Easter eggs are usually made of dyed eggs, and modern customs usually use egg-shaped chocolate instead. Easter eggs are special decorative eggs when western countries celebrate Easter. Eggs are a symbol of Easter and a way to express friendship, care and wishes. Christians compare Easter eggs to "the beginning of a new life", symbolizing "Jesus rose from the stone tomb".
Methods and steps of making Easter eggs with eggs
1. Wash the eggs, poke holes up and down, pour out the egg white and yolk, and blow out the rest with your mouth. Wash the inside of the eggshell with clear water to remove the residue. Dry.
2. Draw people's hairstyles and facial expressions on the surface of eggshells with colored pens.
3. Cut out the desired animal shape with foam and color it with oily ink pen. Then glue it to the surface of the eggshell. Then draw cute animal shapes.
4. Cut the colored paper into thin strips and stick them around the eggshell. Or decorated with ribbons. Or buy some printing paper or beads to decorate the eggshell.
Methods and steps of making Easter chocolate eggs with chocolate
1, cut the semi-sweet chocolate into a heat-resistant plate or bowl, microwave it for 30 seconds, let it melt, delete the microwave stirring chocolate, and repeat the process 2? 3 times until the chocolate is completely melted.
2. Add milk chocolate chips and stir to melt chocolate. To provide thermal shock, which is the guarantee of chocolate hardening.
3. Remember to make eggs and chocolate together, fill out the form and wipe it with a spoon. Do you want a thin layer of chocolate, put it upside down on the plate, so that the extra chocolate and the falling layer are thin. Put it in the refrigerator until it is completely hard.
4. Take out the form and fill the refrigerator with good materials, or fill what you want. Here, you can put a kiss and it will be delicious. When the required filling amount is covered by melted chocolate, the refrigerator is ignited again.
Finally, change your eggs with tissue lead or patterned paper foil.
The origin and legend of Easter eggs
It is said that Easter eggs come from Mary Magdalene. According to legend, after the death of Jesus, she was invited to a dinner party by Caesar Tiberius of the Roman Empire. During the dinner, Mary took an egg and said, "Jesus has risen!" " "Everyone at the table laughed at her, and Tiberius even declared," If Jesus really rises, Mary's eggs will turn red. "Then Mary opened her hand, and the egg really turned red.
Since15th century, people have dyed eggs red to celebrate Easter to commemorate the precious blood shed by Jesus Christ. Later, some of them were dyed. On Easter, Catholics will paint eggs red, ask the priest for blessing and give them to friends as gifts. This is the earliest origin of giving eggs.
Easter eggs handed out by civilians are very simple. Just color the boiled eggs red and let the priest celebrate. The resurrection eggs of the rich are different. The eggshell is beautifully carved with colorful pigments, which makes the resurrected egg look more cheerful. During the Renaissance, la Renaissance, the custom of resurrecting eggs officially entered the French royal family. Ordinary eggs were replaced by golden eggs and decorated with precious stones. Since16th century, Easter eggs have also begun to contain small surprises. It is said that there is a statue of little love god Cupid in the Easter egg given by French King Louis XV to his beloved Lady Barry!
In many Christian countries in the west, children will play the game of "finding eggs" on Easter, and some small gifts are often hidden in the found eggs, which makes the children who find eggs very excited. Therefore, the egg is the most typical symbol of Easter, representing surprise and hidden mystery. Besides eggs, there is bread, which symbolizes that Jesus is "the living food for eternal life". The bread is painted with the words Jesus Christ, cross or lamb.