The first cutting method: suitable for small watermelons, cut the watermelon in half, then cut it horizontally by 5 knives, vertically by 5 knives, and insert toothpicks, so that there is no soup when eating, and it is elegant and simple to cut. See if it is very strong?

If you buy a big watermelon, some people say that it is not suitable for the cutting method just now. In fact, it is ok. I recommend you to buy this kind of watermelon. I bought it in the supermarket, which is especially sweet and more delicious than what I bought in summer. It is the sweet king watermelon in Weifang. It costs 3.99 yuan a catty in the supermarket, which is really good. I use a ball digger to dig all the watermelon pulp into balls and put them into pots.

The second cutting method: cut the watermelon skin into a shape, pour the watermelon meat, and decorate it with other fruits, pear meat, pitaya and other fruits with different colors. This way, you can also insert a toothpick when eating, which is very convenient.

The third cutting method: if there are 2-3 fewer guests, you can also make a platter like this. It is simple and convenient, that is, cut a thick piece and then cut it into various shapes with a cartoon knife.

These three kinds of cutting methods are very simple, beautiful and practical, and there will be no more soup flowing around, which is sticky and not easy to wipe.

The Historical Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival

"Mid-Autumn Festival Yue Bai" is a traditional folk custom ceremony in Yangzhou. During the Zhou Dynasty, emperors had the custom of offering sacrifices to the sun at the vernal equinox, to the land at the summer solstice, to the moon at the autumn equinox and to heaven at the winter solstice. "Book of Rites" records: "The son of heaven is in the spring and the sun is shining, and the autumn is in the evening. The Asahi dynasty, the evening of the moon. " "The evening of the moon" refers to the Mid-Autumn Festival. The custom of offering sacrifices to the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival was originally in the court, but later the nobles followed suit and gradually extended to the people.

During the Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou attracted many literati and poets with its profound cultural atmosphere, leaving many poems praising the moon. For example, Xu Ning's "There is a moonlit night in the world, and the rogue is Yangzhou", and Du Mu's "There are twenty-four bridges on the moonlit night, where can jade people teach flute playing" and so on. In the Qing Dynasty, Huang Dingming said, "Yangzhou is good, and the twilight scene is the Mid-Autumn Festival", and Yizheng Lizhizhai's "Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th, worshipping the moon in the evening, and the fragrant shop bought the moon paper, which was a memorial tablet and was on the case of confession". This shows the historical spread of the Mid-Autumn Festival Yue Bai in Yangzhou.

In 2006, the country protected the Mid-Autumn Festival as an intangible cultural heritage, and the Mid-Autumn Festival activities in Yue Bai gradually resumed.