In the long years, Changsha ancestors cultivated early, middle and late rice, sticky, waxy, indica, japonica, long awn, short awn and other rice varieties. According to the statistics of 1949, there are 149 rice varieties cultivated in Liuyang County alone. In Changsha, early rice is planted in Gao 'an, and sweet potatoes, corn, beans and rice are planted after harvesting. Plant late-maturing varieties, such as Rudong and Chongyang, in wet fields under the low shore. Early rice is mostly planted around Tomb-Sweeping Day. The so-called "horseshoe with tung leaves is big, so it is not a problem to raise seedlings." Mud is planted in the valley, and dummies are usually tied in the fields, or fake harriers are hung to prevent rats and birds. The first time you pull out seedlings, you need to light candles, ring the system, pat and call the door of the seedling farm. Transplanting, commonly known as planting fields and crops, and some congratulations on "planting rice trees". When planting grain, experts often "split the page" (open the page)-insert a pole on the other side of the field, first plant a few stumps in the field, align them with the line, then plant them while retreating, and plant a row of four stumps from left to right, which is called "planting grain conveniently". On the other side, the seedlings are in a straight line, just like a page of a book, which is so beautiful that it is named cracked page. The second person plants the page from the right, which is called "page cutting", and so on. If the former is surpassed by the latter, it is called "closing ducks" and "drilling bags". If you turn a corner halfway, you will be laughed at for "crossing Dongting Lake". In order to seize the season, relatives and friends came to help. Growing grain called "reporting for work" is regarded as an important competitive activity, and experts are highly respected, so it is called the master of growing grain. When harvesting early rice, we should weigh meat and wine and treat them warmly. The so-called "rice growers play the role of rice customers." But don't eat meat for breakfast, in case the sickle hurts your hand. To dry grain, bamboo should be used as drying reed, or thin cow dung paste should be used to dry the field to make it smooth and sediment-free. After the grain is dried, it is blown with a windmill, and there is no "lifting field". In addition to rice, Changsha has a long history of planting crops such as barley, wheat, buckwheat, sorghum, millet, flax (black sesame), white sesame, rape, tea, sericulture, ramie, cotton and day lily. Bean crops are often planted with broad beans, peas, soybeans, black beans, red beans, mung beans, Mi Dou, mud beans, Emei beans and boiled beans. Among them, soybeans are divided into May Yellow, June Yellow, July Yellow and August Yellow. Mud beans, also known as lazy beans, are excellent raw materials for making Liuyang douchi. Dried sweet potatoes and tobacco were introduced in the Ming Dynasty, but they developed rapidly and were widely planted, so they were called "sweet potatoes in one season and grains in half a year".
Hunan ancient painting opera is the general name of local operas such as ancient painting opera and lantern opera. Among them, Changsha ancient painting drama popular in central Hunan, eastern Hunan and Dongting Lake area, Changde ancient painting drama popular in Yueyang and Linxiang areas in northern Hunan, Yueyang ancient painting drama popular in Yueyang and Linxiang areas in northern Hunan, Hengyang ancient painting drama popular in Qiyang, Lingling and Dongan areas in southern Hunan, and ancient painting lanterns popular in Daoxian, Ningyuan, Lanshan and Xintian counties in southern Hunan were merged with the tune category. They have different stage languages and musical styles, forming different tribes. On March 3, when kites are flying all over the sky, it is also a good time for peach blossoms, grass and warblers to fly out for a trip. But in Hunan, we have the custom of eating local dishes and boiling eggs.
Based on a tradition, our family cooks eggs carefully every year. Early this morning, dad picked out many local dishes for us. He said that boiled eggs must be eaten in local dishes on March 3, and most of the food bought in the market was picked yesterday, which lost its medicinal value and significance. Whether his view is correct or not, as a traditional culture, we still need to keep this custom. Although my sister bought one later, we still boiled eggs with my father's local dishes. Boil eggs with local dishes. You can only cook them with local dishes and eggs with appropriate amount of water (according to the amount of local dishes and your demand for local vegetable soup). Of course, after the local dishes are cooked, the residue should be thrown away. Just take out the eggs and put them in bowls, and then pour a bowl of local vegetable juice into each bowl. Chinese herbal medicines such as ginger slices, maple syrup balls, red dates and black beans can also be added to the eggs. In fact, I don't like the boiled chicken of local dishes very much, and I don't like the taste of local juice. But in order to be healthy and obey my parents' wishes, I still ate an egg and drank a big bowl of local vegetable soup.
According to records, local dishes are sweet and non-toxic, and they can strengthen the spleen, induce diuresis, stop bleeding and improve eyesight. It is a good medicine that can cure many diseases blindly and can also keep fit. Later, it was found that the day of searching for herbs was the third day of March. To commemorate, people set this day as the day to eat local dishes. It is said that once a year, you can keep healthy.
We have a proverb here, "Don't forget to boil eggs with vegetables on the third day of the third lunar month." Eat your back at noon and your legs are not weak in the afternoon. "In the countryside of our hometown, there are small white flowers and slender leaves in front of the house and by the pond. Interested friends may wish to come to Hunan for a bowl.