When I was a child, I was very particular about the Dragon Boat Festival in Bitou Village, my hometown. Jiaozi is a must. Fresh reed leaves, green or mistletoe leaves, give off a faint fragrance. On the afternoon before the Dragon Boat Festival, all the raw materials were ready. White glutinous rice was soaked in clear water, full dates, peanuts and raisins were soaked early, and with the production of my family, an exquisite zongzi was born. Don't worry about cooking zongzi. Cook slowly over low heat. My grandmother likes to use the stove. She put zongzi on the stove the night before, so that she could stew it all night. The next day, as soon as my brother and I got up and lifted the lid, a pot of hot zongzi was displayed in front of us, and the fragrance of zongzi suddenly filled the room and yard.
My grandfather is close to home and received a good education. He told us that Chang 'e in the Moon Palace kept tinkering with medicine every year. These medicines should be sprinkled on various plants and rivers on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival. Before the sun came out on the Dragon Boat Festival, these medicines remained on the grass. If we pull them back at this time, boil them into liquid medicine and bathe with this water, all diseases can be cured. Of course, the children believe that at dawn, my brother and I will find the famous "old smelly" to play in the fields, and we will complete a sacred mission for our family-pulling herbs. The morning light in May of the lunar calendar is beautiful, the air is cool and everything around it is quiet. If you accidentally look at it, you may meet a child who comes to dig herbs next door.
It's the Dragon Boat Festival again. Who will dig grass and take a bath in the wild? There is a special shower gel, and Zongzi is too lazy to pack, so I ate a few. Why bother? Just a few. However, happiness in the past can't be bought!
It's the annual Dragon Boat Festival again, and it's time to eat zongzi in the dragon boat race. In this busy season, I miss the Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown. My hometown is a small town by the Mulan River, and the atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival is particularly strong. The Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown begins on the first day of the fifth lunar month. The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown are: the first day cake, the second day zongzi, the third day snail, the fourth day Ai and the fifth day dragon boat race. (organized by Dr. www.4oa.com Education Network) Cake is used for ancestor worship. It is made by grinding flour or rice into powder and fermenting with sugar. It's loose, sweet and delicious. I remember that every year on the second day of May, my mother would cut a palm leaf from a palm tree, tie it at the foot of a high square table, tear it into strips along the grain of the leaf, and tie the two ends together to make zongzi. The washed zongzi leaves and glutinous rice were brought, as well as spoons and chopsticks. When everything was ready, they moved to a small bench and began to make zongzi. I jumped around and kept asking me when I could eat zongzi. Watching pieces of zongzi leaves magically turn into exquisite zongzi in mom's dexterous hands. Without much effort, a string of exquisite zongzi was hung on the foot of the table and held in your hand. Just put the stems of palm leaves in a big pot like that, and it will take a long time to cook. By the time you eat zongzi, it's already afternoon. As soon as the pot opened, a strong smell of brown meat immediately came to the nose. In my hometown, there is a custom of eating snails on the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that children will become smart by eating snails on this day. Snails were not expensive at that time. Five cents can buy an angel, and almost every family in the village can afford it. On the third day, snail vendors will make a hullabaloo about in the village. Children ask adults for money, buy snails and get together to eat; The children ate snails, left their shells and threw them on the roof, making old tiles rattle and having fun. On the fourth morning, adults will let the children go to the ridge to pull out a bundle of wormwood stained with dew and put it on the door frame. Adults say it can repel mosquitoes and evil spirits. When the wormwood inserted in the door frame gradually dries, it becomes medicine. In summer, children in the village are prone to bloating. Take out a piece of dried Folium Artemisiae Argyi and boil it in a pot. Steam gives off a delicious aroma and permeates the house everywhere. After cooling, drink it by children with swollen stomachs, and sometimes the swollen stomachs will gradually deflate. The fifth day is the climax of the Dragon Boat Festival. Hometown folklore holds that May is an evil day. Hanging mugwort leaves like flags and flourishing cattails like swords can drive away evil spirits and filth. During the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5th, every household should pick "five grasses" such as dewdrop bluegrass, honeysuckle, iron awn dustpan, guava leaves and banyan leaves in the early morning, and of course, at noon, they should go to the well to pump a bucket of sweet water. This water, all from the eye spring, has no pollution. During the Dragon Boat Festival, water is the coolest and the best to drink. Drinking this day's water can bless your health for a year. Boil duck eggs with "five herbs" and "afternoon water", bathe the children with the remaining water, put on new clothes, and watch dragon boat boating in the afternoon. It is said that there are many mosquitoes in the water town, so taking a bath with "afternoon water" can prevent bites. Before the Dragon Boat Festival, children in the village would pester their mothers or grandmothers to give them an "egg bag". "Egg bag" is a delicate net woven with five-color silk thread. Boiling duck eggs with "five herbs" will dye them yellow. Put it in the net and hang it on the button of the skirt. Clothes on the chest are usually stained with a circle of yellow stains. Take out the duck eggs as soon as you meet friends when you go out. In the case of collision, whoever breaks the eggshell first loses, so you peel the shell and eat it, which has a faint spiced inside. Children are interested in eggs, not because they especially like eating eggs, but because they especially like "beating eggs". Take some eggs and come to the classroom early. A group of them collided with the eggs on the table. Whoever breaks the egg loses. The competitive children had a good time. Dragon boat race is a mass entertainment activity with strong folk culture color, and it is also a folk activity that is conducive to strengthening people's physique and cultivating courage and perseverance. It is said that the dragon boat race in my hometown is also to commemorate Chu doctor Qu Yuan: "Chu doctor Qu Yuan was abandoned, but he died in the Miluo River. The Chu people mourned, but they saved him with a boat." Playing in Duanyang is a legacy. "In the afternoon of Duanyang, the children in the four townships and eight neighbors put on new clothes," sachets "and" egg bags "and happily followed the adults to watch the dragon boat race. The shore is crowded, look ahead; The dragon boats on the stream are bright and lined up; The fleet is uniform and colorful flags are flying along the coast; With a cannon, the ship was like an arrow. The flag bearer stood at the bow, waving the flag and shouting; The gongs and drums are played by gongs and drums, and the rhythm is exciting; The rowers went into battle shirtless, and Qi Xin made concerted efforts to forge ahead against the current. After the race, the winning dragon boat put on red silk, inserted red flowers, set off firecrackers, and swayed around the river to welcome the audience. It's like a hero's song of triumph ... after leaving my hometown for many years, I can still smell the fragrance of palm leaves through distant time and space. My wife and I are both from my hometown. Every Dragon Boat Festival, my wife will cook some duck eggs with "Wuweicao" and buy some snails from the market for her daughter to eat. Now, you can buy all kinds of zongzi in the supermarket, including candied dates and egg yolk paste; My wife will also wrap some zongzi, but I can't feel the feeling of my mother wrapping zongzi, nor can I feel the lively atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival. More than 20 years have passed, and I still miss my hometown and its people-hardworking and kind people, simple and full of life interest. This year's Dragon Boat Festival will never be without zongzi! Today, my sister is teaching me to make zongzi! Look at that. . . . . . You must be prepared to make zongzi. It turned out that my sister was going to soak glutinous rice for 3 hours and bought Zongye at the same time, which surprised me. I put rice in the leaves, but it spilled all over the table. I was very angry. My sister said to me, "You should make the leaves into triangles and then put the rice in them!" " "So, I did it again according to the steps my sister said, and pressed it on the rice, huh? What's in the middle of that plate next to you? It turned out to be minced meat! I dug a small hole in the middle of the glutinous rice, rounded the meat, stuffed it into the glutinous rice, and let it join the ranks of glutinous rice. How can I seal it? I saw my sister and understood everything. I pressed the turned leaves down and tied them tightly with a rope. It worked! I packed a lot according to the previous method. Now it's time to cook. First, boil the water, and then put down the zongzi. After a while, the zongzi is cooked. The four of us sat at the table and ate zongzi. I untied the rope and tried to pick the leaves, but they burned when I touched them. Sister saw it and smiled. I blew and blew and blew away the heat. I carefully opened the leaves and ate the delicious zongzi made by myself-white and fat glutinous rice, and the fresh meat stuffing was wrapped in fresh juice, which was not oily or greasy, but also very chewy. It feels so good! In this way, the Dragon Boat Festival passed, eating my own dumplings in my mouth and thinking about the poem written by Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty: Palace clothes are also famous, and the Dragon Boat Festival is an honor. The fragrant silk is spun into fine kudzu vine, and the soft wind blows as white as new snow. From the sky, rain and dew are mixed, but in the heat, it is very cool to wear it. The length of the clothes in the palace is all combined with the mind, and I will bear the hospitality of the emperor all my life. This is really a happy Dragon Boat Festival!
Never forget the Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown!
The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the most distinctive day in my hometown-Dragon Boat Festival. Although the Dragon Boat Festival is a very popular grand festival in China, there are customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in both the south and the north of China. However, I feel that the Dragon Boat Festival in the south is more interesting and has a stronger atmosphere than that in the north, which can better show the characteristics of the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival is a festival in memory of the great poet Qu Yuan. Every household in our family will pack a kind of "Zhongshan deer bean brown:" It is as thick as an arm, tied with fresh bamboo leaves, and contains ingredients, which are divided into two flavors: salty zongzi and sweet zongzi. Sweet dumplings include lotus seed paste, bean paste, chestnut paste and jujube paste: salty ones are bacon, roast chicken, egg yolk, scallops, mushrooms, mung beans, barbecued pork and other materials. Wrap it. It filled the whole kitchen ... untied the vines and peeled off the leaves of zongzi. The red zongzi meat is hidden in the sweet zongzi, and the white zongzi meat in the salty zongzi rises with the steam, giving off a unique steamed brown fragrance. Two zongzi are put on the plate together, and there are two shining red and white gems on the piston. The glutinous rice is crystal clear, shining in the light, giving off a strong glutinous rice fragrance, which is very helpful! My favorite dessert is sweet zongzi like Bordeaux. During the Dragon Boat Festival, I always send a big bag of zongzi to my relatives and friends. Others also gave them to us as thanks. So on the Dragon Boat Festival, my family always brings endless zongzi from menstruation and grandma's house. " Xi Shi looked at the machine in front of the inn and thought about the Dragon Boat Festival for a long time. "Kong Lung didn't believe me, so he won the championship." This is a poem "The Crossing of Race" written by Zhao Lu in the Tang Dynasty. Highlighted the macro scene of dragon boat race. But in my hometown of Guangzhou, there is also the custom of rowing dragon boats on the Dragon Boat Festival, commonly known as "Dragon Boat". On the Dragon Boat Festival, the village will organize a small "dragon boat" competition. Every strong man in every household must attend, and the woman leans aside and only watches. Five or six narrow and slender boats with a big faucet in front. A dozen people sat together, struggling to paddle forward and strive to be the first to reach the finish line. Although it rained like a needle, everyone on the boat was soaked and could not tell whether it was sweat or rain, it didn't matter. At this critical moment, it is very important to win the race ... The men rowing dragon boats will gather in the big ancestral hall in the village at noon and have a sumptuous "dragon boat meal". The "dragon boat" in the village is so naive! It's not enough for me. I want to watch the live TV show, the out-and-out dragon boat race. On the vast river, more than 20 "traditional dragons" competed. The long dragon boat is full of big men with bulging muscles. In the middle is the drummer, and the person in front is cheering, loud and domineering. Power and prestige, shocking ... it's raining and the river is surging. It's great that men are brave and strong here! In the north, the custom of "picking dragon boats" is not common, because there are not so many rivers in the north as in the south, so the Dragon Boat Festival in the north only eats zongzi, which is not as vigorous as in the south. This is the uniqueness of the Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown. How much joy and joy you gave me during the Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown! Dragon Boat Festival dumplings are fragrant, dragon boats ring, and yes-men are double! What the Dragon Boat Festival reveals is authentic homesickness, an ancient tradition, and a admiration and praise for the patriotic spirit of the poet Qu Yuan. Eating authentic hometown zongzi and watching the wonderful hometown dragon boat race have a different taste in my heart. In 2009, another new Dragon Boat Festival is coming. I greet you with longing, expectation and excitement.
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Dragon Boat Festival Zongzi:
More than two thousand years ago, Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet, sighed at the Guluo River and plunged into the rapids. More than two thousand years later, the fifth day of May became a traditional festival-Dragon Boat Festival. People wrapped zongzi, rowed dragon boats and boiled eggs to commemorate this great patriotic poet in various ways.
It's Dragon Boat Festival again, and I really want to experience this atmosphere, so let grandma teach me how to make zongzi.
To make zongzi, you should first wash the leaves and soak them in hot water. Then prepare dates, eggs, meat and so on. For the stuffing, cook the delicious stuffing you like and you can start working. First, fold the long leaves, enclose them, make a nest, put prepared glutinous rice and japonica rice in the middle, and wrap the edges and corners. Then put jiaozi in rice, knead it into a ball, and finally make the jiaozi wrapped in bamboo leaves into four corners.
The kung fu of making zongzi is in the last process. Whether your zongzi is wrapped well depends on whether the four corners are symmetrical or not. When I first started learning, I always twisted the four corners into a ball, either six corners or a ball.
Grandma looked at my "masterpiece" more than once and smiled: "This, can this be called Zongzi? Where did you tie the string? "
I'm dizzy! The four corners of emotional zongzi are convenient to hang with thin lines. Why are there no round zongzi in this world?
Put the wrapped zongzi into the pot and cook it with high fire. After about 1 hour, simmer for 30 minutes.
In the process of cooking zongzi, I am always eager to open the lid to see the situation. Because the smell of zongzi floated out of the pot, it made my mouth water.
The waiting time is always very long. When the steaming zongzi was finally "liberated" from the pot, I danced with joy. Put it in a bowl and peel it off with chopsticks, and you can see the golden and soft "zong meat" inside. Take a bite. It's so delicious that I almost bit off all the chopsticks.
This year's Dragon Boat Festival, I learned how to make zongzi and tasted the fruits of labor, which were not sweet.
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There are still a few days before the Dragon Boat Festival. My family will cook for a while, sweep the floor for a while, and prepare materials for wrapping palm seeds for a while. They are too busy to breathe. And I, a naughty little boy, laughed at the side. When the adults saw the sigh, they all said, "Alas, there is nothing they can do about her." The days slipped away when I was skipping. In a blink of an eye, the Dragon Boat Festival arrived, and the family took out reed leaves that had already been prepared, cooked them in a pot and began to make zongzi. I, on the other hand, play by and hear laughter from time to time. Nothing escapes my watery eyes, doesn't it? I turned around and saw them making zongzi, talking and laughing. I thought, why not join in the fun! ? So, I walked and ran, squatted by the basin and put my little hand into the green water in the basin. Wow, how comfortable! Touch me like a mother's hand. Later, I played more and more vigorously, threw the "elf" out of the basin and shouted "It's raining, it's raining." The adults looked embarrassed on their serious faces and said, "Xunxun, stop it, or you will be spanked." And I am stubborn, I just ignore his words and continue my game. Now I annoyed him. His slap on my smooth face made me blush like an apple. Bang, a drop of crystal tears fell down. Then I covered my face and ran out. My family has been looking for me all day, and I am in a hurry. In fact, I hid in the haystack next to my home and secretly shed tears. In the evening, my family asked me if it hurt. I shook my head again and again. At first, I hated them a little. Now that I think about it, my dissatisfaction with them has completely disappeared, but I am still very happy. What should I do with zongzi? I asked my mother, oh, it turned out to be like this: after soaking the glutinous rice for seven or eight hours, I began to wash the glutinous rice constantly. I can add some raisins after washing the dates.
Boil the bought zongzi leaves in the pot for fifteen minutes, then take them out and cool them thoroughly, and get ready for skewers.
Rub the glutinous rice leaves into triangles by hand, then put the glutinous rice in half, and then add dates and raisins. You can decide how much you want. If you want to taste delicious, you can put more, not necessarily in the middle. You can put some first and then glutinous rice. Then put the glutinous rice on it, as long as it is flat. Then began to wrap the glutinous rice leaves according to the edges and corners, then wrapped them tightly with a rope, wrapped them several times, and tied the hooks to the pot.
Three.
Looking at the rising sun, another morning of the Dragon Boat Festival is ushered in.
Wake up from sleep and breathe fresh air. I feel the beauty and sacredness of the Dragon Boat Festival from people's laughter and beautiful reverie. The morning of Dragon Boat Festival not only lets people exercise, but also lets people know their ancestors' hope for a better life.
After eating two eggs, we came to the foot of Triangle Mountain with our bags on our backs. We were very excited to see huge rocks, strong green trees, fragrant flowers, lively insects, clear streams and green grass along the winding path in the mountains. ......
Walking, I finally reached the top of the triangle. Standing on the top of the mountain overlooking the distance, overlooking the bottom, people often say: "Hard work pays off", stand high and see far. Seeing high-rise buildings and endless streets, standing on the top of the mountain, there is a feeling of being high above, which makes people linger back and forth. After a long walk, we were all exhausted, sitting on a big stone, enjoying the beautiful scenery and eating delicious food, which made people closer to nature and realized its mystery and magnificence. With people's shouts, countless "little sailors" in the sky are envious and come to people's side one after another. Although it's raining in Mao Mao, we don't feel sorry at all. We prefer the Triangle Mountain.
It was past seven when we got home, and we happily ate zongzi wrapped by our mother. On the beautiful morning of Dragon Boat Festival, we are looking forward to tomorrow, the festival of each of our children-Children's Day.
Dragon Boat Festival composition:
I was awakened by the earthquake in the morning, lying in bed, getting up lazily, looking at the ceiling, talking to myself, jumping out of bed, opening the window, it rained all night last night, and the air smelled of raindrops. I stick my head out of the window, take a deep breath and give myself a happy smile ... make the quilt, turn on the computer, turn on the music, then cook the porridge stewed last night, and then
A person's Dragon Boat Festival can also make him happy, can't it?
But it won't be easy, because I have arranged a heavy task for myself. I have to write two articles in these three days, one is what I promised others and the other is what I have to finish, so I may not have much time to relax, but I think this way of celebrating the holidays may be more suitable for me? A person's holiday, only work will fill the emptiness and loneliness, right?
It may seem helpless, but in fact, I have become more and more accustomed to being alone and like my life more and more ... I won't give up this life easily until I meet the person who is really destined. "I would rather eat a fresh peach than a basket of rotten apricots" is melodramatic, but why should we wronged ourselves?
It's called making zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival.