The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the traditional Lantern Festival in my country. When it comes to what to eat during the Lantern Festival, many people will say it is the Lantern Festival. The traditional food of the New Year's Festival in different places is very different. Let's take a look at the traditional food of the Lantern Festival in Fuzhou.

Traditional delicacies during the Lantern Festival in Fuzhou

On the occasion of the Lantern Festival, many people eat Yuanxiao, but the older generation of Fuzhou people eat not Yuanxiao on Lantern Festival night, but Eat "three", that is, sugar, taro (meatballs) and cabbage. This is the traditional food that old Fuzhou people ate during the Lantern Festival in the past.

Tang_

Tang_, the phonetic translation of Fuzhou, is named after its taste and appearance, that is, traditional rice cake, a traditional rice dish during the Spring Festival of the Han nationality. In Fuzhou, every New Year's Eve, or in advance on the 27th or 28th, people will already start measuring rice, grinding pulp and steaming rice cakes.

Classification of sugar_:

White sugar_: A rice cake made of white sugar and syrup, with a white color. (Different from white rice, which is another kind of food)

Brown sugar rice cake: usually referred to as sugar rice cake, made of brown sugar and pulp, and dark red in color, symbolizing the year of high and red years.

Steamed sugar_: steamed rice cake.

Jiantang_: Fried rice cake slices.

On weekdays, every household generally does not steam candies, but only starts preparations when the New Year is approaching, buying new year's goods, steaming candies, etc. In Fuzhou customs, it is the same as white wine, spinach, spinach, etc. , usually used as one of the offerings to ancestors and gods.

Taro_

Taro_ is a famous Han snack variety in Fuzhou, southern Fujian and Chaoshan areas of Guangdong. It is a food made by grating taro into shreds, adding seasonings and rice milk, steaming and cutting into pieces, and then deep-frying. It is an indispensable snack for Fuzhou people's breakfast and snacks.

To make taro_, first grind the glutinous rice into rice pulp and press it dry, then peel and cut the taro into shreds and mix with the oil, onion and spices, then break it into pieces about the size of a palm, flatten them one by one and place them on the bow. Put it on the banana leaves, put it in the cage bed and cook it with hot water in a large cauldron on the stove.

Caitou_

Caitou_ is carrot cake. Caitou is the common name for radish. Caitou is a kind of rice cake of Han nationality in Fujian. During the New Year season, every household steams it. The cabbage head is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It tastes fragrant but not sweet. If you slice the cabbage head, add oil to the pot. Heat the oil and add the cabbage head. Fry until it is slightly brown. Turn over and fry again until it is slightly brown. At this time The flavor is better when dipped in chili sauce.

The Lantern Festival in the Song Dynasty was grand in scale

The Lantern Festival of the Song Dynasty can be said to be the most important festival of the year, and it was even more lively than the New Year's Day at that time (which is today's Spring Festival) ), Mid-Autumn Festival and other major festivals. When the Lantern Festival comes, the whole country has a seven-day holiday. As the emperor, the emperor will also take a small chariot to Xuande Gate to watch the lanterns.

Afterwards, the emperor went to Xuande Tower. A large terrace had been set up below Xuande Tower. Various artists performed sumo wrestling, Cuju, Baixi and other performances on the terrace. The emperor sat upstairs to enjoy it. During the performance, the sound of the palace concubines laughing could be heard outside.

At the same time, all the people were watching under the balcony. The citizens who arrived at Xuande Gate first could even see the sky and see the dragon's face up close. There is a poem that says: "Play the music of Shun, enter the cup of Yao, and spread the word about the chariots and horses in the streets." The king is happy to enjoy himself with the people, and the three shouts from all directions shake the earth. ?It is talking about the scene when the emperor of the Song Dynasty celebrated the Lantern Festival with the people at Xuandemen.

Of course, the excitement of the Lantern Festival in the Song Dynasty was not just as simple as the emperor and the people having fun together. The highlights of the Lantern Festival were the lighting of lanterns and the viewing of lanterns. On the night of the Lantern Festival, that is, the "Yuan Xi", it seems like a spring breeze has arrived overnight. Big lights and small lanterns are hung all over the streets. The lamp stands and the lanterns form a tree with bright lights. There are many lantern trees, row upon row of lantern trees, the streets are brilliant and full of tourists, and the entire capital has almost become a forest of lights.

What’s interesting is that lanterns were not only hung on buildings. People who went to the streets to watch the lanterns in the Song Dynasty would also put lanterns on their heads and walk on the streets. The skilled craftsmen at that time made the lanterns the size of dates and chestnuts. Men, women, old and young, all wore the lanterns on their heads as headdresses. For a time, the entire capital, from buildings to people, was ablaze with lights.

While the lanterns on the ground illuminated Bianliang, the night sky was decorated with rainy fireworks, just as Xin Qiji said in his poem: "The more they blow down, the stars are like rain." The "BMW carved cars" of dignitaries on the streets follow the tourists, and the sound of phoenix flutes is faintly played everywhere in the city. There are even artists on the streets holding lanterns like fish and dragons, dancing up and down, as beautiful as a dream.

The Lantern Festival in the Song Dynasty was so lively that even the heroes in Liangshan could not sit still. In the classic "Water Margin", when the Lantern Festival was approaching, Song Jiang said to the leaders: "I I grew up in Shandong and have never been to the capital. I heard that the lanterns are now brightly lit and people are having fun together. Now I am going to go see the lanterns privately with a few brothers and then go back. ?

Hearing this, military advisor Wu Yong tried to dissuade him, but Song Jiang refused to listen and took Chai Jin, Li Kui and others to watch the lanterns in Bianliang, Tokyo. You know, Song Jiang is a world-famous wanted criminal. He went to the capital to seek death. However, even so, Song Jiang and others could not help but risk their lives to watch the lanterns. This shows how attractive the Lantern Festival celebrations in Tokyo during the Song Dynasty were.

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