is steaming flower buns, the neighbors will come to help, and the shapes of the flower buns will be different for different generations. Younger ones in the family eat flat-shaped flower steamed buns, which means they hope the children in the family will not forget the kindness of their elders in raising them. Those of the same generation eat fish-shaped flower steamed buns, which means abundance every year. And the elders eat human-shaped flower steamed buns, which are dough figurines, which means a large family with many children and grandchildren, and a long life. 4. Dumplings <br /> What can you eat on Ghost Festival to ward off evil spirits? In Tiantai, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, people eat dumplings on Ghost Festival. Legend has it that dumplings were invented when Jigong was at Guoqing Temple. He saw that there were a lot of leftovers from every meal. To avoid waste, he wrapped the leftovers in fried rolls and saved them for the next meal. Therefore, eating dumplings has a profound meaning of being kind, diligent and thrifty, and having surpluses every year. To make dumpling rolls, first fry the filling and set aside. Common fillings include pork, pork liver, shredded egg, tofu skin, winter bamboo shoots, bean flour, celery, bean sprouts, kelp, dried fish, etc. Then add the flour prepared in advance to the "griddle" and spread it into a thin round skin (Hu Latai skin). Finally, wrap the ingredients in the Hu La Tai skin in order. Make sure it is not too fat or too thin, otherwise it will not look good. After the dumpling rolls are wrapped, they should be fried on the griddle until the outer skin turns golden and shiny. 5. Dumplings <br /> In Dongxian Township, Jiangsu Province, many villagers eat Dumplings (a dustpan-shaped food made of flour and sugar) on the day of 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. In terms of the skin, the dumpling skin is thicker, while the flatbread skin is as thin as a cicada's wing and crystal clear. The dumplings have little filling, so small that they are only the size of a thumb, so the size of the dumplings is also relatively small. Although there are more than ten dumplings in a bowl, they only take up one-third of the bowl, and the rest is soup. In addition, the filling of the dumplings is relatively simple, mostly pork with some vegetables and seasonings. However, dumplings are quite different. Not only meat and vegetables can be used as stuffing, but also chicken, duck, fish, crab, Sanzi, tender soybeans, etc. The stuffing is also particularly particular about the combination, such as chicken breast with celery, pork with shepherd's purse, eggs with leeks, etc. 6. Rice Noodles <br /> During the Ghost Festival, people in Dongguan have the custom of eating rice noodles, which is common in almost all of Dongguan. Of course, the way of eating rice noodles is different in different areas. Rice noodle is a traditional food at Dongguan’s birthday banquet, symbolizing longevity, good fortune and longevity. Dongguan is most famous for its roast goose. The most important thing about roast goose soup is a pot of delicious broth, which must be made with a whole chicken, large pieces of meat, large pieces of bones, and many special medicinal herbs and spices. When eating, blanch the rice noodles in hot water and put them in a bowl, then add a large spoonful of broth, and then cover the noodles with a layer of crispy skin and tender meat of roast goose. |
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