The 15th day of the first month of the year is the Lantern Festival, and people eat soup dumplings every Lantern Festival. Why is there a custom of eating soup dumplings on the Lantern Festival? Come together to learn about it!
The story of soup dumplings Part 1First, the origin of the Lantern Festival
Legend has it that, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a man called Dongfang Shuo in the palace, a very short man, he is not only resourceful, funny and funny, but also kind-hearted. The courtesans, no matter who offended Emperor Wu, when the emperor blamed him, he always went up to intercede, so the courtesans are very much in love with him.
In that lunar month, it snowed for a few days. Dongfang Shuo went to the Imperial Garden to fold plum blossoms. Just into the garden door, see a courtesan is in tears to the Royal Well, he rushed forward to save. This courtesan is called Yuan Xiao, her family lives in the mountains northwest of Chang'an, and her family has parents and a little sister. Since she was elected to the palace, at the end of the year, she misses her relatives, her heart is like a knife. These days the wind and cold snow, she can not help but think of her parents, little sister at home the hardships, thought: since you can not live with your parents, it would be better to die. So she came to throw herself into the well. Dongfang Shuo listened to Yuanxiao's complaint. Then he consoled and persuaded for a while, and promised to find a way to let her meet and reunite with her parents and little sister.
Dongfang Shuo from the birth of the first night, thinking of the palace sisters have a stomach thinking about their parents love melancholy, they came up with an ingenious plan.
On this day, he came to the house of Yuan Xiao in Northwest Mountain, and after arranging so and so for a while, he returned to Chang'an Street to sell his fortune. Some people know Dongfang Shuo, know that he knows astronomy, through the yin and yang, are scrambling to divination, the account of the request, are "the sixteenth day of the first month of the fire burning body" of the divination bar sign language. People were very alarmed and asked for a way to get rid of it. Dongfang Shuo said mysteriously: "the afternoon of the thirteenth day of the first month, the city's white-bearded old people, are to the northwest of the city of ten miles of stores waiting at the entrance to the avenue. When darkness falls, a girl in red riding a pink silver donkey will come from the northwest, and she is the Fire Goddess who was ordered to burn Chang'an. After seeing her, the fathers and mothers should kneel on the ground and stop the road to cry and beg, so that the whole city can be saved."
People listened to Dongfang Shuo's words, believed in the truth, and secretly conspired with each other. Waiting for the first month of the summer calendar 13 afternoon, the city's white-bearded old people are on crutches to the ten-mile store waiting. It was just dark, really from the northwest to ride a pink silver donkey girl in red, the old people swarmed up and begged. The girl looked at the more than sad fathers and mothers said: "I was led by the Jade Emperor's will to do the job, the fire burned Chang'an Jade Emperor will also stand in the South Heavenly Gate to watch, if there is no fire, it is my sin. Since I am obliged to beg for mercy from the fathers and the elders, I will give you the gatha that I have copied, and you may send it to the king of men and the landowner of the land, so that they may think of a way out." After saying this, he threw out a gatha and turned back to go.
Later, the old people told this to Emperor Wu of Han, who looked at the gatha and saw that it said, "Chang'an is in the robbery, fire burns the Imperial Palace, sixteen heavenly fires, flame red night." Han Wu Di read read, scared sweaty, busy to the resourceful Dongfang Shuo for advice. Dongfang Shuo said; "I heard that the fire god also loves to eat dumplings, I think, the fifteenth night can let the whole city subjects do dumplings offerings, devout prayers, begging for the fire god to raise your hand. Then, we can tell the people of Kyoto to make lanterns, and on the night of the 16th, red lanterns will be hung on the streets, courtyards and houses, and fireworks and firecrackers will be set off all over the city. At that time, the city was red, fireballs flying, will be able to bluff the Jade Emperor in the South Heavenly Gate watching. And then open the four gates of Kyoto, so that the people outside the city into the city to watch the lanterns. The emperor, consort, palace e color girl, three to five to go out of the palace to the street to watch the lanterns, mixed in the countryside down those who are not in the hijacking of the people, will be their light, blessed by them, to avoid disaster. In addition, the gods also know that Yuanxiao's soup dumplings are well made, so you can let Yuanxiao carry a big palace lantern with Yuanxiao's name written on it, and open the way in front of it, while I follow behind with soup dumplings in my hand, walking through the streets and alleys, and devoutly honoring the Goddess of Fire, who is roaming over Chang'an in clouds, and will surely make her heart soften down." When Emperor Wu of Han heard this, his heart was delighted, and he passed the order to act according to Dongfang Shuo's way.
On the sixteenth day of the first month, the sun set in the west, the city of Chang'an was decorated with lanterns, and the people in the countryside also came to the city to watch the lanterns one after another when they got the news. Han Wu Di took off the dragon robe, changed into civilian clothes, under the protection of a few close ministers on the street. The Queen Consort, the palace e color girl, also left the palace in groups. The entire Chang'an City, brightly lit, fireballs flying across the sky, fireworks, good to see.
Yuan Xiao's sister led her parents also came to Chang'an to see the lanterns, when she saw the words written "Lantern" big palace lamp, surprised and shouted: "Lantern sister, Lantern sister." When she saw the lantern, she shouted, "Sister Yuanxiao, Sister Yuanxiao." When Yuanxiao heard the shout, she came to her parents, and the family was reunited.
The night of the lights, Chang'an Kyoto peacefully, Emperor Wu of Han was pleased, the next year, the first month of the fifteenth year, as usual, let the Lantern do dumplings enshrined Fire God, sixteen nights, as usual, the whole city hanging lights and fireworks, passed down for practice. Year after year. Because the fifteenth offering of dumplings is made of Lantern, people called the dumplings "Lantern", the day called "Lantern Festival". This is now the fifteenth over the Lantern Festival, sixteen haunted lanterns of the origin.
Second, the first month of the fifteenth to eat the origin of the dumplings
Legend has it that, in ancient times, the Jade Emperor in order to unite the world, sent the Goddess of the kitchen stove bodhisattva long stationed in the earth to understand the situation of the people, every month on the third day of the day to report back. One year, on the 23rd day of the winter month of the summer calendar, the God of the kitchen stove reported back to the Jade Emperor, "The people on earth are fed on a simple diet for 365 days a year. They work hard every day and never rest. In the long run, I am worried that the common people will be exhausted by overwork and will not be able to produce, which will definitely affect their contribution." The Jade Emperor heard this and immediately ordered his ministers*** to discuss a good plan. Taibai Jinxing sang, "The Great King may order the Diamond Ancestor to come down to the earth and give the people some medicine, telling them to slowly initiate their illnesses and naturally take a rest." The Jade Emperor approved of this, and missioned the diamond-topped ancestor to descend to earth to do so.
The morning of the eighth day of the lunar month of the summer calendar, the diamond earth ancestor secretly in the people's rice pots dropped the crazy medicine, medicine a pot into soybeans, peas, garlic, tofu and meat, the people ate, and really slowly "crazy" up: women's sewing, embroidered shoes, men's pigs, slaughter sheep, do not want to work on the ground. After the twenty-fourth day of the waxing moon, the madman drug is very big. People invited people from the east to eat, and invited guests from the west to drink. At noon on the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, the people took out all kinds of delicious food, gathered around the table, and the whole family ate and drank. From the first day of the first month, men, women and children not only eat well, but also wear red and green all day to play around. Some painted with a flower face, beat the gongs and drums around the streets; some invited to invite about with gifts, eight to pay tribute to the New Year.
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the God of the stove Bodhisattva went up to heaven and said: "King, not good, the people are crazy! The people are all crazy! They just eat and play, and they don't do any work, so how can we continue like this?" The Jade Emperor was very surprised to hear this, and ordered his ministers to discuss the best way to solve the problem. Tai Bai Jin Xing also said, "If we want to cure the people's madness, we can ask the Medicine King Bodhisattva to do something." The Jade Emperor approved, that is, the medicine king Bodhisattva to go down to earth governance.
On the night of the 14th day of the first month, the Medicine King Bodhisattva will turn the people's night meal into dumplings, which put some sesame seeds, walnuts, sugar and other sobering agents, the people ate, the next morning, the madness of the disease all cured, as usual, the family men plowing and women weaving, and resumed the usual labor.
And so it continues week after week, forming the habit of the New Year.
Three, the origin of the first month of the fifteenth fire
So many festivals throughout the year, why only in the first month of the fifteenth to play lively social fire? In folklore, there is a story.
According to legend, in the early years, our ancestors did not have a house to live, either living in the woods, or crowded in the cave. At that time, in the mountains, on the plains, every day there are vicious beasts and raptors out to eat people. People hide and no place to hide, fight and can not fight, every day there are many people were eaten by wild animals. Especially into the winter festivals, due to the cold weather, no small animals on the mountain, no crops in the ground, the beasts are more ferocious ah, see people to eat.
In order to live a peaceful life, people come together to come up with ideas, slowly realized that those fierce beasts also have a strong and weak points, there is also an internal struggle. In order to compete for territory, grab food, often kill each other, today you eat me, tomorrow I eat you. As long as the lion, tiger, leopard a roar, other beasts will be scared to run around; phoenix a call, all the birds are like scared out of their wits, even the wings can not open.
So, people began to imitate the lion's roar to build a gong, imitating the tiger's whistling sound to build a cymbal, imitating the leopard's cry to build a drum, imitating the phoenix's chirping sound to build a flute. Whenever there was a festival, when the birds and beasts flocked to the city, they would take out the gong, cymbal, drum and flute, and play and dance until dawn. The birds and beasts heard from afar, that they have intruded into the territory of the lion, tiger, leopard and wind phoenix, all scared to flee. Later, passed down from generation to generation, it became a custom, which is the first month of the fifteenth haunted social fire.
The story of soup dumplings Part 2
There was a soup dumpling that popped out of the pot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot.
A mouse was looking hard for food. Far away from seeing a fat, round little ball rolled toward it. He climbed up to the garbage can and stared straight at the little ball.
The dumpling stopped, lifted its head up, looked at the mouse, and came out with a sentence: "You say, why am I so round?" The mouse heard this and laughed: "You ask me? Hahaha! How would I know, we don't know each other well." The mouse contemptuously glanced at the soup dumplings: "Boy, only so big to learn big brother me wandering around ah? You are not afraid of being eaten?" Little Tangyuan proudly said: "Che! Eat me, you dare to eat? I'm so hot, you eat it will burn you to death." The mouse did not believe it, went up and kicked the small dumplings, hot jumping, while "wow" called.
The small dumplings, however, rolled to the road, when it is no longer hot. It saw a pug in the blink of an eye, and stepped forward to block its way: "You say, why am I so round?" The pug had a different answer to the same question, "Nonsense, aren't your soup dumplings round or square!" The pug shook his fur and continued walking. Soup dumplings rolled up and asked, "Why do you call me soup dumplings?" "Again, nonsense, do not call you Tangyuan call you Tangfang ah! I say you in the end have no head ah, these still do not know." The pug ran out of patience. "Stupid dog, you dare to touch me?" Tang Yuan said indiscreetly. "Kid, you're so rude, see if I don't eat you." Soup dumplings thought: what are you afraid of, you will be scalded just like a mouse. The pug ate the soup dumplings in one bite and said with a smile, "I thought how powerful you are! In the end it was still eaten by me."
The chubby little dumplings gave their lives away.
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The story of soup dumplings Part 3Origin of the Festival
The Lantern Festival is one of China's traditional festivals, which started as early as the Western Han Dynasty more than 2000 years ago. According to information and folklore, the 15th day of the first month in the Western Han Dynasty has been attached importance to the activities of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty on the night of the first month of the Xin in the Ganquan Palace to worship "Taiyi" (Taiyi: the God who dominates all the universe), by the later generations as the first day of the first month of the 15th day of the first sacrifice to the God of heaven.
Lantern Festival, the original meaning of the "night of the Shangyuan Festival", because the first day of the first month of the 15th "Shangyuan Festival" is the main activity is to eat dumplings in the evening to enjoy the moon, and then the name of the festival evolved into "Lantern Festival". Later, the name of the festival evolved to "Lantern Festival". On the night of the Lantern Festival, the streets and alleys are decorated with lanterns, people enjoy the lanterns, guess the riddles, and eat the Lantern Festival, which will continue from the New Year's Eve 'celebrations to another climax, and become a custom for generations. Lantern Festival in the early formation of the process, only called the first month of the fifteenth day, the first half of the first month or the month of hope, sui later called the first night or the first night. In the early Tang Dynasty, under the influence of Taoism, it was also called Shangyuan, and only at the end of the Tang Dynasty was it occasionally called the Lantern Festival. But since the Song Dynasty, it is also called Lantern Festival. In the Qing Dynasty, it was called the Lantern Festival. In foreign countries, the Lantern Festival is also known as The Lantern Festiva.
Why eat dumplings on the Lantern Festival
Eating dumplings on the fifteenth day of the first month is a **** the same custom throughout the country. Experts say that the dumplings, also known as "soup dumplings" or "round" "dumplings", the South is also known as the "water round" "floating rounds". Every first month of the fifteenth, almost every family to eat dumplings?
Folklore experts say, cooking dumplings, because it is open after the pot floating on the water, very beautiful, reminiscent of a round of bright moon hanging in the cloudy sky. The bright moon in the sky, the bowl of dumplings, the family reunion, symbolizing the reunion of auspicious. Therefore, eating soup dumplings expresses people's love for family reunion. The survey also shows that Chinese people's inheritance and love for traditional festivals is also a kind of love for Chinese culture. Eat soup dumplings to eat a different flavor.
In addition, the name of the soup dumplings and the word "reunion" sound similar to the meaning of the reunion, symbolizing the family reunion, harmony and happiness, people also use this to remember their loved ones who are away from home, and send a good hope for the future of life.
Lantern Festival customs story
Lantern Festival, also known as the "on the Yuan Festival" or "Festival of Lights". According to information records, the Lantern Festival has appeared in the Han Dynasty, to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, together with the Spring Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival is known as the three major traditional Chinese folk festivals, so far there has been more than two thousand years of history.
According to legend, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, there was a courtesan in the palace named "Yuanxiao", who was secluded in the palace for many years, missed her parents and washed her face with tears all day long. Dongfang Shuo was determined to help her, so he lied to Emperor Wu that the fire god was ordered by the Jade Emperor to burn Chang'an on the fifteenth day of the first month, and that the only way to escape from the disaster was to let the "girl of the night" make a lot of dumplings, which were favored by the god of the fire, on the fifteenth day of the first month, and make offerings to the god by all the subjects with lanterns. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the "Lantern" girl finally met her family, and since then, the formation of the Lantern Festival, the Lantern Festival to eat dumplings of the custom also spread at this time.
The custom of eating dumplings at the Lantern Festival was formed in the Song Dynasty. According to records, the Tang Dynasty, the Lantern Festival to eat "face cocoon" "round without falling corner". To the Southern Song Dynasty, there is "lactose rounds", which should be the predecessor of the dumplings. Song Dynasty Zhou Bidai wrote the poem "Lantern Festival Cooking Floating Dumplings", which contains the poem "Stars in dark clouds, beads floating in cloudy water". In the Ming Dynasty, the name "Lantern Festival" was used more often.
Cultural Values
Traditional Chinese festivals have adapted to the comprehensive needs of the general public in Chinese society in the material, spiritual, ethical and aesthetic aspects. At the level of material life, traditional Chinese festivals have many unique foods for different festivals. During the Lantern Festival, the whole family eats soup dumplings together, and the words "soup dumplings" and "reunion" sound similar, symbolizing reunion and harmony.
The cultural value of the Lantern Festival lies in the fact that it is a carnival for all people, everyone participates in it and enjoys it. Ancient Lantern Festival due to the opening of the ban, crowded, men and women meet, easy to produce love. Over the centuries, the Lantern Festival in the two love stories, to name a few.
The main activity of the Lantern Festival is public entertainment, but its social and cultural significance is not just entertainment. There are many faith-based activities on the 15th day of the first lunar month to pray for divine blessings. The Lantern Festival is also a good time to seek children. In the Song Dynasty, Chen Yuanliang explained the reason why people stole lamps at the Lantern Festival in his book "Stealing Lamps": "A cloud, who steals lamps, is the omen of giving birth to a man." The word "lantern" here harmonizes with the word "ding," which means male. In this way, stealing lanterns symbolizes the birth of a son, and stealing lanterns means praying for the continuity of the heir. According to the same reasoning, watching the lantern also has the meaning of seeking a son. Thus, the ancient women went out to watch the lantern with this reason, it is justified.
Holiday culture has no national boundaries, so the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival is no exception. The enthusiasm, exuberance and openness of hundreds of millions of Chinese people can be aligned with the carnivals of Brazil, Germany and other countries.
The story of dumplings Part 4
White and round, small and delicious, children, quickly guess, what is this ah?
Yes, that's the delicious soup dumplings. Yesterday, we held an activity about soup dumplings in the third grade, that is, we wrapped soup dumplings and ate soup dumplings.
We walked towards the second dining room where parents were already waiting. I saw my grandmother stirring the glutinous rice flour, and the other members of our group started kneading the traps, and one parent said, "Let's knead more fillings and wrap more soup dumplings, so we can eat more." We said in unison, "Yes!" So we all moved our hands together.
After a while, the flour was kneaded, and it was time to wrap the dumplings. Our group wrapped the dumplings very big and round, and when the other groups saw them, they said, "You guys wrapped them so well that they must be very delicious." We said modestly, "Nothing, you also packaged very good."
After the package, we have nothing to do, some children went to help other groups of busy, some waiting on the side, and some ......
can eat the dumplings, we can not wait to eat, I ate a pink first, "Oh! It's so delicious!" I said out loud.
We ate for a while, finally completely full, and went back to their classrooms to do their homework. Back in the classroom, while doing my homework, I thought, "Today is really interesting, because wrapping soup dumplings is so much fun."
The story of soup dumplings Part 5"Sugar plums are really new, no core or skin, sold along the street on the 15th day of the first month, no one mentions them after the first month". Kids, guess what this is? This is the delicious dumplings. Eating dumplings is the traditional custom of the Lantern Festival, every time the first month of the lunar calendar on the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, families will eat their own hand-made dumplings. Classmates, we have wrapped the dumplings yesterday also ate their own hand-made dumplings, let me share my own personal experience!
Yesterday, when my classmates and I lined up and walked into the cafeteria, I found that the parents had already waited there, and the materials for wrapping the dumplings were ready. I washed my hands and rolled the lard filling into small balls. My mom flattened the glutinous rice flour and flattened the noodles, then set the small balls of lard filling into the noodles, wrapped the small balls of lard filling in the noodles, rolled the noodles round, and made a big, round soup dumpling. You see, mom and I work well together! Mom and I continued to work together in this way, and as a result, our group soon ran out of ingredients. Although our group was the fastest, the quality was the worst! But in a while, the delicious dumplings came to everyone's mouth, my mouth watered. I ate the dumplings as I wished. I felt that the soup dumplings are sweet and delicious, sweet but not greasy.
I not only learned to pack the dumplings in this activity, but also ate my own dumplings, I think this activity is really unforgettable!
One night, a family was preparing to eat soup dumplings at night. They took the dumplings, which were shivering with cold, and threw them directly into the boiling water.
"Ah! Ah! Cool! Thawed out! Ah! It's hot!" One by one they yelled as they slapped the water. A few of the dumplings tried to climb out of the pot to escape, but they were pushed back by the spatula with a bad smile on its face.
The soup dumplings looked around as they adjusted to the temperature of the water to see if there were any tools that could help them escape from the tiger's mouth, but after looking several times they didn't see any useful tools. They looked at each other and couldn't help but sigh. Suddenly, they heard a voice say to them, "Hey! Sourdoughs! Stop looking and despair! No one can help you. You are lucky to be in your master's belly, enjoy your open-air hot springs! What are you yelling about here!"
The soup dumplings looked at the sound, only to see Spoon crossing his legs, leaning against the side of the bowl, slanting his eyes and looking at them with a bad smile on his face. They held their breath and didn't say anything. Spoon saw that the soup dumplings did not say anything, even more unscrupulous, all kinds of insults and taunts bombarded in succession.
In a short while, the dumplings were cooked. The hostess served them all in a bowl. At this time the spoon is still cursing: "I say, you soup dumplings really do not look good, fat head, round face, round hands, round belly, the whole big ball!" "We're messing with you! I think you are not good-looking, big head, small body, walking head heavy, you think you are a big-headed son ah!" The dumplings rolled up their sleeves to push Spoon off the table. The spoon was busy saying, "Hey! Aiya! A gentleman should not use his hands to move his mouth! Don't ......" The spoon was pushed down before he could finish his sentence, and when the man of the house saw it, he was busy picking up the spoon, washing it, and putting it back in the bowl. As soon as the spoon reached the bowl, he cursed, "It really hurts! You guys come for real ah ...... not!" "Splat!" The spoon was pushed to the floor again by the sourdoughs. As soon as the man who was trying to call his son for dinner heard the sound, he turned his head and looked, Huh? How did the spoon fall to the ground again ah? He immediately picked up the spoon again, rinsed it with water and stuffed it back into the bowl. Spoon this time learned a lesson, as soon as put into the bowl, kneel down and kowtow, said: "Tangyuan BOSS in the upper, cheap servant girl I spoon salute! As long as you let me go, I am willing to go to the fire for you, to be a cow and a horse, no matter what!" The soup dumplings were taken aback, but on second thought, they said, "How about you don't send us to the mouths of humans, we don't want to be eaten by humans, how about you take us to escape from the 'tiger's mouth'?" Spoon kowtowed again, "Yes, sir!" Then, taking the opportunity of the host going to the living room to call his son to eat, the dumplings and spoon slid down the table leg, the dumplings jumped on the back of the spoon, riding the "spoon horse" to escape.
The host and his son from the living room to sit at the table, suddenly found in front of the bowl empty, eh? Where are the dumplings and spoons?
At this time, the dumplings have taken the "spoon horse" far away!
The story of dumplings Part 7
Sweet sugar filling, soft skin, delicious dessert is delicious dumplings!
Don't underestimate these dumplings, but they are "born" after my hard preparation.
In the afternoon, my mom was making dumplings, and I went over to her and said, "Mom, I want to make dumplings, too."
At first, my mom said I was too young to do it, but after I asked her again and again, she agreed and started to teach me how to do it.
I followed what my mom said, first take a small ball of flour, both hands to roll it round, and then the thumb in the middle of the place to press down, the other fingers flexibly turn, and then take a small ball of sesame seed filling on the inside, and then the holes "fill" on the roll round on the line. I did it carefully, but every time I patched the holes, the skin would break. Mom still patiently guide me, tell me where it is wrong ......
Finally, I made a decent dumplings! But I didn't expect, probably because I just made a little bit of good and began to be a little proud, the next soup dumplings one worse than the other. Mom had to give me many more demonstrations, but I still can not do. Mom began to get upset: "do so many demonstrations how still can not, to learn the same thing is not so simple thing, must be serious ah!" I also feel very aggrieved: people are still serious ah, who knows or do not do ah!
Although I thought so, but I was not discouraged, continue to carefully observe the mother's movements, while working harder to do. Finally, the "ugly duckling" became a "swan"! I was so happy that I jumped three feet high.
This time, the dumpling, let me know that everything will not be smooth sailing. But as long as you learn carefully, do it carefully, and never be proud, you will be fine!
The story of soup dumplings Part 8Today is the lantern, according to the custom, every family will eat soup dumplings, enjoy the moon, guess riddles. Every year on the lantern, I often come home late hot "ready-made" - package and under the good soup dumplings. This year has not yet officially started school, I completed my homework, go to see: soup dumplings "behind the story"!
My mother-in-law first brought a large empty pot, and I washed my hands together and then began to work. She poured the glutinous rice flour into half of the pot and then poured in a small amount of warm water. She kneaded the noodles skillfully while saying to me meaningfully: "Children, this pouring and kneading is very delicate: the water should be in a quarter of the glutinous rice flour, to the less dry and unpalatable; pouring more than the watery noodles can not be kneaded together, can not turn into a 'water surface' it! The strength of the kneading should also be uniform, so that out of the noodle is strong!"
After finishing the kneading, my mother-in-law and I pulled the noodles into small, small sections. I picked up a small section, kneaded it into a ball, round, fat, strange cute! Granny pressed the ball with her thumb, put the capers, sesame and other traps into the "small hole", the side of the excess flour like making buns to the center of the push, "sealing the top". A white as snow, "full of wisdom" fat doll is finished!
Although the story behind the dumplings is a bit hard, I enjoy the process more than the fun I have!
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, every family in Ningbo eats lard soup dumplings.
Like everyone else, grandpa's family also eats soup dumplings on New Year's Day, or they make them themselves, and the flavor is delicious. The dumplings are one of the most representative snacks of Ningbo. Grandpa's home-made dumplings have a safety guarantee, not only the fun of eating, but also the fun of doing. But where did such delicious dumplings come from? During the Song Dynasty, Ningbo popularized a snack that was a novelty at the time. It used glutinous rice as the skin, sesame paste, sugar and lard as the filling, and tasted delicious. Some people saw it sinking and floating in the pot, and called it "Sinking and Floating Zi", which was later called "Lantern". In the era of scarcity of snacks, this snack immediately spread throughout the country, coupled with the beautiful symbolism of reunion, and later became a must-eat food at the Lantern Festival, became an intangible cultural heritage. Today, there are more and more varieties of soup dumplings, but we Ningbo people still remember the lard soup dumplings most unforgettably.
Soup dumplings in my family there is a very interesting story, once my grandfather's house to do the soup dumplings, I also participated in it, then I thought to myself: "I want to do a small mini dumplings it." So I made one. The next day, when I was about to cook the dumplings in the pot, I turned over the towel covering the dumplings, and my miniature dumplings were with the other "giants", and I thought to myself, "I must taste the flavor of the miniature dumplings in a while." Later, when I was serving the dumplings, I couldn't find my mini dumplings, and when I looked at other people's bowls, there were none, and there was no trace of them in the pot. Alas, the little dumplings just evaporated. When I told everyone about this discovery, the whole family laughed, almost did not put the mouth of the dumplings to spray out.
If you come to Ningbo, you should try our lard soup dumplings very often.
The story of soup dumplings Part 10
"Sell soup dumplings, sell soup dumplings, Ningbo soup dumplings of Xiaoyi brother are round and round ......" The familiar ballad rang in my ears, and my mouth was about to flow out. Look, the one white as snow dumplings are lying in the plate waiting to swim in the boiling hot water. My favorite is the sesame-filled soup dumplings. One bite, and the sweet juice stays in your mouth, and I'm sure your taste buds will dance with excitement. Don't forget to lick the black juice off the edge of your mouth.
My grandfather also loves to eat dumplings, and every year on New Year's Day, he always prepares a big bag of glutinous rice flour and waits for me to go to my grandmother's house to pack dumplings and eat them together. However, this year, my grandpa got sick and had a big operation in his stomach, and the doctor said he could no longer eat glutinous rice, which is not easy to digest. Looking at Grandpa's thin figure, our whole family was plunged into sadness.
The Spring Festival is coming again, although we can't eat soup dumplings, but we will still have a reunion, a warm reunion. I thought and thought, finally have a way, I cut a white paper into a soup dumplings, Grandpa's favorite lard filling, I dotted yellow in the center of the circle; Grandma's favorite bean paste filling, I dotted brown; my own favorite sesame seed filling, just use a black pen to point it. So I made a bowl full of soup dumplings, the Spring Festival when our family eat this bowl of "soup dumplings".