In the twenty-third year of the lunar month, keep in mind that "eat 3 things and do 3 things", and the blessings and wealth are also smooth, and the old tradition is not forgotten
Time flies, and the twenty-third day of the lunar month is the traditional year of the mainland. Small year, also called the Stove God Festival, the Stove Festival, the New Year's Festival. This is the beginning of the Chinese New Year and the prelude to the Spring Festival. Xiao Nian, not only the farewell and summary of the past year, but also the expectation and blessing of the New Year, on this day, whether in the city or in the countryside, every household is immersed in the joy and busy atmosphere, accompanied by some traditional customs of the New Year, people with a sense of ritual to welcome the arrival of the New Year.
The new year is a good day for us to get rid of the old and welcome the new. Keep in mind that "eat 3 things, do 3 things", add blessings and wealth smoothly, and never forget the old tradition.
Eat 3 things on the twenty-third day of the lunar month
One, eat stove sugar
When I was young, I had to eat stove candy. "Twenty-three, the sugar melon is sticky, the stove lord wants to go to heaven", the twenty-third day of the month is the day when the god of the stove goes to heaven to report his work, and the tribute must have the stove sugar, also called the sugar melon. It is said that it is to let the god of the stove taste some sweetness, and say a few more kind words in front of the Jade Emperor, so that the next year will be good and life will be smoother.
Stove sugar, a kind of maltose, has long strips and oblate, and the inside is hollow, and it tastes crispy and sweet.
Second, eat dumplings
During the New Year, dumplings are an indispensable delicacy in the north. Eating dumplings in a small year means good luck, and dumplings are shaped like ingots, and making dumplings means wrapping good luck and bringing fortune.
To prepare the pork dumplings with leeks:
1. Ingredients to be prepared: good dough, leeks, eggs, fat and lean pork filling
2. Wash the leeks and cut them into minced pieces after controlling the water
3. Add vegetable oil to the wok, knock in 2 eggs and fry them into broken eggs, pour them out and cool them thoroughly before use
4. Adjust the meat filling. Add minced ginger, cooking wine, thirteen spices, soy sauce, salt and vegetable oil to the minced meat and stir until it is delicate and sticky, then pour in the chopped eggs and stir well
5. Pour in the leeks, pour 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil on the leeks and mix well, seal the cut noodles to avoid soup, and then stir well with the meat filling, and the filling will be adjusted
6. Roll the dough into long strips, cut the dough, press flat, roll out the dough, wrap the dumplings, and finally boil it in a pot under boiling water, and take it out to serve
Three, eat fish
Xiao Nian is a very important festival, on this day people will have a reunion dinner with their families, and the dinner table is indispensable to have fish, people believe that Xiao Nian eats fish, meaning more than every year!
To prepare the steamed spicy fish:
1. Ingredients to prepare: 1 fresh Wuchang fish
2，武昌鱼去鳞、去内脏、去腮、去掉肚内黑膜，冲洗干净后双面打花刀
3. Add ginger, white pepper, Pixian bean paste, a pinch of salt and cooking wine, wipe well and marinate for 20 minutes
4. Spread ginger and fish on the bottom of the plate, steam in a pot with boiling water for 7 minutes, then turn off the heat and simmer for 3 minutes
5. Control the steamed juice from the plate, drizzle with light soy sauce, minced garlic, dried chili pepper and Sichuan pepper, stir up the fragrance with hot oil, and serve
Do 3 things on the twenty-third day of the lunar month
One, sweep the dust
Sweeping dust in a small year is an indispensable item. On this day, people will do a thorough cleaning of the corners of their homes that have not been cleaned for a year. Pouring out the dust is also to clear the unpleasantness of the past year, sweep away the bad luck and bad luck, and hope that everything will go smoothly in the new year, and blessings and fortune will enter the door.
Second, haircuts
Legend has it that in the old days, the shaver would stop working and go home for the New Year after the 23rd day of the lunar month, and in addition, there was a custom in the old tradition that it was not suitable to cut hair in the first lunar month, so people would rush to get a haircut on the day of the new year.
The custom of cutting hair in the New Year continues to this day, and people will also prepare for the arrival of the New Year with a neat new look, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, and making a good start to the new year.
III. The Sacred God
In the folk, the twenty-third day of the lunar month is a very important day, each family sends the god of the stove back to the heavenly court to report on his work, also called "sacrificial stove". When sacrificing to the stove, the old statue of the god of the stove that has been burned for a year should be removed and replaced with a new one. Offerings should be placed and sugar should be offered to express sincerity, so that the god of the stove should "say good things in the heavens and keep peace in the lower realms" in order to obtain auspiciousness, peace and fortune for the coming year.
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