At first, millet was the main material, and in recent years, glutinous rice was the main material. The production process is exquisite and elegant, and the finished products have various shapes and different eating methods. Steaming, frying and baking can make refreshing, healthy and healthy delicious food, and can also present it.
Stealing lamps is still an indispensable part of good memories.
When I was a child, on the 25th day of the first month, my mother would make up the millet flour in the morning (I can't remember the specific operation for a long time) and knead out various animals and items with different meanings.
There are twelve Chinese zodiac animals (mainly), flower baskets, old women who pound charcoal, and water tanks. ...
In short, there are many kinds, and there is no fixed series. You can pinch anything you think is fun, or when the children are in a circle and watching their mother's "craftsmanship", they have a whim and say what they want, and their mother will be satisfied immediately.
For example, a child says, "Mom, give me a hairpin. I want to bring it. " Mother will smile and count a few words. She said, "That's for watching, not taking. Very good! I'll pinch one for you. "
After all kinds of lights are pinched, wait until they are lit at night before stealing.
Finally, when it got dark, every household poured sesame oil into the pinched lamps, rubbed paper and inkstone into them, and took their places (each lamp has a fixed position, such as a pig lantern in a pigsty and a chicken lantern in a henhouse), and the whole yard was brightly lit.
Can't resist the temptation to steal the lamp!
When I arrived at Aunt Hua's house, my good sisters dragged me to the windowsill, and we opened the curtains and looked inside. I saw many colorful lights on the table, including lions, puppies, rabbits and hedgehogs ... My mother-in-law lit a wick to pray for something, and then put the lights one by one on the shrine, at the gate and at the second gate.
The sparks of the lights crackled with the breeze, and the yard was full of dancing snuff. Dancing with the candlelight, a faint fragrance of sesame oil came to the nose, lingering fragrance. The lighted flowers and the bright moon and stars in the sky reflect each other from a distance, which is very beautiful.
After waiting for a long time, the oil in the lamp burned out and the candlelight gradually dimmed. My sister dragged me along the wall and successfully "stole" the light at the door.
However, when stealing the lamp under the tree, I accidentally kicked over the small stool and woke up my mother-in-law in the room with a clash. I was caught by my mother-in-law
However, my mother-in-law smiled, turned around and took out two lamps from the shrine and stuffed them into my hand. They are a pair of phoenix lanterns, with golden bodies and colorful tails. The eyes made of black beans are lifelike, lifelike and beautiful. I can't put them down and take them home.
Mother smiled and talked about the custom of "sending lights and stealing them".
It turns out that in our hometown, on the 25th day of the first month, the bride's family will "send lamps" to the daughter's home who has been married for those years but has not yet given birth, also called "adding warehouses", which means adding something to her in-laws' warehouses and sending her holiday care and blessings.
The lights in every household are burnt out, and the children next door secretly "steal" the lights from each other. The host family is not only not angry, but also expects to steal as much as possible: "Steal a lamp holder this year and have a grandson next year", which indicates that families who "light" and "steal lamps" will have many children and grandchildren, and they will be happy.
Stealing lanterns on the 25th day of the first month is not only a blessing and good luck, but also the care and love of elders for their daughters, people's beautiful expectation for future life, and the inheritance and development of China folk culture.
On the 25th day of the first month,
Everybody turn off the lights.
Master Cang, drink the horse,
Bring back black beans with pockmarked seeds,
Five sons came into this world,
Brilliant lights shine!
Charcoal boy watchdog,
Adults and children are walking around the yard,
Burn incense and kowtow,
Looking forward to a bumper harvest next year!
Ignorance is bold when you are young,
Go and steal lights.
Streets and alleys are smeared,
Stealing food,
The surface lamp is extruded into a bulge,
The oil in the pocket is black.
Although life is bitter and sweet,
Sixty years have passed in an instant!