Xiantao, Hubei is the central city in the west wing of Wuhan, with the Yangtze River in the southeast and the Han River flowing through the whole territory. It is the hometown of gymnastics in Asia, a national garden city with a long history and culture! Xiantao, located in the hinterland of Jingchu, has rich Chinese New Year customs. During the Spring Festival, customs such as changing door gods, pasting couplets, offering sacrifices to ancestors, setting off firecrackers, paying New Year's greetings, playing mahjong and playing cards are still popular, bringing people endless fun all year round.

Spring Festival flavor:

1, Mianyang Sanzheng

Mianyang people like to eat steamed vegetables, and have the eating habit of "not steaming or liking", which is called the hometown of steamed vegetables. "Mianyang Three Steams" probably refers to steamed livestock, steamed aquatic products and steamed vegetarian dishes. From the perspective of vegetarian dishes, vegetarian dishes can choose steamed pork, ribs, beef, fish and dumplings. Vegetarian dishes include steamed potatoes, chrysanthemums, lotus roots, Chinese cabbage and beans. There is no clear boundary between these three streams. You can choose ingredients according to your own preferences.

Step 2: Make Bazin

Wash the glutinous rice, steam it in a steamer, take it out while it is hot, put it in a stone mortar, beat it repeatedly with a stone cone or wooden stick to make it rotten like mud, take it out and put it on the chopping board from which the glutinous rice flour has been removed. Knead it into a lotus leaf shape with a thickness of about 1 inch by hand, sprinkle glutinous rice flour on the surface, and cut it into small pieces after cooling and hardening.

3. Cured bacon

Bacon, preserved fish, dried chicken and duck, and preserved ribs are well-known in Jingchu, and they also have a unique flavor. In the first half of the new year, we began to prepare ingredients and choose pickled materials. Generally, every family will prepare more for the convenience of relatives who travel far away. "Three pulls" also has the characteristics of "corrosion resistance and never adhesion". As long as it is hung in a ventilated and light-transmitting place, it won't get wet, and it won't deteriorate and rot for a year or two, which is convenient for preservation.

4. Bao jiaozi

Every year on the 15th day of the first lunar month, every family will prepare jiaozi, and the good name of jiaozi also means reunion. The practice is also very simple. Grind indica rice into powder, put it in a pot and cook it with slow fire. When the fragrance is good, take it out and put it in a pot, add appropriate amount of boiling water to knead it into dough, add the prepared stuffing, and steam it in a boiling pot or steamer to eat.

Of course, you can choose the stuffing according to your own preferences. My family makes radish stuffing, diced lotus root stuffing, vermicelli stuffing and sugar stuffing every year ... I remember when I first started cooking with my sister, I chose my favorite stuffing and marked it. A sense of accomplishment when eating. Children like to eat dumplings, which come in different sizes and are convenient to choose.

Characteristic customs:

1, paste Spring Festival couplets

Spring Festival couplets are also called couplets, couplets and so on. Every Spring Festival, whether in urban or rural areas, every household will paste new couplets, depicting the festive atmosphere and expressing blessings with symmetrical, contrasting and concise words. Add a festive atmosphere to the festival and happiness will come to you.

2. ancestor worship

After the reunion dinner, representatives of various genealogies will carry big fireworks to worship their ancestors. Colorful fireworks, some like the spray of steel flowers, some like rolling wheat waves, some like golden rain, some like silver flowers, some like fast-flushing swallows, and some like complacent peacocks.

Setting off firecrackers

The most lively thing in the Spring Festival is setting off firecrackers, which is also the source of happiness in the Spring Festival. When I think of setting off firecrackers as a child, I feel particularly scared and eager to try. Firecrackers in the Spring Festival are used to ward off evil spirits and pray for good luck in the coming year.

4. Happy New Year

During the Spring Festival, the younger generation should first pay New Year greetings to their elders and wish them a long and healthy life. The elders will distribute the New Year red envelopes prepared in advance to the younger generation. Lucky money also has an excellent meaning, that is, to ward off evil spirits, and the younger generation can live a lucky money safely for one year, which means happiness.