What are the Mid-Autumn snacks in Lvliang?
Lvliang hollow moon cake
The handmade moon cakes made by Luliang people are hollow inside, so they are called hollow moon cakes. Hollow moon cakes are made of cooked oil and flour mixed with white sugar, brown sugar, sesame seeds, chopped flowers, walnuts, shredded green and red. Spread it in the carved moon cake mold, knock it out, brand it in hot oil and bake it in the furnace wall at a proper distance from the fire.
According to historical records, as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, on August 15th, there was a custom of offering moon cakes to the Moon God in the rural areas of Fuya. Its superior materials, hand-made, exquisite workmanship and unique taste.
The food is crisp, sweet and not greasy, and you can never get tired of eating it! It is an excellent gift from Shanxi people to relatives and friends in the Mid-Autumn Festival, which continues to this day.
What is the emphasis on fruit sacrifice in Mid-Autumn Festival?
watermelon
Watermelon takes the sound as joy, the shape is round, the flesh is red, and the number of children means that the whole family is round, happy, prosperous and blessed. Watermelon should be stored until the Mid-Autumn Festival. When harvesting, it must be carefully operated, and the semi-ripe, thick-skinned and harmless ones should be selected for special storage until the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Folklore in southern Shanxi says that watermelon is the head of a wild animal. It is fierce and powerful, and it always comes out to hurt people on the night of August 15th every year. People in southern Shanxi borrowed watermelon (the head of an animal) to relieve gas.
grape
Grape is a specialty of Jinzhong and Taiyuan in Shanxi Province, with a long history and ripened before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Grapes with many branches and many seeds have long been a symbol of many children and many blessings in folk customs, and it is also a long-standing custom of Shanxi people to sacrifice the moon with grapes.
Green soybean
Picking tender yellow beans and cooking them with branches, the edamame is golden in color and fragrant in taste. It is said that rabbits like it best. The edamame in Mid-Autumn Festival is specially prepared for the Jade Rabbit in the middle of the month. Many rural areas in northwestern Shanxi are used to offering cooked corncob, which is similar to edamame and is also the favorite of rabbits.
In addition, some seasonal fruits, such as apples, pears and persimmons, are provided during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In some places in Jinzhong, watermelons are peeled and carved into various patterns with an oil lamp in the middle. The light is transmitted from the hollowed-out melon skin, which is soft and beautiful.
Yue Bai's Unique Statement
In the past, some places in Shanxi paid attention to men but not Yue Bai, probably because the moon was cloudy; However, in some places in southeastern Shanxi, there is a custom that women don't look at the moon, and the sacrifice of the moon is entirely carried out by men.
Later, these exquisite things were not so strict. All over the country, the whole family, men, women and children, enjoy the moon together, feast together and talk about everything to celebrate the harvest and reunion.
There is a folk saying in Shanxi that Yun Zheyue lights a lamp in the snow on August 15. It is generally believed that Yun Zheyue will have a good harvest in the coming year.