Apart from historical records, there is another folklore about the origin of jiaozi: once upon a time, there was an emperor who didn't care about state affairs all day, but only cared about having fun. Courtiers are favored, while loyalists suffer, leading to poverty in the country and complaints from the people. One day, Pan Qi, a traitor known as Pan Sushui, came to see the emperor and said that he had a good idea to make the emperor live forever. After listening to this, the emperor asked lovingly, "Pan Aiqing, what's your secret? Tell me quickly! " Pan Qi said, "If a person can eat a hundred kinds of food, he can live a long life. The emperor can order the recruitment of famous chefs everywhere, so that he can cook three meals a day and eat a hundred kinds of meals. Isn't that what he wants? " After hearing this, the emperor nodded again and again and issued an announcement: the whole country invited elections.
Since then, Su Shengqiao has cooked 99 delicious dishes for the emperor with his superb skills, and the emperor is very satisfied. That night, Sue was very happy and thought, If you cook another meal tomorrow morning, you can leave this hateful bad king and go home to reunite with your relatives. But when it comes to cooking, he doesn't know how to cook the last meal. He thought of suicide and escape, and he also thought of poisoning the bad king who ate and drank the flesh and blood of the people. When he was sad, he suddenly saw some leftover mutton and vegetables on the food list, so he picked up a knife and chopped the mutton and vegetables together, put seasonings at will, wrapped many small corners in white flour bags, and cooked them in a boiling pot as the last meal of the emperor. Su Shengqiao was just sitting there waiting for death, but after dinner, the emperor ran into the kitchen in his pajamas and said, "This is the best meal today. What's its name? " Sue sighed, then looked up and saw this flat thing, and casually replied, "This is the best folk food." The emperor asked Sue to continue cooking for him. Sheng Qiao was so angry with the greedy bad king that he sneaked away the next day. In memory of this chef, later generations learned to eat flat food. In this way, it has been passed down from generation to generation and has been passed down to today.
Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month
According to legend, the Lantern Festival was established by Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty to commemorate Pinglu. After the death of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, Lv Hou's son Liu Ying became Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty. Hui Di was born weak and indecisive, and power gradually fell into the hands of Lv Hou. After the death of the emperor, he monopolized state affairs and turned Liu's world into a land-based world. The old courtiers and Liu's imperial clan were deeply indignant, but they were both afraid of cruelty and dared to speak out.
After Lv Hou's death, Zhu Law has been in a state of anxiety, afraid of being hurt and excluded. So they secretly gathered in the general's home and plotted to launch a rebellion, thus completely seizing Liu's country.
This story reached the ears of Liu Xiang, the king of Qi in Liu Zongshi. In order to safeguard Liu's national security, Liu Xiang decided to fight with Zhu Lv, and got in touch with the founding fathers and planned to dissolve. The "Zhu Lv Rebellion" was finally completely quelled.
After the Anshi Rebellion, ministers made Liu Heng, the second son of Liu Bang, emperor and called him Emperor Wen. Emperor Wen was deeply impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity. He designated the 15th day of the first month to quell the "chaos of all roads" as a day to have fun with the people, and every household in Beijing celebrated with lanterns and colorful decorations. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a popular folk festival-"Lantern Festival".
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were scheduled for the 15th day of the first month. Taiyi: the God who rules the universe. When Sima Qian founded the "taichu calendar Law", he had identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival.
Zongzi is on the fifth day of May.
Legend has it that it was born in memory of Qu Yuan who threw himself into the river. On that day, people presented zongzi to each other as a souvenir. Zongzi is still the traditional food with the deepest cultural accumulation in the history of China.
The moon cake is on August 15th.
Moon cakes are offerings to worship the moon god in the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival, and they have been handed down from time to time, forming the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Moon cakes have a long history in China. According to historical records, as early as the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, there was a kind of "Taishi cake" to commemorate Taishi Wenzhong, the "ancestor" of China moon cakes.
Laba porridge is on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
In ancient China, Emperor Tiandi made a La Worship out of dry things in December of the lunar calendar to worship the gods. La Worship includes two aspects: one is sacrifice; The second is prayer. Sacrifice is to worship the God of Eight Cereals and use dry things to express the meaning of Qingfeng Harvest. Dry matter is called wax, and Baba is the god of eight stars, so it is called Laba. In terms of time, La Worship is held on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is also called Laba. Prayer is an important aspect of La Worship, that is, praying for good weather in the coming year to ensure a bumper agricultural harvest. Every year, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the gods of Bagu are sacrificed and prayed, which is called Laba wish or Waba wish, which is homophonic with porridge. Therefore, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, dried fruits and vegetables are mixed together, cooked into porridge, and offered to the god of agriculture to express the meaning of harvest and pray. Laba porridge is used to homophone the meaning of Laba pig, which is the origin of Laba porridge. It means cooking porridge with dry things, offering sacrifices to the god of agriculture, praying and praying for blessings to celebrate the harvest.