New Year's Day is now the New Year collectively referred to by most countries in the world, and there was no such festival in the mainland, because the mainland has always used the lunar calendar, and the word New Year's Day also referred to the first day of the first month in ancient times. It was not until the mainland of the Republic of China that the Gregorian calendar began to be used, and the first day of the solar calendar year was regarded as the "New Year", and later the first day of January was officially designated as the "New Year's Day".
Although New Year's Day does not have such a long history in the mainland as the Spring Festival, as the beginning of the Gregorian New Year, it has become more and more important in recent years, and everyone likes to get together with friends or family on the night before New Year's Day, eat and have fun to celebrate the New Year.
On the day of New Year's Day, many people are also very particular, like to eat some lucky dishes, auspicious fruits, do more good luck, add wealth, etc., in order to have a good fortune.
Tomorrow is New Year's Day, it is recommended that everyone bring three "lucky dishes" to the table, do three "financial things", and bless yourself and your family with a lot of good fortune in the new year.
Eat three lucky dishes on New Year's Day:
1. Wrapped around the waist - garlic vermicelli shrimp
This dish is made with vermicelli and prawns, and then steamed with a rich garlic sauce, and it is very fresh and delicious. The slender vermicelli are wrapped together to support the shrimp, which is beautiful and chic, and also means that the waist is wrapped in a thousand dollars, and the first day of the new year to serve this dish on the table means that the family will soon have enough money and food.
Ingredients: shrimp, vermicelli, garlic, millet pepper
1. Soak the vermicelli in warm water to soften, remove the head and shell of the prawn, wash the back of the shrimp and make an opening on the back of the shrimp, and stuff the shrimp tail into the back of the shrimp.
2. Put minced garlic and minced millet pepper in a bowl, add two spoons of oyster sauce, pour in hot oil to stimulate the fragrance, add an appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence and stir well.
3. Put the vermicelli rings on a plate, put the prawns, pour the garlic sauce, and put them in the steamer of SAQI to steam for 10 minutes.
4. After taking it out, sprinkle with chopped green onions, drizzle with steamed fish soy sauce, then pour some hot oil, and decorate with cucumber slices around the plate.
Second, the financial resources are rolling - sweet and sour potato balls
This lucky dish is simply made of potatoes, steamed and then fried, so that the taste of the potatoes is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and then wrapped in a sweet and sour sauce, the more you eat, the more addictive it is, and it will be very popular with children. And this golden and mellow appearance has a good meaning of "rolling wealth", and those who want to welcome good luck and wealth in the New Year can serve this dish to the table.
Ingredients: potatoes, Shanghai greens, starch, wolfberry, white sesame seeds
1. Peel and slice the potatoes, put them in a steamer and steam them for 15 minutes, take them out after steaming, add an appropriate amount of salt and pepper, and press them into mashed potatoes.
2. Pour an appropriate amount of starch into the mashed potatoes, stir well to form a small ball, and then roll on a thin layer of starch.
3. Pour oil into the fryer, boil the oil until it is hot, fry in the pan for three minutes until the potato balls are golden brown and crispy, and remove the dry oil.
4. Wash the Shanghai greens, pour them into a pot of boiling water, add oil and salt, boil for half a minute, and put potato balls on top.
5. Put three spoons of tomato paste, two spoons of sugar, and two spoons of rice vinegar in a pot, pour half a bowl of water and boil until thick, pour on the potato balls, and decorate them with wolfberries.
3. Good luck - lotus root steamed pork
The practice of this lotus root steamed pork is very simple and trouble-free, it is highly recommended to serve it on the table on New Year's Day, it tastes delicious and fragrant, and the nutrition is also very rich, and the shape of the dish is also very atmospheric and beautiful, and has the good meaning of "good luck".
Ingredients: lotus root, minced pork, ginger, green onion, millet pepper, Sichuan pepper
1. Peel and slice the lotus root, soak it in salted water, cut the green onion, ginger slices and peppercorns and soak it into green onion and ginger water.
2. Beat an appropriate amount of green onion and ginger water into the meat filling, stir until the water is fully absorbed, add an appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence and stir vigorously, and then beat in an egg white and stir vigorously.
3. Sandwich the meat filling into the lotus root slices, knead it and put it on a plate, put a few pieces of lotus root in the middle of the circle, put the egg yolk in the middle, and steam it for 20 minutes.
4. Use two spoons of light soy sauce, one spoonful of oyster sauce, add a spoonful of starch, an appropriate amount of salt, chicken essence, add water and stir well into the sauce and pour it into a pot to cook until thick.
5. Pour the boiled sauce on the lotus root steamed pork, then cut some chopped millet pepper with chopped green onions, and sprinkle on top.
There are three more financial things to do on New Year's Day:
1. Clean the house
As the saying goes, "the home is clean and the house is clean", clean the home, their mood can become clear and bright, and the mentality is also positive, such talents are easy to attract a lot of good luck and good things, and bring some financial luck to themselves.
And like the traditional culture in the mainland, before welcoming the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, it is necessary to clean the home inside and out to sweep away bad luck and bad luck, so as to welcome the God of Wealth home, because the God of Wealth also likes a clean and tidy environment. Therefore, on the first day of the new year, we must clean the home to make the house bright and tidy, so that the new year can be good luck and prosperity.
2. Accompany filial parents
Since ancient times, people believe that the more filial piety people, the more prosperous the fortune, as the saying goes, "filial piety is the first", all good deeds are from the word "filial piety" to start first, to support filial piety to the elderly in the family, is to accumulate good fortune, the family can also be more harmonious, and they can rest assured that they can work hard outside.
In addition, people who have parents in their hearts and know how to be filial to their parents also show that they are mostly kind-hearted people, and they are more likely to be helpful and smiling outside, conveying a positive energy to others, and such people are also more likely to gain the trust of friends, colleagues, and customers, and their financial luck will not be bad. Therefore, during the New Year's Day holiday, it is best to take this opportunity to go home to accompany your parents and cook a meal for your parents.
3. Calm down and read
Nowadays, the functions of mobile phones are becoming more and more powerful, and they also occupy more and more people's time, and the time consumed by everyone on entertainment is also skyrocketing, and few people can calm down to read and read books. But there is a golden house in the book, only by acquiring enough knowledge can you earn more wealth, don't spend your spare time for entertainment and looking at your phone.
It is best to develop the Xi of reading every day, stay away from mobile phones, quietly read some books that are beneficial to yourself or interested in yourself, enrich your heart, improve yourself, improve your vision and spiritual world, wealth will naturally beckon you. New Year's Day is the beginning of a new year, start from this first day, stick to it and develop a good reading Xi.
- Lao Jing said -
On New Year's Day, in addition to eating lucky dishes and doing a lot of financial things, you should also remember to have taboos, such as trying to avoid breaking any items, not saying something too negative or quarreling with others, such as pears, plum vegetables, pickles, fried squid and other things that are not very auspicious, and it is best not to borrow money on this day, otherwise they are all unlucky symbols. #2024 Energize your life#
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