In the misty spring rain

Shaoguan people ushered in the traditional festival Tomb-Sweeping Day.

This also means that

It's the special moment of our 24 solar terms again!

Next, let's take a look.

The Origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi

What other healthy eating methods are there ~

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China, which started in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. It is said that it began with the "tomb sacrifice" ceremony of ancient emperors and generals, and later people followed this day to worship their ancestors and sweep graves, which became a fixed custom of the Chinese nation.

Tomb-Sweeping Day was originally just the name of a solar term. According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Wengong named it Cold Food Festival to commemorate Jiexiu, a loyal minister who died in the fire, and designated the next day as "Tomb-Sweeping Day". Later, Tomb-Sweeping Day became a festival in memory of his ancestors.

During the Qingming Festival, Jiangnan is full of spring and flowers bloom. Shaoguan people not only pay attention to prohibiting fire from sweeping graves, but also have the custom of hiking, flying kites and eating green balls.

The day before in Tomb-Sweeping Day was the "Cold Food Festival". On this day, people are forbidden to smoke, eat cold meals and drink cold water.

It is said that cutting down trees on this day can maintain peace.

Tomb-Sweeping Day visited the grave to show his respect for his ancestors.

In the old days, people prepared the dining table in the morning, carried paper money and tin foil to sweep graves, reclaimed new soil, burned paper money, inserted willow trees and hung long strings of white paper as a souvenir.

Modern pop people offer flowers to the cemetery for sweeping, but this year, affected by the epidemic, our city advocates "cloud sweeping" to avoid getting together and reduce the risk of infection.

In April in Tomb-Sweeping Day, spring returns to the earth, peach blossoms and willow greens are being planted, and nature is full of vitality, which is a good time to go for an outing. In the past, most people went sightseeing together. This year, Tomb-Sweeping Day is in a critical period of epidemic prevention and control, and our city advocates "cloud outing".

It is said that flying kites can eliminate diseases and disasters and bring good luck. After Tomb-Sweeping Day, it was forbidden to fly kites when wheat was heading in the field. Children fly kites until today, commonly known as "flying broken kites."

The green ball is green as jade, waxy and soft, fragrant, sweet but not greasy, fat but not full. Youth League is also a necessary food for ancestor worship in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the outing festival, is a natural solar term and a traditional festival at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Together with Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, it is called the four traditional festivals in China.

At this time, vitality is booming, yin qi is declining, and everything "goes to the old and welcomes the new", and the earth presents a scene of spring, tranquility and peace. It is not only a good opportunity for spring outing and Qingming ceremony in the suburbs, but also an important solar term for health preservation.

During the Qingming Festival, everything grows and the yang is getting stronger. Pay attention to diet and aftercare, so as not to help yang leak out. We should eat more light vegetables, beans and bean products, and less greasy and spicy things.

Let me introduce some models to you.

Food suitable for dietotherapy and health care in Tomb-Sweeping Day

Winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms and white eel soup

Raw material ratio

200g of bamboo shoots, 6 shiitake mushrooms, 30g of ham, 0/00g of sauerkraut/kloc-0, 3 slices of ginger, and 0/strip of eel/kloc-0 (about 750g).

Specific practices

1. First cut off the eel head, put it into a basin, pour in hot water at 60℃, wash the mucus with clean water, remove the internal organs and cut it into sections;

2. Shelling bamboo shoots, cleaning, slicing, boiling in boiling water for 5-6 minutes, taking out and soaking in cold water for about 1 hour to remove the bitterness of bamboo shoots;

3. After the mushrooms are soaked in clear water, the stems are removed, washed and cut in half; Cut the ham into small pieces;

4. Wash salted sauerkraut and cut into sections; Wash ginger, peel and cut into thick slices.

5. Put all the prepared ingredients together in a saucepan, add 2000ml of water, a little white wine and a proper amount of refined salt, and stew for 1 hour.

Medicinal diet efficacy

Spleen and lung, kidney and essence, wind and dampness.

pumpkin lily porridge

Raw material ratio

Half a pumpkin (about 300g), fragrant rice 100g, glutinous rice 100g, lily, longan, red dates and lotus seeds 20g each, and a little sugar and salt.

Specific practices

1, red dates and lotus seeds are soaked in cold water for 20 minutes, and the lotus seeds are pitted and washed for later use; The pumpkin is pedicled, seeded, washed and diced.

2. Wash glutinous rice and fragrant rice, then put them in a pot and add water to boil. Add diced pumpkin, red dates and lotus seeds, and cook for 20 minutes with slow fire. Open the lid and stir clockwise for a while. Then add lily and longan to cook for 10 minute, and then add sugar and a little salt to avoid being too sweet and greasy.

Medicinal diet efficacy

Spleen and stomach, digestion and weight loss, qi and nerves.

Malantou, Xianggan

Raw material ratio

400 grams of Malantou, 80 grams of fragrant dried fruit, and proper amount of refined salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate and sesame oil.

Specific practices

1, Malantou picks young leaves, removes yellow leaves and hard stems, and washes them with clear water for later use.

2. Boil the water in the pot, add a little salt and a few drops of oil, then put it in Malantou for a while, take it out, cool it with water and chop it up.

3. Take the dried citron, cut it into three pieces, then cut it into dices, and chop it up as much as possible.

4. Take a clean basin, put Malantou and diced citron in the ratio of 1: 1, add sesame oil, salt, sugar and chicken essence and mix well.

5. Put the mixed Malantou into a small bowl and compact it with a spoon. Then, take the plate and turn the small bowl upside down.

Medicinal diet efficacy

Nourishing liver and kidney, clearing away deficiency and heat