Eat pig's head

On the second day of the second lunar month, dragons rise, big warehouse is full, and small warehouses keep flowing. When the Spring Festival comes, in most parts of northern China, every family carries lanterns to fetch water from wells or rivers. After returning home, they light lamps to burn incense and offer offerings, which is called "attracting dragons". On this day, every household will eat noodles, fried cakes, popcorn and pig's head meat. Compared with "picking the dragon's head" and "eating gentian", golden beans will bloom, the dragon king will ascend to heaven, the clouds will disperse and the grains will be abundant to show good luck. Why do you want to eat pig's head meat on February 2?

In ancient times, pig heads were used to worship ancestors and heaven. Northerners cook pig's heads on February 2, when the dragon looks up, because the first and fifteenth days of the first lunar month have passed, and February 2 is the last festival of the Spring Festival. The average farmer worked hard for a year, killing pigs and sheep on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. After the first month, all the pork killed in the twelfth lunar month was basically eaten, and only one pig head was left to eat on February 2.

On February 2, the dragon raised its head, and everything on the earth began to revive, and all animals and plants began to raise their heads. We should make a good start in the new year and welcome good weather. The Dragon King is in charge of rainfall. When he goes to the Heavenly Palace, farmers will offer the best sacrifices to the Dragon King. It seems that the pig's head is a sacrifice to ancestors and heaven.

Qiu Chi's Notes in the Song Dynasty recorded a story: Wang Zhongling was hungry after pacifying Bashu, so he broke into a small village temple and met a monk who was drunk with cigarettes. Wang Zhongling was furious and wanted to cut it, but he didn't know that the monk was afraid. Wang Zhongling was very surprised and asked him for food. Soon the monk presented a plate of "steamed pig's head" and wrote poems for it. When steaming, the banana leaves have been wrapped, and when cooked, water them with apricot paddles. Red, fresh and elegant, called Jin panting, ripe and soft, really like jade. Wang Zhongling ate a delicious steamed pig's head and was very happy after listening to the humorous and unique "pig's head poem", so he named the monk "Master of Purple Clothes". As the saying goes, "You can't find a temple with a pig's head in your hand" is even more self-evident. Don't be discouraged if you don't meet your talents. Sooner or later, you will find someone who can understand and accept you. It seems that eating pig's head on February 2nd is an ancient tradition and a symbol of good luck.

So how to eat pig's head meat on February 2 nd now? Think about the steamed pig's head that Wang Zhongling ate and the pig's head poem that he tasted. That scene has become history. Nowadays, the "pork noodle" invented by Beijing Jinsanyuan Restaurant is unusual. They gave pig's head the highest treatment, gave it the most fashionable name of the times, and won the first patent for cooking in China.

"Roasted pig's face" is made by selecting materials, cleaning, spray-baking, soaking, making sauce and other processes 12, and it can be served on the table after more than ten hours of cultivation. There are three kinds of "roast pig faces" when eating Jin Sanyuan. One is to eat as you like; The second is to dip in the sauce; The third is to roll pancakes to eat. Every way of eating has a different taste. "February 2nd" eats modern "pork noodles" and recalls the dining history of 5,000 years, which is the perfect embodiment of the blending of contemporary and history. "Roasted pig's face" is fat but not greasy, the meat and bones are separated, and it tastes delicious, which brings beauty and brain-strengthening effects to modern people. What's more gratifying is that the combination of modern high technology and market allows consumers to taste delicious "pork noodles" at home without going to restaurants. This is exactly: On February 2nd, Spring Dragon Festival, the descendants of dragons passed through the Year of the Loong, and the Year of the Loong wanted to eat pig's head meat.