Reading guide: The New Year is coming, and the New Year is coming. Cleaning and removing dust, cleaning the stove and sending the stove king. Every year on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, it is the traditional New Year's season. After entering the new year, it means that the flavor of the year is getting stronger and stronger, and the streets and alleys are also lively at this time, and some people who like to visit the door will talk to relatives and friends about various things encountered in the year every day. In the past few days, my family has also been very busy, and the whole family has cleaned all the places in the house, ready to celebrate the New Year happily with my family. And today is the New Year, every year in the New Year, there are also many traditional customs that we need to abide by, such as in the small year, we must remember to "eat 3 things, avoid 2 things, put 1 fruit" to welcome the blessing of good luck, do not forget the old tradition!
【Eat 3 items】
The first one: eight-treasure rice
The twenty-third day of the lunar month is also known as the "Stove Day", on this day, every household will be busy steaming the eight treasure rice, and after steaming, it will be placed on the stove to worship the god of the stove. Because the Eight Treasure Rice is a relatively sweet meal, after the Stove God eats the Eight Treasure Rice, the mouth will become very sweet, and when it goes to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor on various situations in the world, it will say more nice words, so that the Stove God can give more blessings to the world. And after the sacrifice, we also have to eat it, which means that in the new year, the days will be sweeter and sweeter.
[Raw material preparation]: 400 grams of glutinous rice, red dates, raisins, red dates, cranberries, longan, old brown sugar, etc.
【Preparation of Eight Treasure Rice】:
Step 1: Soak the glutinous rice in cold water for 1 hour, then put the glutinous rice in a steamer and steam it over high heat for 20 minutes until the glutinous rice is cooked and ready for use.
Step 2: Put the red dates, raisins, red dates, cranberries, and longan into the bowl, then put the glutinous rice into the bowl and press it tightly, then put the old brown sugar into the surface of the glutinous rice, and finally put the bowl into the steamer, steam it over high heat for 30 minutes, and when the time is up, take the bowl out and buckle it upside down on the plate.
The second type: sugar melon
"Twenty-third of the lunar month, sugar melon sticky", sugar melon is also called "stove sugar", on this day, every household will go to the street to buy a bag of sugar melon, and then use a plate or dustpan to put it on the stove sugar, it is said that after the god of the stove eats the sugar melon, the mouth will become very sweet, and will say a lot of nice words to the Jade Emperor. There is also a theory that because the sugar melon is particularly sweet, after the Stove God eats the sugar melon, his mouth will be sticked, so as to prevent the Stove God from speaking ill of people to the Jade Emperor. Either way, it represents people's yearning for a better life.
The third type: glutinous rice balls
Starting from a young age, it means that the New Year really kicks off, on the night of the New Year, every family will cook a pot of rice balls, each person eats 6-8, meaning that in the New Year, the whole family is not only more reunited, but also good luck will always accompany us. When eating glutinous rice balls on the same day, it is best not to bite the glutinous rice balls into 2-3 halves before eating, or when cooking, it will cause the glutinous rice balls to be exposed, which will lead to leakage of money.
[Death 2]
First thing: don't chop in the kitchen
Because the twenty-third day of the lunar month is the time to sacrifice to the stove, the most important thing on this day is to coax the god of the stove, so that it can bring good luck to every household, so on the day, we should not take a knife in the kitchen to chop, or take an ax to chop firewood, these behaviors are more noisy, if the god of the stove is noisy, it will be angry, will not say nice words to the Jade Emperor, in the following days, we will not be happy. On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, when you are chopping vegetables or doing anything in the kitchen, you must be light and spend the day quietly, and good luck will come.
Second thing: quarrels
Since the beginning of the child, it has officially entered the Spring Festival, during this time, we must not quarrel, quarrel, these things will destroy the friendship and family between people, resulting in you have no good luck! In the new year, no matter what happens, take a step back and open the sky, encounter quarrels, we must also persuade in time, happy and peaceful to welcome the arrival of the New Year, is the most important.
Swing a fruit: apples
The New Year is also a particularly important day of the year, on this night, every household should put 6-8 apples on the coffee table in the living room, which means that in the new year, everyone will be safe. If you don't want to put apples, you can also put sugar oranges, sugar cane, bananas and other fruits with beautiful meanings, but you can't put pears and pineapples, which have bad meanings.
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