The Origin of Eating Black Rice on the Beginning of Summer
On the day of Beginning of Summer, many areas in the south of the Yangtze River have the custom of eating black rice, because it is said that eating black rice not only prevents summer heat, but also can dispel wind and eliminate toxins, so many areas still retain this custom. Do you know how this custom came about? The Fortune Teller website has carefully compiled detailed information about the third month of the lunar calendar in 2018. If you want to know about the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the lunar calendar days in the third month, please come to Mr. Shui Mo!The Origin of Eating Black Rice on the Beginning of SummerBlack rice is a kind of purple-black glutinous rice. It is made by collecting the leaves of the wild plant black cypress tree and boiling them into soup. The glutinous rice is soaked in this soup for half a day, and then taken out and steamed in a wood shaver. On the day of Beginning of Summer, almost everyone in Jiangnan area eats black rice, and there is a legend about the origin of this black rice: Guiguzi had two students, one named Sun Bin and the other named Pang Juan. Both of them were talented, but the former was more honest while the latter was more scheming. When Pang Juan went down the mountain to make a name for himself, Sun Bin stayed on the mountain and continued to learn from Guiguzi. Two years later, Pang Juan, who had become the general, wrote to Sun Bin asking him to go with him to assist the then King of Wei. Sun Bin agreed and went down the mountain. When Sun Bin came to Wei State, Pang Juan found that Sun Bin's abilities were much better than his own, so he became jealous. He framed Sun Bin and put him in prison, and dug out his two kneecaps. However, just when Pang Juan was trying to force Sun Bin to write the Art of War, the jailer who was guarding Sun Bin told Sun Bin the truth. Sun Bin burned the military book in anger, and then pretended to be crazy and went into the pigsty to avoid Pang Juan's pursuit. But it can be said that this old jailer was indeed a good man. He couldn't bear to see Sun Bin suffer like this, so he soaked glutinous rice in ebony leaves, cooked it into rice, and then kneaded it into small balls. This food was similar in color and shape to pig manure, which could not only deceive Pang Juan, but also save Sun Bin's life. So Sun Bin hid the truth from Pang Juan and only returned to his original nature when Tian Ji of Qi State sent people to rescue him. When Sun Bin arrived in Qi, he was appointed as a military strategist and held great power. In subsequent battles, he successfully defeated the Wei army and killed Pang Juan to avenge his father. After that, Sun Bin was very grateful to the old jailer, because the day when the old jailer brought him food happened to be the beginning of summer, so every beginning of summer, Sun Bin would make glutinous rice balls with black tree leaves to eat. People at that time admired Sun Bin, so they also made glutinous rice balls with black tree leaves on the day of the beginning of summer. In this way, the custom of eating glutinous rice balls made of black tree leaves at the beginning of summer has been passed down to this day. |
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