The Qingming Festival was set up to honor Jie Zi Tui. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Duke Chong Er was framed and went into exile, and it was difficult to find a livelihood. He fainted on the road because of hunger, at this time, the attendant minister Jie Zi Pui cut a piece of meat from his own thigh and boiled a bowl of meat soup for the duke to drink, Chong Er gradually recovered his spirit, and when Chong Er realized that the meat was cut by Jie Zi Pui's own leg, he shed tears. Nineteen years later, Chong Er became the king of the country, that is, the historical Duke Wen of Jin. But at this time, the former life to save him Jie Zi push but has long been sick and died, in order to commemorate him, the Duke of Jin Wen will be the day of his death as the Qingming Festival, and has been passed down to this day.

What to eat on Qingming Festival in honor of Jie Zi push

1, black rice

Jin Wengong set fire to the mountain, Mianshan dark, people in order to commemorate the Jie Zi push, they will be on the day of the Qingming Festival, cooking black rice in memory of him. The black rice is made by boiling maple leaves in soup and cooking rice, why would you use maple leaves? Because in the legend, Jie Zitui and his mother died under a big maple tree.

2, Ai dumplings

Ai dumplings is a can drive away the evil and avoid poisonous things, with it in the Qingming Festival wrapped into a swallow-shaped dumplings, not only to commemorate the jie zi push, but also pray for the jie zi push the soul, along with the swallow-shaped Ai dumplings, as early as possible, leave Mianshan, go to the heaven of the meaning of enjoying the blessings.

Ai dumplings taste fragrant and slightly bitter, eating a different flavor, is a green health food.

3, cold food noodles

Shanxi people eat noodles, in order to remember in the Qingming Festival jiezi push, they made a kind of cold food noodles, this pasta is cooked noodles, put in the water to cool down, eat, mixed with cucumber, tomatoes, green onions, ginger and other condiments, don't have a cool taste in the heart.

4, Zi Push Bun

Zi Push Bun is similar to the helmet of the past military generals, the bun wrapped with eggs or dates, while the bun outside the bun surrounded by small buns, small buns in the shape of swallows, bugs, ink, paper and inkstone and other treasures of the four treasures of the image.

The largest of these buns weighs one catty, and one person can't eat it, it is a very resistant cuisine, of course, this bun named after Jie Zi push, but also in order to pay homage to Jie Da Sage and exists.

5, Zi push swallow

Swallows no matter how far they fly out, but the fall and spring back, do not forget the old nest, with the metaphor of the loyal minister Jie Zi push can be said to be a very good fit. Shanxi people use noodles to make Qingming swallows, also known as Zitui swallows, which can be made into one or three swallows, stacked together to make a character. The symbolism of the swallows being stacked together is that the character of Jie Zi Tui is very noble.

6. Snake Coiled Rabbit

Chong Er, the Duke of Jin, was compared to a dragon, and the five important ministers who assisted him were compared to snakes, and Jie Zi Tui was one of those five ministers.

When Duke Wen set Mianshan on fire, Jie Zi Pui embraced his mother and threw himself on top of a maple tree to die. And the dish of Snake Pan Rabbit is a snake, protecting a rabbit, which is a filial piety dish, showing the story of Jie Zi Pui protecting his mother.

7, protect the dragon scale

Protect the dragon scale this dish is an egg crust rolled vegetables. Jin Wendong is the son of Jin Xian Gong, for Jin Xian Gong, Jin Wendong is his dragon scale, and Jie Zi Pui cut his flesh to save Chong Er, is to protect the dragon scale.

This famous dish with noodles and vegetables, dipped in Shanxi old vinegar, has a different flavor.

Qingming Festival is a "filial piety" festival, parents, no love for children, and as children, often because of busy work, and ignored their parents' feelings for their own, and properly filial piety and honor their parents, do not let the son want to raise and not in the tragedy of the relatives repeat.