"The days and hours of personnel are urged, and the winter solstice and the yang are born and spring is coming again." The winter solstice is the beginning of the recovery of yang and the arrival of winter and spring. In Suzhou, it is known that "the winter solstice is as big as the year". Worshiping winter, drinking winter wine, and eating winter solstice dumplings are all customs of the winter solstice in Suzhou. Sending a winter solstice plate is also an indispensable custom in Suzhou.
On December 20th, the Winter Solstice Festival, the School of Communication of Soochow University and the Logistics Management Office of the School jointly held the 2020 Winter Solstice Cultural Taste Seeking Activity of "Feeling Traditional Culture and Inheriting the Taste of Suzhou". Teachers and students participated in the winter solstice plate pastry making under the guidance of the pastry chef, tasting the winter solstice plate pastry and chatting about the winter solstice culture of Wudi.
"Pepsi gui early standing, growth festival 'cake'." The so-called winter solstice plate is actually composed of five kinds of pastries that symbolize "Pepsi Gui Early Standing". "Hundred" means hundred fruit honey cake, "thing" refers to the cake, "gui" means osmanthus cake, "early" refers to jujube mud cake, and "standing" refers to chestnut cake. Under the guidance of the pastry chef, the students participated in the process of dough, adding accessories, shaping exquisite shapes, steaming on the stove, etc., feeling the joy of making and experiencing the cultural charm behind traditional customs.
Students who rarely have the opportunity to get involved in pastry making on weekdays all say that they feel a novel experience. "I was involved in the making of bagel cake and thought it was novel. Our family is in the north, and we rarely eat glutinous rice, and there are not many opportunities to make this kind of hand-made. Li Ruoxi, a 2019 journalism major at the School of Communication, said, "Winter solstice pastries are an important custom of Suzhou people to celebrate the winter solstice festival, as a northerner, I will choose to eat dumplings, but if I want to truly experience the winter solstice customs of Suzhou, I will choose the winter solstice plate." ”
"The students are very interested and the enthusiasm for participation is very high." Master Wei, who directed the production of pastries, felt the warm atmosphere of the scene, he said, "The production of winter solstice plate pastries is very simple, teaching students the process and principle of operation, most people can learn, and they can make their own in the future." I was delighted to see the love and fondness of my classmates for this winter solstice tradition. ”
After a period of waiting, plates of steaming pastries came out. Behind the exquisite shape of the winter solstice plate pastries, it is full of beautiful meanings. The hundred fruit honey cake symbolizes the end of the year, and the good fruit smells the fragrant performance point "cake"; the Qi Shi cake symbolizes the Eastern Wu Reiki Yu Heroic, with a poetry level "cake" in the abdomen; the osmanthus flower cake symbolizes, the noise and floating dust do not disturb themselves, and the jade pot is in the heart of the "cake"; the chestnut cake symbolizes the warm winter melts budweiser and the "cake" of the emotional intelligence of the world; the chestnut cake symbolizes the "cake" of Gu Su's cultural atmosphere for a thousand years and the position of the world. The sweet and soft taste of the pastry has been well received by students from all over the world. In addition to the taste enjoyment, the students also deeply felt the cultural connotation behind the winter solstice plate.
In addition to tasting the winter solstice plate pastries, teachers and students of the School of Communication participated in the winter solstice culture sharing meeting. Teachers and students sat around to feel the winter solstice culture of Wudi and talk about their thoughts. Song Haiying, deputy secretary of the party committee and deputy dean of the School of Communication at Soochow University, said: "The winter solstice means that we wave goodbye to the past and open a new chapter in our lives. The theme of 'Pepsi Gui Early Standing' also wants to encourage students to cherish time, work hard and win the future. ”
Yangzi Evening News/Purple Cow News Reporter Gu Qiuping Correspondent Shen Chenyue Wu Tingting
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Source: Yangzi Yang Eye