Not more than fifteen years are years, and fifteen years are over.
Perhaps out of the last attachment to the Spring Festival, the Fifteenth Lantern Festival of the First Month has colorful ways of celebrating everywhere.
Pinching the noodle lamp and lighting the noodle lamp is one of the ritualistic festivals of Weihai people.
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Kneading bean noodle lamps inherit folk culture
"Qingming Swallow, Dragon Boat Egg, Fifteenth Day of the First Month pinch bean noodles." The bean noodle lamp, which has been circulating in Weihai for hundreds of years, is a municipal intangible cultural heritage of Weihai.
Zhang Debo, a 52-year-old native of Quge Village, Ningjin Subdistrict, Rongcheng City, has been learning to knead bean noodle lamps since 1996 and is a famous local bean noodle lamp master. The face lamps he makes are different in different forms and come to life.
The raw materials of the bean noodle lamp are only bean noodles and water, both of which are in a certain proportion, and into a soft and hard moderate dough, after waking up, kneading a variety of zodiac lamps, auspicious lamps, moon lamps. The prepared bean noodle lamp is steamed on the pot, and the lamp twist is added to light it to reveal a charming golden yellow halo.
There are many kinds of bean noodle lamps, each containing different meanings. The yuanbao lamp is placed on the top of the box cabinet to symbolize the treasure of fortune; the fish lamp is placed in the water scoop, and the water scoop is placed in the water tank, symbolizing the surplus of the year; the chicken lamp is placed on the chicken nest, symbolizing auspiciousness...
The kneaded bean noodle lamp is lit and placed on the fifteenth night of the first month. People take advantage of the good times and atmosphere of the festival to pray for a happy birthday, help the festival, and avoid disasters.
"The craftsmanship of the ancestors cannot be lost." Zhang Debo not only made his own bean noodle lamp, but also taught others how to make bean noodle lamp, "Kneading bean noodle lamp is a traditional folk custom, but also a cultural symbol, we must pass on this craft all the time." ”
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Jiaodong flower dumplings are perfectly integrated with the face lamp
With the passage of time, the Weihai people, who are good at making noodles, skillfully integrated the Lantern Festival noodle lanterns with the provincial intangible cultural heritage, Hua Rao, symbolizing the auspicious and auspicious face lanterns.
Since the beginning of the first ten months of the new month, the noodle lantern flower dumplings have become a hot product, and Weihai Xuewozi Food Co., Ltd. has received orders for lantern flowers and flowers from all over the country.
Mighty tiger lamp, cute pig lamp, cute rabbit lamp... Good wishes are passed on to thousands of households along with the flowers and flowers.
Bean noodle lamps are mostly made of straw or bamboo skewers, cotton and cooking oil as wicks, while noodle lamps are generally used candles.
During the Lantern Festival, lighting up the face lamp is an important activity. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first month, the face lamp is lit, the lights are blooming, the peace is warm, and the family is happy.
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There are innovations in the inheritance of folklore
The "New Year Lantern" flowers are exquisite
As a carrier that carries people's pursuits and yearnings, for thousands of years, face lamps have been inherited as a traditional folk custom. Weihai craftsmen turned the moon lamp into a new year lamp on the basis of the original face lamp.
The face lamp is a pinnacle on people's yearning for a better life, reflecting the wisdom and talent of working people. The production of Lantern Festival face lamps is very exquisite.
Genus lamp is a zodiac animal according to the genus of the family. The auspicious lamp is to make a yuanbao lamp, a carp lamp, a chicken lamp, etc. according to your own wishes.
There are many types of face lamps, and the face lamps for different purposes have different sizes, appearances, production methods, and placements.
The moon lantern is also one of the lantern festival lamps with a beautiful meaning. "Older people" make moon lamps, 12 months a year, they have to make 12 lamps, which looks almost small, but the number of folds pinched on the edge of the lamp bowl is different. Such as pinching one pleat in the first month, pinching two pleats in February, pinching twelve pleats in December... When encountering a leap month, you have to pinch one more.
Weihai Mill Aimai Food Co., Ltd., on the basis of the moon lamp, innovated and produced the "New Year Lantern" flower feast, and concentrated the beautiful prayers of the 12 moon lamps, hoping to have a good harvest in the new year and pray for the well-being of the whole family.
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Bean noodle lamp to play a new trick
Celebrate the Lantern Festival with the "Ice Pier"
Lantern Festival is an important traditional festival of the Chinese nation, on February 14, Wang Lian United Front Lianxin Bridge Volunteer Team came to Wanglian Street ZhaiQianjia Village, together with the villagers to make bean noodle lanterns, celebrate the Lantern Festival.
As an intangible cultural heritage, the bean noodle lamp is made of a dough made of cooking oil mixed with bean noodles, and various shapes are kneaded in the hands of craftsmen, and a vivid bean noodle lamp is ready.
A small bean-faced lamp carries the deep attachment to the fisherman's culture and the farmer's hope for a prosperous life in the coming year. While holding the traditional bean noodle lamp, everyone also made a "ice pier" and "snow rongrong" bean noodle lamp, and the laughter and laughter came out together to cheer for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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Have you ever eaten a noodle lamp?
Customs and habits vary from place to place. In your hometown, can you eat noodle lamps?
In my memory, after the lamp is lit, it becomes a delicacy. Put the noodle lamp into the pot and steam, and the smell of the pot is mouth-watering. Breaking a small piece and putting it in your mouth can be said to be a unique childhood food memory, which is really a kind of enjoyment.
Today is the Lantern Festival
Borrow a lighted face lamp
I wish you all a new year
The wind and rain are smooth
The days are getting better and better
Producer: Yin Hongjun
Chief Editor on Duty: Wang Lan
Review: Sun Meiling
Text: Shi Yingyan
Photo: Liu Bin, Li Xinjun, part of zhang Debo courtesy of the picture
Editor: Zhou Zongyue
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