"Wax moon twenty-eight, cake steamed steamed appliqué flowers", let the Huashang Daily - Ersanli information to take you to understand the customs and legends of the twenty-eighth wax moon!
The source of traditional customs
On the 26th and 27th of the Lunar New Year, the meat to be eaten for the New Year was prepared, and on the 28th day, it was time to prepare pasta. In the past, social development was low, there was no modern more convenient baking powder, ordinary noodles were prepared a few days in advance and were easy to break, only the noodles did not love to be bad, so the twenty-eighth day of the noodles, prepared for the first five of the first month of the first month of the main food, at the same time, this is also because the old custom believes that the first to the fifth day of the first year can not be steamed steamed
Customs of the Twenty-Eighth Month of The Waxing Moon
1. Hair noodles
Wax moon twenty-eight noodles, ready to prepare the staple food, noodles, in the past there is no quick-acting hair teaching powder, ordinary noodles it is not easy to put aside, noodles do not love bad, so twenty-eight this day will be noodles to prepare the first to fifteenth staple food of the first month of the first month, there are also twenty-seven noodles sent out, twenty-eight this day began to steamed jujube flowers are steamed with dates, these with filling. According to Lao Li'er, from the beginning of the first year to the fifth day of the first year, steamed steamed Because during the Spring Festival, it is forbidden to do steaming, frying, frying, baking and other cooking, and steaming and arguing harmonic sounds, stir-frying and noisy harmonic sounds, fried and fried (four sounds) harmonic sounds, branding and falling harmonic sounds, are unlucky, so old Beijingers have to steam enough steamed steamed bread for the whole family to eat for a week or so years ago, which is called eating every other year. Nowadays, there are many kinds of steamed buns sold outside and the price is not expensive, so fewer and fewer people make their own steamed buns on weekdays. However, every new year, many people will still follow the habits handed down by the elders to make noodles on the twenty-eighth day of the Waxing Moon and prepare to steam steamed
2. Steamed date flowers
On this day, the Taiyuan people should steam the "cake steamed steamed steamed steamed steamed steamed steamed steamed steamed steamed steam Chinese New Year's Eve ed steam Only Beijingers slow down half a beat, on this day "hair the noodles", wait until twenty-nine to "steam steamed steamed buns".
3. Decals
In addition to the noodles, the twenty-eighth day of the waxing moon should also be "appliquéd", that is, pasting New Year paintings, pasting spring joints and window flowers. Among them, the custom of sticking spring leagues originates from the ancient "peach symbol". The ancients used peach wood as the wood to ward off evil spirits, and the "Classics" said: "The peach one, the essence of the five woods, so the one who suppresses the evil qi is also." In the fifth dynasty, the Later Shu monarch Meng Changya was good at literature, and he ordered people to write peach symbols every year, which became the indiscriminate coveting of the Spring League in later generations, and the inscription on the peach symbols " New Year Na Yu Qing, Jia Jie Number Changchun" became the first "Spring League" in recorded Chinese history. Later, with the advent of papermaking, the custom of posting spring joints with red paper instead of peach wood appeared.
The origin of the window flowers on the twenty-eighth day of the Waxing Moon
On the twenty-eighth day of the waxing moon, the people of Taiyuan should steam the "cake steamed steamed steamed steamed steamed steam Chinese New Year's Eve ed steam Only Beijingers slow down half a beat, on this day "hair the noodles", wait until twenty-nine to "steam steamed steamed buns". In addition to the noodles, the twenty-eighth day of the waxing moon should also be "appliquéd", that is, pasting New Year paintings, pasting spring joints and window flowers.
Among them, the custom of sticking spring leagues originates from the ancient "peach symbol". The ancients used peach wood as the wood to ward off evil spirits, and the "Classics" said: "The peach one, the essence of the five woods, so the one who suppresses the evil qi is also." In the fifth dynasty, the Later Shu monarch Meng Changya was good at literature, and he ordered people to write peach symbols every year, which became the indiscriminate coveting of the Spring League in later generations, and the inscription on the peach symbols " New Year Na Yu Qing, Jia Jie Number Changchun" became the first "Spring League" in recorded Chinese history. Later, with the advent of papermaking, the custom of posting spring joints with red paper instead of peach wood appeared.
With its unique generalization and exaggeration, the window flower vividly expresses auspicious events and good wishes, and decorates the festival with red flames and joy. Window flowers not only set off the festive atmosphere, but also bring people the enjoyment of beauty, set decoration, appreciation and practicality in one.
(Editing by Wang Ying)
Reference source: Calendar Network
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