During the Red Army's Long March, the culinary culture was simple but full of special significance. On the grueling Long March, Red Army soldiers not only had to face hunger and exhaustion, but also enemy pursuit and difficult circumstances. Under such circumstances, the Red Army soldiers had to rely on simple food to sustain their lives, including red rice and pumpkin soup.

How to make red rice and pumpkin soup

The method of making red rice and pumpkin soup is very simple, you only need to prepare the following ingredients:

-red rice

-pumpkin

-oil and salt

Specific steps are as follows:

1. Wash the red rice, put it into a rice cooker, add the right amount of water and press the cook button.

2. Peel the pumpkin and cut it into small pieces.

3. While the rice is cooking, add water to another pot, add the pumpkin pieces and cook until soft.

4. Pour the cooked pumpkin cubes into the rice cooker, add appropriate amount of oil and salt, and continue to cook rice.

5. Cook until the rice cooker automatically jumped up, wait for a period of time, so that the red rice fully absorb the flavor of pumpkin can be.

Special significance of red rice and pumpkin soup

Red rice and pumpkin soup is not only a simple food, but also a symbol of the Red Army's Long March period. During the Long March, the Red Army soldiers often had to rely on such simple food to sustain their lives, and this simple food became a symbol of their firm beliefs and triumph over difficulties.

The origin of the red rice and pumpkin soup can also be traced back to a revolutionary song, "Song of the Red Army's Long March". There is a line in this song that reads, "The Red Army is not afraid of a long march. The Five Ridges are curving around and making fine waves, and the Wumeng Pound is walking on the mudballs. The water of Jinsha is warmed by the cloud cliffs, and the Dadu Bridge is cold across the iron rope. What's more, Minshan Mountain has a thousand miles of snow, and the three armies are all happy afterward." The lyrics mention "pumpkin and red rice cooked into thin", which refers to the red rice and pumpkin soup.