Mother's Day is a day to thank mothers. Usually on the weekend of the second week of May, mothers receive gifts from their children and relatives. Many times carnations are regarded as flowers representing the mother, and the chinese mother flower is the xuancao flower, also known as the forgetfulness grass. Isn't it different from your regular cognition, and the strange knowledge has increased!
May 9th is Mother's Day in 2021!
Here, Xiaobian wishes the world a happy mother's day!
In previous years, this time was the golden time for "sunbathing mothers".
This year, Xiaobian decided to change the method,
Enrich this festival with "knowledge" (strange)!
Of course, please friends do not forget,
Bring your own mom for a good meal!
The topic of this week's "Read the Story, Taste Tibet" is actually related to "Mother's Day", which is:
At first, xiaobian was also very curious about this question, thinking that Tibet, which is grateful and has a deep Buddhist culture, will also have Mother's Day. But in fact, after searching through a lot of information, I found that there is really no Mother's Day festival in Tibetan life (Mother's Day is actually an imported product in Tibet).
Filial piety to parents in Tibet is a virtue, and they will place the elderly in their homes in the most sunny rooms, and they will bow to the elderly during festivals. On the evening of December 29 in the Tibetan calendar, when the whole family eats "Gutu" (nine treasure rice made of nine kinds of food such as grain and vegetables), it always invites the old man to eat the first bowl first. At the dawn of the first day, the youngest girl and daughter-in-law of the family always preemptively returned the first bucket of water and made butter tea to present to the elderly, as a way to express the filial piety and blessing of the younger generation to the elderly.
Although xiaobian did not get results in the search for the Tibetan calendar "Mother's Day". However, in many Tibetan Buddhist festivals, we find the "festival of grateful mothers" - the "Festival of Descending Mortals", which is the day of Buddha's heavenly descent. Legend has it that Shakyamuni went down to earth after thanking his mother for his heavenly sermons.
Strange Knowledge 1: The Tibetan calendar does not have Mother's Day, but there is a Festival of Descent
The Tibetan word for "Rabbadui Chin", which means the auspicious day of the gods and immortals, is one of the four major festivals of Tibetan Buddhism. Held annually on the 22nd day of the ninth month of the Tibetan calendar, it is said that Buddha Shakyamuni returned to earth after 33 days of saying that he was the biological mother. In Tibetan Buddhism, it is recorded that Lady Maya, the mother of Buddha Shakyamuni, died seven days after giving birth to the Buddha. The Buddha, grateful for his mother's kindness, personally went to the Heavenly Palace where the Buddha's mother was located to preach to her mother. After hearing the news that the Buddha was about to return to the human world after thirty-three days of consummation, the disciples rushed to tell each other, and all of them rejoiced and prepared to welcome the Buddha back to the human world. In order to commemorate this day, people pray to the Buddha, do good deeds, chant sutras, worship, and make offerings. At that time, all monasteries will be opened, and the vast number of believers will offer incense, make offerings, and bow their heads to worship the Buddha. The monks prayed very sincerely, did good deeds, and prayed to the Buddha to bless the Dharma, peace, good luck, and good fortune. According to the Buddha's ascension to heaven, saving his mother is a pure act of filial piety, and in the Buddhist concept, filial piety is the good cause for Buddhist disciples to settle down and achieve the Buddha's path. In Tibet, which is deeply influenced by religious teachings, they have evolved this mother-loving plot into today's Buddhist festival, which can also be said to be a continuation of Mother's Day.
Strange Knowledge 2: Is All Mother's Day in the second week of May?
When it comes to Mother's Day, everyone will say it's the weekend of the second week of May. But in fact, in the collection, I found that mother's day around the world is not all in the second week of May, such as:
Mother's Day in Norway is: the second Sunday in February; Mother's Day in France, South Africa and Sweden is: The last Sunday in May, Mother's Day in Egypt: the last Friday in March; Mother's Day in Thailand and Germany: it is in mid-to-late August;
Mother's Day in Switzerland and Greece: It's in January; isn't it strange that knowledge has increased a lot? In fact, there are also examples such as not all countries send flowers as Mother's Day gifts. On Mother's Day, Switzerland would have mothers as the heads of the household, and men would be willing to be at the mercy of women as a sign of respect for women; on Greek Mother's Day, women would take over the leadership of the town, while men would stay at home instead of them doing housework. In Greece, every year on the second day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, for the "housewife's rest day", women leave the housework and eat and drink to the fullest.
Strange Knowledge 3: Let the mother learn to maintain
Cordyceps as a fashionable tonic nowadays, many people do not know how to use, today Xiaobian made targeted recommendations for the needs often mentioned by mothers.
First of all, mothers with endocrine disorders, especially those with facial spots and grumpy symptoms, can eat mushroom cordyceps stewed abalone. Ingredients 20 g abalone, 40 g sea cucumber, 1 1/2 bowls of clear chicken soup, 20 g shiitake mushrooms, 10 g cinnamon balls, 5 g cordyceps, 2 teaspoons of rice wine. Effect: Nourish qi and blood, moisturize the lungs and nourish the face. Indications: weak lungs, anemia and hypertension. The method is very simple, wash the ingredients in the stew cup, add clear chicken soup, simmer for about 1 hour over medium heat, and then simmer for 2 hours on low heat, the seasoning is according to your taste.
Secondly, mothers with anemia or deficiency of qi and blood, especially those with two deficiencies of qi and blood and insufficient yin blood, can eat sand ginseng cordyceps stewed turtle meat. Ingredients 60 grams of sand ginseng, 10 grams of cordyceps sinensis, 2 turtles, cooked lard, chicken fat, salt, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine, ginger, green onion, pepper, chicken broth. Efficacy: Nourish the lungs and kidneys, fill the sperm blood, and apply to people with insufficient yin blood and many diseases. To do this, add water, boil and rinse. Wash sand ginseng and cordyceps sinensis. Add turtle meat, sand ginseng, cordyceps, salt, cooking wine, ginger and green onion into a stew bowl and pour chicken broth. Basket and steam until the meat is cooked, pick the green onion and ginger, drizzle with chicken fat, sprinkle with MONOS glutamate and pepper and serve.
Finally, mothers who like beauty and beauty can eat cordyceps stewed water duck, the ingredients are 10-20 grams of cordyceps, 1 water duck, and a little ginger. Directions: Wash the duck, put the flying water into a pot of boiling water, add ginger slices, cook for 15-20 minutes, then add cordyceps, simmer for half an hour, add seasonings. Effect: It has the effect of nourishing yin, replenishing weakness, improving lean qi, moisturizing the lungs and relieving asthma. It can enhance human immunity and delay aging.