Since ancient times, there have been customs such as offering sacrifices, observing New Year's Eve, having a reunion dinner, posting New Year greetings and hanging lanterns on New Year's Eve. In China, people need to have a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve. But in Manchu customs, they pay special attention to the dishes of "chicken" and "fish". Do you know what is important? I'll reveal the secret for you.
On New Year's Eve, most people in China will post Spring Festival couplets, clean up, hang up New Year pictures, and then set off firecrackers to welcome the grand reunion dinner. The same is true of Manchu people. Manchu people will prepare for the New Year's Eve in advance according to traditional customs and habits, and then deliberately set the reunion dinner between 1 p.m. and 5: 00 p.m., because in Manchu people's minds, only this time range is the most suitable custom for eating "reunion dinner". Everyone who went out to wander in a foreign land went home on the same day. When eating, some people will prepare an empty tableware in advance because they have something to do, leaving a wish for those who have not arrived.
The key to the dinner made by Manchu reunion dinner is dry rice. Most families will spend some time putting "jujube", "sweet almond" and other ingredients in white rice, which not only increases the colorful taste of dinner, but also implies that "spring comes early" and "happiness comes". In Manchu culture, if there is the oldest person in the family, the family usually prepares "peanuts" for dinner in advance. Because peanuts mean immortality.
And the special food that can be included in the "reunion dinner" recipe must be extremely rich and meaningful. Most people will prepare all kinds of stir-fry, stir-fry, iron pot stew and so on. In advance, but no matter how colorful the Manchu reunion dinner is, we should also prepare the two recipes of "chicken" and "fish" in advance.
Because in local culture and art, they think that "chicken" stands for "good luck" and "fish" stands for "more than enough every year". However, there is a well-established requirement in local culture and art: no matter how delicious the fish is, it can't be eaten. If you want to keep some, no matter how bad the chicken tastes, you need to eat it cleanly. This is because in many people's minds, if the chicken is eaten clean, it means that the famine and poverty in the mobile phone version will subside within one year, and there will be fish left, which means that it will be much richer next year.
According to the custom, after eating the annual reunion dinner, we need to prepare the reunion dinner in advance. This kind of traditional culture and art is not only passed down by the local people, but also followed by the Chinese nation almost everywhere: "The reunion dinner represents a family reunion, and then the whole family will have a reunion dinner together to celebrate New Year's Eve." But in Manchu culture, there are also some unique customs that make everyone feel different.
For example, this reunion dinner, it is best to eat endless dishes, and there must be more fish on the table. Jiaozi is an indispensable pasta on the dinner table of Manchu people's reunion dinner, and jiaozi, a Manchu, pays attention to pleating, that is, jiaozi, the monk's head, which means that the future will be "bald", and jiaozi, a Manchu, must be in a messy shape to represent the wealth and prosperity of the New Year in all directions. In the case of having a family reunion dinner, Manchu people must close the door tightly and open the door the next day. This practice represents the new atmosphere of the new year and the good luck of opening the door to welcome the new year.
In fact, after mastering the custom of Spring Festival in Manchu culture, you will see that your country is indeed rich in products and has different customs. However, Manchu, Han and other China people are all inheriting and following the traditional Chinese culture of the Chinese nation. On New Year's Eve, brothers and sisters who passed away in all corners of the country will get together for a reunion dinner to gather true feelings and communicate feelings. During the Spring Festival, everyone will enter another Spring Festival with joy and laughter.