Why do you want to eat taro with edamame in Mid-Autumn Festival? The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional reunion festival in China. On this day, everyone will sit around and eat moon cakes. Many people will eat taro with edamame in Mid-Autumn Festival. Let me look at why we want to eat taro with edamame in Mid-Autumn Festival.

Why do you want to eat taro with edamame in Mid-Autumn Festival 1 Eating taro and edamame means having many children and grandchildren, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is a day of reunion. Taro, there is a custom of eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The August of the lunar calendar is just the season when taro is on the market, and the Jiangnan dialect rhymes "shipped". Therefore, eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival is not only delicious, but also good luck. Soybean, also known as "hairy pod", "pod" sounds harmonious "auspicious", indicating good luck.

The origin of the Mid-Autumn festival

Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year, and it is also the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival. The legend is to commemorate Chang 'e.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China. According to historical records, the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book Zhou Li. By the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was a record of "telling Shangshu Town that cattle were confused, and mid-autumn evening and the left and right traveling incognito across the river". It was not until the early years of the Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. The Book of Tang Taizong records the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th. The prevalence of Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty, and by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was as famous as New Year's Day and became one of the major festivals in China. This is also the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival.

According to China's calendar, the eighth month of the lunar calendar is in the middle of autumn, which is the second month of autumn, and it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival", while the fifteenth day of August is in the middle of it, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival".

Other nicknames for Mid-Autumn Festival

There are many nicknames for Mid-Autumn Festival: it is called "August Festival" and "August and a half" because it falls on August 15th; Because the main activities of Mid-Autumn Festival are all around the "moon", it is also commonly known as "Moon Festival" and "Moon Festival". The full moon in Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes reunion, so it is also called "Reunion Festival". In the Tang Dynasty, Mid-Autumn Festival was also called "Correcting the Moon".

Why do you want to eat taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival? 2 In Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there is a habit of eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival. The middle of August in the lunar calendar is just the season when taro is on the market, and in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the pronunciation of taro is similar to "shipped". Therefore, eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival is not only to enjoy the delicious food, but also to express the hope of good luck.

Eating edamame is more interesting. There is a saying that in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, edamame is called edamame pod, and pods are homophonic for words such as "Jia" and "Ji", so eating edamame is in the hope of good luck and success. Zhong Fulan, president of Shanghai Folklore Society and professor of East China Normal University, who has been engaged in folklore research for many years, believes that the beans arranged neatly in the pod symbolize "brothers and sisters unite as one" and reflect the meaning of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion.

In addition to taro and edamame, Jiangnan people who love to eat also like seasonal foods such as water chestnut (it is said that eating water chestnut can make children smart), chicken's head rice, lotus root (it is said that lotus root is homophonic "even", which has the meaning of pairing and looking forward to beautiful love), pomegranate (the meaning of having many children and being prosperous), pumpkin and so on. In Suzhou, osmanthus in Mid-Autumn Festival is also a good seasoning, including osmanthus tea, osmanthus sugar, Osmanthus Jelly, osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root and osmanthus sugar taro.

Mid-Autumn Festival Customs in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces

Go to the moon

Walking on the moon is a custom of appreciating the moon in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. In addition to the meaning of happy reunion, walking on the moon also has a meaning, which mainly comes from Nanjing people in the old days. It is said that married women who have no sons will go to the Confucius Temple and then cross a bridge. According to legend, they can have "the joy of a dream bear" (meaning to have a boy). There is a "Jianzi Bridge" on the upper pier of Yaowan Street outside Zhonghua Gate. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the unborn family man comes here and throws a crock under the bridge, which is said to make his wife pregnant. Over time, this bridge has also been wrongly called "Jianzi Bridge".

Burn pagoda lamp

The custom of burning pagoda lights originated from Xuanzong's love for daming temple Qiling Pagoda. According to legend, Emperor Xuanzong once toured Yangzhou incognito and saw the Qiling Pagoda in daming temple, Yangzhou, which was unique in appearance and ingenious in design, and Xuanzong loved it very much. Therefore, every Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace is full of lanterns dedicated to Yangzhou Qilingbao Tower.

Later, in order to cater to the emperor's love and express their pride in their hometown, Yangzhou people went to the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, and every household bought pagoda lanterns to worship the moon and used them as the mascot of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Since then, lighting pagoda lights to worship the moon has become a custom in Yangzhou, which has been handed down. It is a unique custom of Yangzhou people to light pagoda lights to worship the moon. Tower lights are made of paper and also made of colored glass.

Shaotianxiang

The custom of burning sweet incense has a long history, and people pray for happiness, peace and smoothness. Many people don't know its origin, but they have experienced it every year since childhood. How many people have good memories in it? Isn't this one of people's prayers for burning heaven? Burning sweet incense is very popular in many places. For example, people in Wuxi have a complete set of customs and rules for celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival: when they get up in the morning, they should eat sugar taro, put brown sugar and osmanthus, which is sweet, waxy and smooth, and delicious. In the evening, the family should get together as much as possible to have a "midnight meal in August" and "burn incense" in the patio or yard to worship the moon and Ramadan Palace.

The custom of burning incense to worship the moon in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces is also called "lighting incense", "burning incense" or "going to incense". Dou Xiang is a kind of big incense bucket, square, big and small, shaped like a measuring bucket, so it is called "Dou Xiang" because a paper bucket is added to the incense.

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, incense is placed on the incense crumbs or sand, and some paper-bound kuixing and colorful banners are also inserted, or gauze silk is pasted around them, and the pavilions of the Moon Palace are painted or paper-cut gold characters such as "Full Moon Life" are written. In the center of the incense bucket, a wick of high incense is erected, which is thick on the top and thin on the bottom, two feet high. On the front, there is a paper memorial archway with upturned cornices and shining golden light. On both sides of the archway, couplets are decorated, and decorations such as colored flags are inserted on the altar in the courtyard, which can be burned continuously for several hours.

The old people say that the purpose of "burning incense" is to pray that Chang 'e in the moon will give peace and tranquility to the world and bless their loved ones never to be separated. Therefore, burning incense is also a more exquisite sacrifice, so there are also some matters to pay attention to. In Wuxi, men are generally not Yue Bai and women don't sacrifice stoves, so they are basically women and children Yue Bai. After burning sweet scents, adults will give mooncakes and dried fruits to children, and some naughty children will run from the head of the village to the end of the village and ask neighbors for some fruits that they don't have.

Why do you want to eat edamame taro in Mid-Autumn Festival? In Shanghai dialect, edamame reads edamame pods, which means good luck and many children.

Taro is round in shape, which means reunion, and it also has a homonym of good luck.

1 Eating edamame and taro in Mid-Autumn Festival is a custom in southern China.

2. Brief introduction of edamame: The scientific name is soybean, commonly known as edamame. Soybean was called glutinous rice in ancient times. Originated in southern China.

3. Brief introduction of taro: Taro, also known as taro, is the underground bulb of Araceae. Its shape and meat quality vary from variety to variety, and it is usually eaten as small taro.

What are the benefits of eating edamame in autumn?

Soybean is rich in plant protein, a variety of beneficial minerals, vitamins and dietary fiber. Among them, protein is not only high in content, but also excellent in quality, which can be compared with protein in meat and eggs. It is easy to be absorbed and utilized by human body, and it is the only food containing complete protein in plant food.

The fat content in edamame is obviously higher than other kinds of vegetables, but most of them are unsaturated fatty acids, such as linoleic acid and linolenic acid, which can improve fat metabolism and help reduce triglycerides and cholesterol in human body. Lecithin in soybean is one of the indispensable nutrients for brain development, which helps to improve the memory and intelligence level of the brain. Soybeans are also rich in dietary fiber, which can not only improve constipation, but also reduce blood pressure and cholesterol. The potassium content in edamame is very high. Eating it often in summer can help make up for the loss of potassium caused by excessive sweating, thus alleviating fatigue and loss of appetite caused by the loss of potassium. The iron in edamame is easy to be absorbed and can be used as one of the foods for children to supplement iron.