From ancient times to the present, eating jiaozi on the fifteenth day of the first month has become a memory engraved in everyone's heart, just like the ancient poems we recited since childhood. Now we still clearly remember that my family lives in the north, which is not so delicious. I can't afford to eat jiaozi, but it is also the most delicious for a family to have a meal in jiaozi during the Chinese New Year reunion. When they grow up, the economic conditions are good and the ingredients are sufficient. Tangyuan has become an indispensable food on the Lantern Festival table.
Jiaozi, also known as Yuanxiao, has a long history in China. In Song Dynasty, Yuanxiao was called "floating Zi Yuan". The stuffing is mainly made of white sugar, rose, sesame, red bean paste, yellow nail, walnut kernel, nuts and jujube paste. The appearance of glutinous rice is ground into powder and finally wrapped into a circle, which can be boiled, fried and steamed in soup, and it is extremely delicious. On the occasion of festivals, it represents family reunion.
The origin of the Lantern Festival is also varied, and we can search for three kinds of information from the Internet:
The origin of Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival is to commemorate the Pinglu of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. According to legend, after his death, a ministry in Lv Hou will be afraid of the complete works and plot to rebel. Liu Nang, the imperial clan, and Zhou Bo, the founding elder, put down the "chaos of all roads" together. After the rebellion, the ministers made Liu Heng, the second son of Liu Bang, the Chinese Emperor. Deeply impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity, Emperor Wen designated the 15th day of the first month of the first month, when the "Zhu Lu Rebellion" was put down, as a day to have fun with the people, and every household in Beijing celebrated with lanterns and colorful decorations. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a popular folk festival-"Lantern Festival". Now the Lantern Festival will also mention "Noisy Lantern Festival". In my understanding, it is actually a noisy family, getting together and talking about everything.
The origin of Lantern Festival II
Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, is the first full moon night celebrated by people in a year. According to the "ternary theory" of Taoism, the fifteenth day of the first month is Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July is Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October is Xiayuan Festival. The officials in charge of the upper, middle and lower elements are heaven, earth and man respectively. The celestial officials are happy and the Lantern Festival should be lit. The custom of lighting lanterns and setting off fireworks on the Lantern Festival comes from this saying.
The origin of Lantern Festival III
Lantern Festival originated from Torch Festival. In the Han dynasty, people held torches in rural fields to drive away insects and wild animals, hoping to reduce pests and pray for a bumper harvest. To this day, people in some areas in southwest China still use reeds or branches as torches on the 15th day of the first month, and hold high in groups to dance in fields or grain drying fields. Since the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been in full swing. Tens of thousands of people took part in singing and dancing, from faint to dark. In my hometown, the fire will be lit on the night of January 16th, and children and adults will skip it one after another, praying that there will be no diseases and disasters in the coming year.
In fact, different regions celebrate festivals, and Lantern Festival lanterns are also very common. In traditional society, young girls are not allowed to go out every day, but they can go out to play together on holidays. Lantern Festival lanterns are just an opportunity to make friends. At this time, many young people fell in love at first sight, so it became a romantic festival.
"The moon shines, the moon shines, the moon shines; Men look at women, women look at men, and men and women look at the same thing. " It's about people's psychological state when they enjoy the lamp.
With the development of the economy, although the taste of the year has gradually faded a lot, the arrival of the festival still gives us a lot of expectations, looking forward to reunion with our families, looking forward to the family sitting together and talking about the ups and downs of the year.