In the New Year, we eat rice cakes, peppers and cypress wine, jiaozi, soup cakes, Ciba, eggs and glutinous rice balls. Details are as follows:
1, eat rice cakes
The rice cake is also called sticky cake, which means it gets taller every year. It is made of glutinous rice in the south and sticky millet in the north. Rice cakes have a long history. Rice cakes in Han Dynasty are called rice cakes, cakes, bait and cakes. The recipe of "white cocoon sugar" for making rice cakes was found in Historical Records in the 6th century A.D., and the method of making rice cakes by grinding rice into powder was recorded in Qi Yaomin's Book in the Northern Dynasty.
Eating rice cakes on New Year's Day was very popular in Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially in the south. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Volume II of Scenery of the Imperial Capital recorded that on the first day of the first month, "I was excited to wash, eat jujube cakes and eat rice cakes every day". In Jiajing, Hebei Province in the north, Wei County recorded that local people ate "steamed mutton cakes".
Step 2 eat pepper and cypress wine
Zanthoxylum bungeanum and cypress leaf wine is made by soaking Zanthoxylum bungeanum and cypress leaf. According to ancient books, drinking pepper and cypress wine can cure diseases and prolong life. The traditional custom of drinking pepper and sesame wine on New Year's Day is mainly in Licheng, Shandong Province and Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province.
According to historical records, Zheng Dan broke the evil wine and the longevity cup in the New Year. Cypress leaves to write the inscription, pepper flowers to praise.
Step 3 eat soup cakes
In ancient times, soup cake refers to the cooked food of wheat flour products, similar to the noodles we eat now.
According to historical records, on the first day of the New Year, people in Beijing eat more cakes, so-called "New Year's Eve" or something similar.
Step 4 Eat jiaozi
After dinner, go out to pay New Year greetings, from near to far, from noon until after the lights are lit. Accordingly, Tanglao Pill is similar to jiaozi, boiled and steamed. The word trough appeared in food in Song Dynasty. Jiaozi was called "flat food" in Yuan Dynasty, probably from Mongolian.
Jiaozi in the Ming Dynasty, as Zheng Zitong said, was called jiaozi Bait, Fenjiao, Dumpling and Steamed Noodles Dumpling. In addition, there are names such as water snacks. In the Qing Dynasty, the Beijing flag bearer also called jiaozi "Cooking Cakes". Eating jiaozi on New Year's Day was popular in northern Ming and Qing dynasties.
5. eat a gas bar
More people will choose to eat Ciba on New Year's Day. Ciba has been eaten since ancient times, which is a must for traditional festivals in China.
Step 6 eat eggs
The custom of eating eggs on New Year's Day has existed since the Wu Dynasty. It is said that eggs were eaten to live longer, but during the reign of Liang Wudi, eggs disappeared, mainly because Liang Wudi believed in Buddhism.
According to historical records, Zheng Dan swallowed a chicken raw, which is called body-building.
7. Eat jiaozi
Eating glutinous rice balls means family happiness and all the best in the New Year.
Tangyuan is rich in nutrition, and its main component, glutinous rice flour, contains nutrients such as fat, carbohydrate, calcium, iron, riboflavin and nicotinic acid.