The so-called "small year north small year south" means that there is a small year in the south, a small year in the north, and the small year in the south and the north are not on the same day. The northern small year is the twenty-third lunar month, while the southern small year is the twenty-fourth lunar month.
Why is the year divided into north and south
In the Republic of China, the people formed the saying of "officials three, people four", that is, cadres at or above the section level sacrificed twenty-three stoves, and the general masses postponed it to twenty-four. Later, it is said that because society has progressed and everyone is equal, everyone will follow the emperor, get a "noble spirit", and change to the stove on the twenty-third day of the waxing moon. And because the imperial city of the past was Beijing, the north will be more affected. The south still maintains the twenty-fourth lunar month of the new year.
The legend of the little year
Legend has it that the prince of The Stove was originally a commoner Zhang Sheng, and after marrying his wife, he spent all day drinking wine, and lost his family business and fell to begging on the street. One day, he begged to the house of his ex-wife Guo Dingxiang, ashamed and embarrassed, and went under the stove and burned to death. After the Jade Emperor knew, he thought that Zhang Sheng could change his mind and not be bad to the end, since he died at the bottom of the pot, he was crowned as the king of the stove, and every year on the twenty-third and twenty-fourth days of the waxing moon, he reported to the heavens, and Chinese New Year's Eve returned to the bottom of the stove. The common people felt that the king of The Stove must be respected, because he had to report to heaven. As a result, the people have a "small year" of the 23rd and 24th lunar months, praying for peace and fortune in the coming year.
Southern Small Year traditional cuisine
01 Rice dumplings
The rice dumplings eaten in the small year symbolize the expectation of high school every year, and it is more meaningful for the children to eat the rice dumplings.
02 stove sugar
People like to use fried corn to bond the maltose, freeze it into a large piece, and it will be very crispy and sweet to eat.
03 sugar melon
In the southern year, sugar melons are needed for the worship of the god of vesta.
04 rice cakes
Rice cake is made of glutinous rice flour as the main ingredient, and then added peanut crumbles, sesame seeds, sugar as ingredients, put into the stone mortar to make shape, and then steamed, steamed can be eaten, the method is a bit like rice cake, rice cake to eat has a unique flavor, there is a "reunion round" meaning.
05 tangyuan
On the day of the New Year, many southern families will eat tangyuan, because on the day of the New Year, they will sacrifice the King of the Stove, and will prepare some fasting products to offer to the King of the Stove to send the wind and rain of the coming year.
Xiao Jin suggested that everyone give their families more companionship, chat with their parents about home cooking, and taste traditional food together, which is also a very good "New Year's taste".
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