First, stick to the road and stick to the fat pig.
Daoyou is to sacrifice money to the gods, Spring Festival couplets and so on. People in Tianjin have the custom of hanging money. Among them, hanging money is a pattern cut with colored paper or red paper, and Tianjin people stick it on the window glass or horizontal edge. In Tianjin, there can be no Spring Festival couplets on the gate for the New Year, but every household will definitely hang money.
Among all the Tianjin window grilles, "Fat Pig Arch" is the most classic theme, especially the pattern of fat pig carrying cornucopia carved with black wax paper. Red is the mainstream in the New Year, and only this "fat pig arch" enjoys the privilege of black. Tianjin people regard pigs as a symbol of "wealth".
Second, eat jiaozi.
There is a New Year's Eve dinner in jiaozi until midnight on the 30th. The jiaozi on June 1st symbolizes the alternation of the new year and the old year, and the jiaozi on the 30th in Tianjin must be minced meat. On the morning of the first day, Tianjin people used to fill jiaozi with vegetarian food in their first meal. It symbolizes the cleanliness and smoothness of life in the new year. Sometimes a mascot, such as nuts, is put in the jiaozi. People believe that whoever eats this kind of jiaozi will have good luck in the new year.
Third, eat noodles.
People in Tianjin eat noodles on the second day of the first month. Noodles pay attention to eating all the dishes, that is, cucumbers, spinach, beans, bean sprouts and other cellar dishes. There are also whitebait, purple crab, shrimp and iron finch, all of which are Chinese New Year dishes. In addition to these four kinds, there are leeks, radishes, pears and soybean sprouts, which are collectively called Tianjin Bazhen.
Fourth, Children's Day.
Tianjin people call their son-in-law "uncle". It is a custom for a daughter who got married in the second day of junior high school to take her husband and son back to her mother's house. She calls it "Uncle's Day". On the morning of Children's Day, the streets and alleys of Tianjin are crowded. Grandfathers are all dressed up, taking their wives and children, carrying big bags and small bags, and going to the elderly for the New Year. The scene is spectacular! Eat noodles on this day, pay attention to the whole dish code, that is, cucumber, spinach, beans, bean sprouts and other cellar dishes.
Five, eat zygote
People in Tianjin have a recipe for the Spring Festival, which says: on the first day, jiaozi is served, on the second day, everything is rummaged, and on the fourth day, pancakes are rolled with eggs. In old Tianjin, it is a dietary custom to eat zygotes on the third day of the first month to worship the god of wealth. It is said that "zygotes turn home" because "turn" and "earn" are homophonic, indicating that financial resources are rolling.
Six, chop "villain", pinch villain's mouth
On the fifth day of the first month, Tianjin people call it "Breaking Five". On this day, I can't go to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings. Every family will pack jiaozi, pinch your mouth. When cutting vegetables, the chopping board should jingle, meaning "villain" in cutting vegetables, which can be called Tianjin Wei's "Down with Villains Festival".
Seven, the dragon looked up to eat braised pork.
On the second day of the second lunar month, it is called Dragon Head Lifting Festival. On this day, Tianjin people will eat braised pork, cut it into small squares, fry it to golden brown with low fire, mix it with sesame sauce and garlic paste, add fried eggs with leeks and fried bean sprouts with vinegar, eat it with pancakes, and then drink a bowl of mung bean porridge (Tianjin people call it "caulking").
The above is the custom of Tianjin Spring Festival. Although everyone is lamenting that the taste of the year is getting weaker and weaker now, in a land with a long history like Tianjin, the New Year is always full of flavor, which is also the charm of Tianjin flavor.