On the seventh day of the first month, did you become "young" after eating seven kinds of soup? At present, food not only stimulates taste buds, but also makes people's tongues move and make witty remarks. Since ancient times, there have been numerous sayings and proverbs about food in Lingnan. In Cantonese dialect of Guangfu culture, we often hear the saying "Fried Dumplings at the end of the year-everyone has what I have" and "Dinghu is vegetarian-Haozhai", while in Chaoshan dialect, there are also seven kinds of soup-after eating, it becomes young.

In this issue of "Speaking Out of Lingnan", our reporter will take you into the story between common sayings and delicious food. It's delicious, fun and beautiful. Don't miss it!

A Thousand-year-old Feast

Yesterday, Foshan's annual Thousand-year-old Feast and Lantern Blessing were held in Luocun, Shishan, Nanhai. As a local traditional custom, more than 1, elderly people gathered at the lake Xiaode in Luocun to enjoy a thousand feasts. The Le 'an Flower Lantern Show attracted citizens from five districts of Foshan and even other cities in the Pearl River Delta. The eighth filial piety culture festival in Luocun also closed yesterday.

"Seven kinds of soup will become an afterlife after eating"

Tonggu:

The seventh day of the first month is "People's Day", and there is a tradition of eating seven kinds of soup on this day in Chaoshan area, that is, cooking seven kinds of vegetables into one pot of soup. This special way of eating has also derived the saying "seven kinds of soup become young after eating".

According to legend, this custom originated from the ancient Jingchu culture, which was recorded in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Zonggu's Chronicle of Jingchu Years recorded: "In the Jin Dynasty, southerners took seven dishes as soup". At the same time, this can also be said to be the experience summarized by Chaoshan people in their long-term dietary practice on food hygiene or dietotherapy. Every year from New Year's Eve to the seventh day of the Spring Festival, according to the custom in Chaoshan area, there are New Year's tables, round tables, banquets, big fish and big meat. Fish food is acidic, so after the seventh day, you should eat more alkaline vegetables to balance the acid-base in the body. In addition, vegetable foods are rich in vitamins. After eating a lot of meat, eating more vegetables can play a role in promoting digestion, appetizing and relaxing bowels.

The vegetables commonly used to cook seven kinds of soup are also exquisite: large mustard dishes mean making a fortune, thick harmony means family peace, celery means being diligent and hardworking to get rich, green garlic means keeping promises and having money to hide, spring vegetables mean returning to the earth in spring, and leeks mean being long and lasting. These are all taken from Chaoshan dialect.

On the present:

Now, this proverb is used on the seventh day of the first month, which expresses the good wishes of Chaoshan people for good health and eternal youth.

"Fried Dumplings on New Year's Eve-Everyone has my own"

Tonggu:

Since ancient times, every household in Lingnan area, whether it is Guangfu family, Hakka people or Chaoshan people, has been popular to make sugar lotus seeds, nine-layer cakes, fried dumplings and so on.

In Nanhai, Foshan, frying pile is the most representative one. Before 3, every household should fry the pile, make glutinous rice flour into a hollow "shot put" shape, and fry peanuts and sesame seeds outside, which means "full of vitality, reunion and prosperity"; From the inside out, Baogu means "flowers bloom with wealth".

In the past, no matter how hard life was, poor families had to find ways to fry piles on New Year's Eve. Because of this, the proverb "Fried Dumplings on New Year's Eve-Everyone has what I have" has gradually formed.

Today:

In the past, "Fried Dumpling on New Year's Eve-People have what I have" meant that others have it, and I can't live without it. If not, I will try my best to do it. However, with the development of the times, the meaning of this proverb gradually contains negative elements, which means following the crowd.

"Dinghu Shangsu-Haozhai"

Tonggu:

Dinghu Shangsu is a famous dish in Zhaoqing Dinghushan Health Banquet (one ***9 famous dishes), and it is a representative of Zhaoqing's special vegetarian dishes. It is widely rumored among the people that Empress Dowager Cixi was overjoyed after tasting "Dinghu Shangsu" in the Qing Dynasty, and ordered that "Dinghu Shangsu" be included in the Manchu-Han banquet and become a famous dish in the 18 dishes of the Manchu-Han banquet.

"Shangsu" means high-grade vegetarian dishes, and "Dinghu Shangsu" was created in the yongli period of the Ming Dynasty. It is made by selecting the best mushrooms, straw mushrooms, mushrooms and tremella, and cooking them with dried bamboo shoots. It is bright in color and fragrant, and tastes sweet, crisp, smooth and sweet. After years of development, "Dinghu Shangsu" has evolved from a vegetarian dish in the past to a series of vegetarian dishes with more than 16 kinds today.

In some big restaurants in the market, many dishes such as roast chicken, roast goose, roast pig, roast pigeon, roast fish, barbecued pork, abalone and seafood are all available on the table of the vegetarian feast. They are beautifully made and have a plain but not light taste, but the raw materials used are soybeans, kudzu vine, wild mushrooms, gluten and so on, and all of them are vegetable oils with low cholesterol and fat.

On the present:

In the past, it was used to describe good vegetarian dishes. Since it is vegetarian and vegetarian, it naturally leads to the meaning of "no oil and water".

nowadays, it means a single, monotonous thing, or a business, errand, etc. with no money to make.

"Spring Fish and Autumn Carp in Summer Sanli"

Tonggu:

In the past, the water network in Lingnan water town was dense, and fishermen knew how to eat fish. Zhaoqing formed the proverb "Spring Fish and Autumn Carp in Summer Sanli". Spring bream is fat and delicious, which is the most suitable season to eat. "bream" was also called bream in ancient times. * * * There are three species of bream, bream triceratops and bream bream, and bream bream in Guangdong is a unique economic fish in the Pearl River system. The "bream" in the "spring bream and autumn carp Xia Sanli" is Guangdong bream, which basically only appears in the green water community at the junction of Deqing and Yunan counties and the upstream Fengkai area.

In summer, fishermen think that Sanli fish is the best in season. "Sanli fish" is shad, which is a kind of deep-water migratory fish that "dies when it comes out of water". For a long time, it has only relied on capturing wild supply markets. At present, the artificial culture of Sanli fish in Zhaoqing has been successful. Carp is the fattest and most delicious in autumn. Carp, Zhaoqing has Wenqing Carp and Maixi Carp, all of which are famous specialties.

Today:

It means to eat certain fish in a certain season. Later, it was extended to do certain things to achieve the best results.

"thinking about food and clothing"

pinning one's good wishes on food

Since ancient times, there have never been a few idioms and sayings about Lingnan cuisine, from raw food to cooked food, from cookware to tableware, from dinner to snacks, from birds to animals, from whole grains to melons, fruits, pears and peaches ... all of which have left a deep impression on the folk language in Lingnan, and have been passed down to this day. Yu Wanshao, a folklore expert in Foshan, said that a major feature of folk language is its richness. People have summed up some truths in their daily life experience, which has become a language habit among the people. Yu Wanshao said that idioms and proverbs about food often pin people's longing and hope for a better life, so they contain some good wishes. At the same time, the use of delicious food also adds color to the vivid image and interest of idioms and proverbs. Because of this, these languages from the people are more loved by the people.