Only eat glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival? It turns out that there are these traditional foods during the Lantern Festival
Introduction: If you think that the only delicacies during the Lantern Festival are glutinous rice balls and Yuanxiao, then you are out! What you may not know is that in addition to the traditional food of glutinous rice balls, there are other delicacies during the Lantern Festival! Do you want to know what delicacies they are? Come and find out with the editor! The first month of the lunar calendar is the beginning of spring, and there are beautiful festivals everywhere in this month. Mr. Shui Mo lists these traditional Chinese festivals and customs for you one by one.Tangyuan and YuanxiaoDuring the Lantern Festival, people in the south eat glutinous rice balls, while people in the north eat glutinous rice balls, all for the beautiful meaning of seeking family reunion. The main raw material for making Tangyuan and Yuanxiao is glutinous rice, which is mild in nature, sweet in taste, and can replenish deficiency and regulate blood, strengthen the spleen and appetite, invigorate qi and stop diarrhea. It has the functions of warming the middle, promoting body fluid and moisturizing dryness. The fillings of glutinous rice balls can be sweet, salty, meat or vegetarian, while the fillings of Yuanxiao are mostly sweet, usually made of fruit and dried fruits.Sticky CakeSticky cake is also known as rice cake. In addition to Yuanxiao and noodles, people also eat sticky cakes during the Lantern Festival. Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in "Prescriptions for Emergencies: Food Therapy" that "Rice is sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic, can remove heat and benefit Qi." After the Tang Dynasty, there were also records of eating cakes on the Lantern Festival in the Yuan Dynasty.Bean doughPeople in Kunming like to eat bean dough. The method of making it is similar to that of Yuanxiao. The beans are fried and then ground into flour. After being rolled into balls, they are boiled in water. It tastes good. Sweet fermented rice soupSoupPeople in Taizhou eat fermented rice soup after watching the lanterns on the 14th day of the first lunar month every year. The rice soup is made by stir-frying shredded pork, shredded winter bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, black fungus, fresh dragonfly, dried tofu, fried dough sticks, Sichuan bean curd, spinach, etc., then adding a little rice flour and cooking it into a salty paste. The fermented rice soup drunk on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is sweet, made with sweet potato starch or lotus root starch, lotus seeds, sweet dates, longans, etc. Wheat cakeSteamed buns and wheat cakesIn Pujiang area of Zhejiang, there is a custom of eating steamed buns and wheat cakes during the Lantern Festival. It is said that the reason is that steamed buns are made of leavened dough and wheat cakes are round, which means "reunion of children and grandchildren". In Shangyuan, Changde, Hunan Province, families use pepper as soup and add leeks, fruits and other ingredients to entertain guests, which is called "seasonal soup". NoodleNoodleThere is a folk saying in Jiangbei area that goes "Eat noodles on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month to wish for the coming year". Locals eat noodles on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month, which may sound unrelated to the Lantern Festival, but it also means praying for good luck. "Yihui Sui Shi Ji" records: "On the 18th day of the first lunar month, the lanterns are turned off and people eat noodles, which is commonly known as 'dumplings for the lanterns and noodles for the lanterns'. Each family holds their own banquet to celebrate." Eating noodles when the lanterns are turned off symbolizes continuous joy.Summary: The above article is a detailed introduction to the traditional food of the Lantern Festival. You can learn more about it. After reading it, do you have a new understanding of the Lantern Festival? After reading this article, there are more exciting contents in the special topic of the first month of the lunar calendar. Let’s take a look! |
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