Spring, summer, autumn and winter, led by spring. Today (February 4) is the fourth day of the first lunar month of the Year of the Tiger and coincides with the new starting point of the 24th solar term. When it comes to the main folk custom of old Nanjing Lichun, it is to eat fried spring rolls, and people call this custom "biting spring".
Early this morning, in front of the spring roll stall of Nanjing 378 Lane Vegetable Market, many citizens who bought spring roll skins gathered, and many people said that they wanted to eat spring rolls on the day of Lichun and "bite" spring. Ms. Li, a citizen, said that in the past, the meaning of "biting spring" was used in the folk, praying for smooth wind and rain in the coming year and abundant grain. Now the old Nanjing "bite spring", one is to taste food, the other is Tujili.
"Spring is the time when everything grows, and everyone eats spring rolls and hopes that their bodies are getting better and better and thriving." I bought it for 74 bucks and ate it for five people in the family. Ms. Li, a resident of Nanjing, said.
Ms. Shen, the stall owner, told reporters that the spring season every year is the peak season for spring roll skin sales, and this year's Spring Festival coincides with the Spring Festival holiday, and the sales of spring roll skins have also doubled several times than usual. The reporter saw in the vegetable market that there are not only spring roll skins sold, but also fried spring rolls for sale. I saw a shop making spring roll skins, with a coal stove and a thick round iron plate on it, and the stall owner added water and salt to the dry noodles, mixing them first and then mixing them. First grab a lump of wet noodles, and then keep rotating your hand as a axis, so as not to let it fall. Just gently turn the wet noodles on the pan and spread a piece of skin.
"After the noodles, then spread into a skin, the leeks are cut into fillings and the meat is stirred into a piece, our technique is suitable for the taste of Nanjing, it tastes delicious, and it is fried at home, which means that there are gold bars. Today can sell about 100 pounds. Mr. Tang, the stall owner, said.
Folklore experts said that the custom of "biting spring" is people's good wishes for spring in the year, and it is with these activities about spring that people's lives add more fun and cultural colors. "Spring marks the real start of the new year, the real arrival, to keep the spring." The plan of the year lies in the spring, and to keep the beautiful scene of spring is a kind of prosperous and prosperous wish. So we must bite the spring, bite the spring, catch the spring and catch the year. Folklore expert Xun Delin said.
(Source: Zero Distance" reporter / He Pan Editor / Zhao Mengyan )