#Mid-Autumn Festival Reunion # #中秋赛诗会 #
As a northerner, for me, in addition to the meaning of "reunion", the meaning of its existence is to see the moon and eat mooncakes.
The so-called moon cake, in my impression is only a few, when I was a child, I only knew that there were Cantonese-style mooncakes and Su-style mooncakes, and now there are more types, and the fillings are more diverse, but they are all mooncakes.
Until one day, I spent a Mid-Autumn Festival in Shantou and learned that mid-autumn pastries could still do this!
The inheritance and promotion of traditional Chinese culture by the Chaoshan people has always been obvious to all. The customs of many festivals have been gradually simplified and forgotten in many places over time.
However, in the Chaoshan region, the inheritance from generation to generation has not only not declined, but has kept pace with the times and carried forward.
Today, we will mainly talk about the topic of "Mid-Autumn Festival pastries".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > what did I eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival? </h1>
As a child, the obsession with dim sum is deeply rooted, and children tend to pay more attention to ritual and feel that a certain food is only meaningful if it is eaten on a certain day.
Therefore, children are always looking forward to the festival, they feel that the moon cake on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival is different from what they eat at other times, and if there is no moon cake on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is completely unacceptable.
When I was a child, there were not so many types of mooncakes, and the filling was relatively single, and my impression seemed to include bean paste, lotus paste, date paste, and five kernels.
Bean paste is my favorite, wuren is the eternal pain in my heart...
After graduating from university, I came to Shenzhen, a city where friends from all over the world gather together, and of course, in terms of eating habits and festival customs, there are also everything.
So, I had the privilege of tasting a variety of mooncakes, some of which I had heard of before but had not tried, such as: ice skin mooncakes. There are also people who have never heard of it before, let alone tried it, such as: bacon pie mooncake.
Ice skin mooncakes have become my new favorite, but the fillings that I once disliked are still disliked by me...
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > after coming to Chaoshan, what did I eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival? </h1>
Before, I thought that there was no other "Mid-Autumn Festival pastry" except for mooncakes. After coming to Chaoshan, I learned that there are so many "Mid-Autumn Festival pastries" in this world that I have never seen.
Chaoshan people are very particular about the Mid-Autumn Festival. Not only have many ceremonial activities unique to the Mid-Autumn Festival been retained, but also for the Mid-Autumn Festival pastries, under the premise of retaining traditional culture, they are also making changes with the times.
If you think that tradition is the immutable thing of the old, then you are dead wrong.
In Chaoshan Province, the perfect blend of tradition and fashion, the seamless connection between beauty and deliciousness, can definitely make you feast.
So, what do Chaoshan people eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival?
1. Mooncakes
Yes, mooncakes, you read that right, Chaoshan people also have Chaoshan people's mooncakes, this mooncake is completely different from the mooncakes I have eaten before, personally feel that the filling is sweeter and creamier, the crust is more crispy, the taste is still good, if it is too greasy, drink tea.
2. Curd cake
This curd cake, how to say it, is somewhat similar to putting tofu milk as a filling in the moon cake, but the appearance is not like a moon cake at all. The taste I personally feel is a bit unacceptable, but many people say that it is very delicious, the personal taste is different, quite distinctive but it is true, other places do not, you can try it.
3. Mung bean cake
This is my favorite Chaoshan pastry, there is no "one", it is said that in the past it was only available for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but now it is good and can be eaten at any time. Mung bean cake, not sweet and not greasy, soft taste, melt in the mouth, a small one, the volume is not large, eat more than a few and do not worry about getting fat, strong push!
4. Book cake
Looks good, the face value is leveraged, snow white, there is a sense of sand, layer by layer, if you are idle, you can uncover the layer by layer to eat, I do this, because the big bite is too sweet. Of course, if you like sweets, you can try them.
Don't think that I listed these and that's all, there are many Mid-Autumn Festival pastries in Chaoshan Province, such as dumplings, rice cakes, baodou cakes...
You have the opportunity to go to Chaoshan to taste it yourself, and now that the market economy is booming, these pastries can be found everywhere, not necessarily in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and can also be bought in ordinary times.
However, if you can travel to Chaoshan on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can see the Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony of the "Moon Worship Lady" in every household.
Each family sets up a table in front of the house, which is filled with various pastries, inserted incense, and worships the moon, which looks solemn and solemn, and also looks warm and harmonious at home.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > what will be delicious for the future Mid-Autumn Festival? </h1>
Now that life is rich and colorful, and the food we can taste is also diverse, what will the Mid-Autumn Festival look like in the future?
The times are developing rapidly, the distance that used to feel very far away, now in the blink of an eye, the future Mid-Autumn Festival, will be more varied, inclusive.
Perhaps, there will be more "new mooncakes" born, there will be all kinds of strange fillings that you can't imagine, people's lives are changing with each passing day, and the food is the same.
Enjoy the tricks that you can touch in the moment, and look forward to tasting more different delicacies in the future.
What are you going to eat this Mid-Autumn Festival?