What to eat on Little New Year 2018? Where does Xiaonian come from?
Eating has a long history in China, and China is often famous for its food around the world. So what kind of food does China have on this special day of Little New Year? Let’s take a look together. The Fortune Teller website has carefully prepared relevant topics for the 2018 Chinese New Year and New Year’s Eve. Everything you want to know is included. Come and have a look!What to eat on Little New Year 2018?Eating sesame candy <br /> When I was young, I looked forward to eating sesame candy on this day. It is said that Xiaonian is the day when the Kitchen God goes to heaven. He reports to the Emperor of Heaven on the food, clothing and living expenses of the human world in the past year and other things that the Emperor of Heaven wants to know. The purpose of eating sesame candy is to make the Kitchen God's mouth sticky with candy and unable to open, so that he cannot report the delicious and luxurious scenes of the world to the heaven, lest people who love to eat and drink be punished - the New Year brings famine, and people look forward to the arrival of a peaceful and plentiful year.Eat Guandong candy <br /> Guandong candy is also known as Kitchen God candy or big candy. It is only sold around the New Year's Eve in a year. Guandong sugar is a sugar product made from malt and millet, and is used to worship the Kitchen God. It is recorded in "Yanjing Sui Shi Ji" written by a Qing Dynasty person: During the Qing Dynasty, offerings to the Kitchen God included "Guan Dong Sugar" and "Sugar Cakes". In the rural areas and cities of Northeast China, on the streets and alleys, and in the markets, there are vendors selling Guandong candy: "Big pieces of candy, big pieces of candy, big pieces of candy that are crispy and fragrant." The large milky white pieces of candy are placed on a square plate, and are generally three inches long, one inch wide, flat, and in the shape of silk strips. The newly made large pieces of candy are crispy, fragrant, sticky, and have a special flavor. They are a kind of candy that is loved by men, women, and children in Kanto. It has come down from the sacrificial table of the Kitchen God and is now widely enjoyed by the people. Where does Xiaonian come from?The 23rd and 24th day of the 12th lunar month are the traditional Chinese days for worshiping the Kitchen God, also known as the "Little New Year." Legend has it that the Kitchen God was originally a commoner named Zhang Sheng. After marrying a wife, he spent his days in debauchery and lost all his family fortune, and was reduced to begging on the streets. One day, he went to beg at his ex-wife Guo Dingxiang's house. He was so ashamed that he dived under the stove and burned to death.When the Jade Emperor found out, he thought that Zhang Sheng had changed his mind and was not completely bad. Since he died at the bottom of the pot, he was named Kitchen God. He was required to report to heaven on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month every year and return to the bottom of the pot on New Year's Eve. Ordinary people feel that the Kitchen God must be respected because he has to report to Heaven. Therefore, people have the "Little New Year" of worshiping the kitchen god on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month, praying for peace and prosperity in the coming year. |
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