Customs and habits of Fenyang for the New Year.
Fenyang people's Spring Festival diet customs Fenyang's diet has always been particular about, even ordinary meals, but also fine workmanship, delicious. In the past, people lived a hard life, but coarse grains and flour and rice were good. There are still Fenyang housewives who teach home cooking in America. Generally speaking, women in well-off families are more proficient in cooking, and all kinds of dishes pay attention to cooking skills, regardless of explosion, stir-frying, stir-frying, stewing, steaming, frying, baking and flipping, they all have their own uniqueness. Over the years, it has formed a distinctive traditional craft and production method. The same food, once in the hands of Fenjiu people, will always be cooked to taste good. So there are many Fenjiu people who are famous chefs both inside and outside the province. Pasta making, especially fine coarse grains and fine cooking with flour and rice, is very famous. For example, people in neighboring counties follow the example of making fine coarse grains such as miscellaneous noodles, picking tips, rubbing tips, sipping tips, wrapping noodles, and fixing nests, as well as Lamian Noodles, Xie Qiqi, Getuan, and long picking tips. Fenyang custom, breakfast is divided into dry food and porridge. Porridge is millet porridge or camellia oleifera (in winter), and sometimes all kinds of melons and beans are cooked. Dry food varies slightly according to family circumstances. Most families eat corn flour, steamed cakes, sesame cakes, fried noodles, seasonal fruits and potatoes, and are conditioned with various flavor snacks. The side dishes are mainly fresh cold salad and pickles. Pay attention to cleanliness and exquisiteness. Lunch is mainly a variety of pasta. There are Jianjian, Minjian, Mian, Daoxiao Noodles, Lamian Noodles, Mian, Daoxiao Noodles, Ge Tuan and so on. If there are guests, no matter who they are, they are warmly treated, and there is a saying that "seven meals and eight drinks are full". During the New Year, people, whether rich or poor, will carefully prepare the New Year's Eve dinner. Sacrifice to heaven and earth on the first day, to the god of wealth on the second day, to ancestors on the third day, to in-laws on the fourth day, and to open the market on the fifth day, which is called "Breaking Five". On the eighth "Star Festival" day, we eat mutton stuffing and bake sesame cakes, commonly known as "Star Festival". Eat yuanxiao at fifteen. On the 20 th and 25 th, the size of the warehouse was increased, and every family set up warehouse officials for "adding cakes" and "vegetarian cakes". The first day of February is the Zhonghe Festival, and every family eats jiaozi on the moon, which is an "anniversary". On February 2 nd, "the dragon looked up" to eat pancakes, which was called pulling the skin of the dragon. On March 19, people offered steamed bread as a sacrifice to the sun god. The eighth day of April is Lofo Day. People hold a rally and treat people to celebrate. The fifth day of May is the Dragon Boat Festival. We eat zongzi and drink realgar wine. On June 6th, a bowl of melon was offered to the ancestors. July 7th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people hold banquets to worship their ancestors. On August 15, make reunion moon cakes and eat them separately, expecting family reunion. September 9th is the Double Ninth Festival, where people worship the land gods and eat double ninth flower cakes. On the first day of October, I cooked wine and food to worship my ancestors and sent cold clothes. 10 15 is the next yuan festival, and every family pays homage to their ancestors with rich food and dishes. Every wedding, funeral and celebration, there must be a banquet to entertain relatives and friends. Breakfast banquets range from four courses to twelve courses according to different families; Lunch is still "four dishes and eight bowls" or "six dishes and six bowls" or "eight dishes and eight bowls" The seating surface is a square table with six or seven seats per table. The seats are orderly and seated according to seniority.