Spring Festival customs: What do northerners eat during the Spring Festival and what does it mean?
Introduction: Time passes by little by little, and in the blink of an eye, the 2017 traditional Spring Festival is about to meet us. Our country is vast and rich in resources, so many customs differ between the north and the south. So what do northerners eat during the Spring Festival and what is its meaning? Now, let’s follow the editor to learn about it. A year's plan begins with spring, and the Spring Festival is an important traditional festival of ours. Do you want to know more about the Spring Festival? Come and take a look at the Spring Festival special topic carefully prepared by Mr. Shui Mo!What is the Spring Festival for northerners? What is the meaning?There are many names for New Year’s Eve dinner, which are different in different parts of the north and south. There are dumplings, wontons, long noodles, Yuanxiao, etc., and each has its own characteristics. Northerners have the habit of eating dumplings during the New Year, which means the alternation of the old year and the new year. Also, because white flour dumplings are shaped like silver ingots, serving them in bowls on the table symbolizes "making a fortune in the New Year and silver ingots rolling in." Some people put a few coins disinfected with boiling water into the dumplings, saying that whoever eats them first will earn more money.The first meal of the Spring Festival is dumplings, which resemble ingots, symbolizing treasure. Some dumplings have sugar added to the fillings, with the intention of making the New Year sweet. Beijing's boiled dumplings, Northeast China's Laobian dumplings, and Jiangnan's pan-fried dumplings are all smooth and exquisite, with fresh and delicious fillings. Eat dumplings. You can use homemade glutinous rice dumpling flour or dry glutinous rice dumpling flour sold on the market to make glutinous rice dumplings with various fillings, which are moist, sweet and delicious. Eating "nian gao" means "every year is better than the last", while the Miao people living in Hunan eat sweet wine and rice dumplings as the first meal of the Spring Festival, which means "a sweet life and a good harvest". People in Sichuan and Chongqing eat tangyuan (glutinous rice balls) as the first meal of the Spring Festival. You can use homemade glutinous rice dumpling flour or dry glutinous rice dumpling flour sold on the market to make glutinous rice dumplings with various fillings, which are moist, sweet and delicious. In most parts of Hunan, the first meal of the Spring Festival is "rice cake", which means "each year is better than the last". The Miao people living in Hunan eat sweet wine and rice dumplings as the first meal of the Spring Festival, which means "sweet life and good harvest". In some places in Hubei, people drink chicken soup during the New Year, which symbolizes peace and tranquility. Among them, the main labor force also eats chicken feet, which means "grabbing wealth in the new year"; the "promising young people" eat chicken wings, which means they can spread their wings and fly high; the head of the family eats chicken heads, which means "getting ahead in life." People in Zigui eat fried Artemisia annua as the first meal of the Spring Festival, as its pronunciation in Chinese means "all good things" and is considered auspicious. In the Shashi area, eggs are eaten as the first meal of the Spring Festival, which means "solidity and good luck". If there are guests, they should eat two "poached eggs" that are cooked very tenderly and the yolk can be seen through the egg white, which means "silver wrapped in gold, gold wrapped in silver, and you get gold and silver." Summary: Through the above article content, we have a certain understanding of the northerners’ New Year’s food customs. I hope you will like the above content. I wish you all a prosperous and good luck in the new year! After reading this article, there are more exciting content in the Spring Festival special topic, let’s take a look! |
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