Today's "Shunxing Festival" on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, remember to "eat 1 thing, do 2 things", follow the old tradition, and the days will be smoother and smoother!
During our traditional Spring Festival, it can be said that every day has a variety of customs and exquisiteness, on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the traditional name is "Shunxing Festival", this day is also the birthday of the millet, called "Guri Festival" is one of our traditional lunar festivals, "Guri Festival" It reflects people's attention to agricultural production and an expectation of a bumper grain harvest. The "Guri Festival" on the eighth day of the first lunar month allows children to experience the hard-won food and is a very meaningful festival.
In the north, no matter what festival or solar term, dumplings will be eaten, because the shape of dumplings resembles ancient gold and silver ingots, meaning wealth and good luck, happiness and fulfillment. In many places, dumplings are made during the Spring Festival, and mascots such as sugar, peanuts, and coins are hidden in the dumpling filling, in order to have a sweet life, longevity, health, and prosperity in the new year!
Today is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, it is imperative to eat dumplings, and the meaning of eating dumplings today is to sacrifice the "Shunxing Festival" and commemorate the "birthday of the millet". Some of our old traditions are the love of life and the expectation of a good harvest for the old generation!
【Leek vegetarian three fresh dumplings】Ingredients: 400 grams of flour, a little leek, a little shiitake mushroom, an appropriate amount of shrimp, a little salt, a little monosodium glutamate, 3 eggs, an appropriate amount of peanut oil.
Steps:
Step 1: Add an appropriate amount of water to the flour, mix it into a dough with moderate hardness and softness, let it stand for a while and knead it evenly.
Step 2: Clean the leeks, cut them into chopped leeks, put them in a pot, add peanut oil and mix well, which can effectively delay the speed of water coming out of the leeks.
Step 3: Chop the shiitake mushrooms into minced pieces, mix well with salt, shrimp skin and monosodium glutamate, and then roll the eggs into the filling to slow down the water, and put more eggs.
Step 4: Take out the dough, roll it into long strips, knead it into small pieces and flatten it, and roll it out into a thin dumpling wrapper.
Step 5: Beat 1 egg into the filling, mix one-third of the leek filling, take a dumpling wrapper, and put the appropriate amount of filling.
Step 6: After folding in half, pinch tightly with both hands, and the dumplings will be wrapped.
Step 7: Put an appropriate amount of water in the pot and boil over high heat, cook the dumplings, gently push the dumplings with a spoon to prevent the dumplings from sticking to the pot, cover the lid and cook, and remove it.
Susanxian Stuffed Dumplings is a classic dumpling filling, which is more popular than meat fillings, remember to eat on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, implying a bumper harvest of grains, happiness, and a good luck!
On the eighth day of the first month, remember to do 2 things:
1. Worship the stars: The eighth day of the first lunar month is called the "Shunxing Festival" or "Star Worship Festival" in the old folk tradition, which is a festival related to astronomical star worship. On this day, people will hold star worship ceremonies and sacrifice ceremonies to pray for peace and good luck in the new year!
2. Fill the rice tank: In our traditional culture, rice is a symbol of wealth, and the rice tank is full on behalf of the family's wealth and worry-free food and clothing. The eighth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the millet "Guri Festival", in order to celebrate the birth of the grain, the rice jar is full, implying that the wind and rain are smooth, and the five grains are abundant!
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