Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the important traditional festivals in China, and it is also a day to worship ancestors and sweep graves. Tomb-Sweeping Day's origin can be traced back to the "Cold Food Festival" in ancient China. The Cold Food Festival commemorates the filial piety of Jietui, a doctor in Chu. He didn't make a fire to cook for three years after his father's death, but only ate cold food to express his grief for his father. Later, the Cold Food Festival merged with Tomb-Sweeping Day and became the present Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day's customs

There are many traditional customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day, such as sweeping graves, offering sacrifices to ancestors, hiking and flying kites. Among them, sweeping graves is the most important custom. People will pay homage to their ancestors' graves, sweep graves and burn paper money. In addition, there are some special foods in Tomb-Sweeping Day, such as Qing Tuan and Qingming Tuan Zi.

How to make Qingming dumplings

Qingming dumplings are a traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day food, which is made of glutinous rice flour and wrapped with sweet or salty stuffing. Here's how to make Qingming dumplings.

materials

glutinous rice flour 3g

water 15ml

proper amount of stuffing such as red dates, peanuts and bean paste

Step

Put glutinous rice flour into a bowl, add appropriate amount of water and knead it into dough.

knead the dough into long strips and cut into small pieces.

knead a small piece of dough into a ball, and press a small hole in the middle with your finger.

fill the hole with stuffing, and then gently knead it into a ball by hand.

put the dumplings in the pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and cook for about 1 minutes.

Take out the dumplings, put them on a plate, and sprinkle some glutinous rice flour to prevent adhesion.

Types of Qingming dumplings

There are many kinds of Qingming dumplings, which are mainly divided into sweet dumplings and salty dumplings. Sweet dumplings are filled with red dates, sesame seeds, bean paste, etc., and have a sweet taste. Salted dumplings are filled with peanuts, pork and salted egg yolk, which tastes delicious. In addition, there is a kind of Tomb-Sweeping Day food called "Qingtuan", which is made of glutinous rice flour and amaranth juice, and its taste is fragrant.

Ending

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a day to worship ancestors and sweep graves, and it is also an important traditional festival. As a traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day food, Qingming dumplings have a history of several hundred years. It is not only a delicacy, but also a cultural heritage. I hope you can taste this traditional food and feel the charm of traditional culture when you are in Tomb-Sweeping Day.