The footsteps of the Spring Festival are getting closer and closer, and the new year flavor of Jiande Dayang Town is getting stronger and stronger.
Thin silk threads shuttle back and forth, large and small fish are cleaned up, neatly hung on the silk thread, everywhere is a magnificent "sunfish map". Under the winter sun, all kinds of dried fish are slightly blown, and a fresh smell comes to the face.
"The dried fish here are all clean, not very salty and very welcome. Generally every month before the Spring Festival, hundreds of kilograms of dried fish will be dried, some of which will be sold, some of which will be eaten at home, and some of which will be given to relatives and friends. Fisherman Qian Xue said.
With the salty ones, try the sweet ones again. In the homestay in Dayang Town, villager Lei Xuehua began to make frozen rice candy. Soak glutinous rice, steam, dry, wash sesame seeds, dry, stir-fry, followed by sugar, stir-fry rice, shelves, molding, striping, slicing, the whole hut is permeated with warmth and sweetness.
The handmade frozen rice candy made by the farmer not only tastes good, but also has a variety of tricks, mixing glutinous rice, japonica rice, millet with sesame seeds, melon seeds, peanuts, etc., can make 20 or 30 different flavors of frozen rice candy.
"Making frozen rice candy is our tradition here, now make some, you can eat it yourself, you can send it to friends, if there are tourists who come to stay at the homestay, you can also let them taste the most authentic New Year flavor in the countryside." Lei Xuehua said.
In the years of material scarcity, the fresh aroma of dried fish and the crunchiness of frozen rice candy were once the sweet and warm thoughts of many people. Nowadays, the times have progressed, and people's living conditions have improved, but the tradition of drying fish and eating frozen rice candy has been maintained by everyone. This bite is the sweet taste of people's New Year in the old times.
Correspondent | White Ocean