2, Double Ninth Festival cake, Double Ninth Festival to respect the elderly, climb high to avoid disasters. "Gao" and "Gao" are homonyms, which also mean "step by step" and "long life", so "Chongyang Flower Cake" has become the most popular holiday food. Chongyang cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake, can be made at will, including "coarse flower cake", "fine flower cake" and "money flower cake". Stick some coriander leaves as a sign, and put some rough dried fruits such as olives, dates and walnuts in the middle; There are three or two layers of fine flower cakes, each with fine candied dried fruits, such as preserved apples, peaches, apricots and dates. Money flower cake is basically the same as fine flower cake, but smaller, like "money", which is mostly the food of the upper nobility. It is said that in the early years, people did not put dates and chestnuts on flour cakes, or sticky cakes made of steamed glutinous rice and yellow wheat, which looked like "gold-plated" and "silver-plated" flower cakes.
3, chrysanthemum wine, Jiujiu is homophonic with "Jiujiu" and also homophonic with "wine", so it is deduced that Jiujiu should drink chrysanthemum wine. Miscellanies of Xijing records that during the reign of Emperor Gaozu, the palace "wore dogwood, ate lotus bait and drank chrysanthemum wine on September 9 to make people live longer". In ancient times, chrysanthemum wine was specially brewed for the Double Ninth Festival in the first year. On September 9th, people picked chrysanthemums and a little green branches and leaves, mixed them with grain for brewing, and then used them together to make wine, which will be drunk on September 9th next year. It is said that drinking this wine can prolong life.
4. Eating Ciba is another dietary custom of Southwest Double Ninth Festival. Ciba is divided into soft and sweet, hard and salty. Its practice is to put the washed glutinous rice into a boiling pot, boil it, steam it in a cage, mash it in a mortar and knead it into a ball. When eating, stir-fry sesame seeds, pound them into fine powder, rub the glutinous rice balls into strips, pull them into small pieces, and mix with sesame seeds and sugar. Its taste is sweet and palatable, and it is called "Soft Ciba" (warm food is the best). Hard Ciba, also known as "Oil Ciba", is made by steaming glutinous rice, not mashing it, kneading it on the table, rolling it out, adding some salt and pepper powder as "stuffing", rolling it into thin slices and frying it in an oil pan. Golden and beautiful in color, salty, crisp and delicious, with endless aftertaste.
5. The homonym of mutton noodle "Yang" and "Yang" should be the code name of Chongyang. On that day, you can hold a banquet with mutton as the mainstay, such as exploding, roasting, rinsing and even whole lamb mats. Autumn is the fattest season for sheep, and mutton is warm and can keep out the cold. Compared with pork and beef, mutton is tender, high in protein and low in fat and cholesterol, so it is very suitable for the elderly. Mutton soup should be cooked as white as milk, and the meat should be cooked thoroughly, which is more conducive to the digestion of the elderly. The ancients who paid attention to health paid attention to autumn tonic, and mutton was the best tonic, so Chongyang wanted to eat sheep.
6. Crabs. In some parts of China, it is customary to eat crabs on the Double Ninth Festival. Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, crabs in the north became fat. Before and after the Double Ninth Festival, the crab meat was delicious, the crab yellow was sticky, and it was getting cold. Eat some delicious Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs and make a cup of warm ginger tea to keep warm in autumn and winter. Before and after the Double Ninth Festival, that is, when the northwest wind blows, crabs are the best. Females are plump, males are obese. Crabs are rich in protein, which is called high-quality protein food. The crab meat is delicate, and the fat content of the crab is very low, but the fat-soluble vitamins A, E and B are high, especially the crab yellow is rich in vitamin A, which is good for vision and skin health.