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March 3rd, a very ancient festival, it was originally a traditional festival of the Han nationality, but with the development of history, many ethnic minorities are now living this festival, the more representative is the Zhuang people, on March 3 every year, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will have a two-day holiday, so when I see friends in Guangxi posting his holiday, many friends are envious, after all, on March 3rd, there are not too many people in the Han nationality, pay attention to this day.
The third day of March of the lunar calendar, also known as the Shangsi Festival, Si, is the sixth place of the earthly branch, in the Ganzhi chronology, the ten days of the stem and the twelve earthly branches are matched in pairs, respectively, recording the year, month, day, time, in the process of counting the day, every twelve days there is a "Si" day, so in a month, there will be two to three days, the first day of the month, is the "Shangsi" The ancients regarded the first day of March of the lunar calendar as a festival, and later in the process of continuous evolution, people no longer look at whether it is a day, as long as it is the third day of March, it is called "Shangsi Festival".
According to the "Xijing Miscellaneous Records", "in March, in September, Chongyang, the handmaiden game, was uprooted and ascended". One is in late spring, the other is in late autumn, and the outing and resignation have also reached their peak. In the late spring, people do more naturally or go green, which is what we call wild outings, and in the process of outings, they will naturally pick some wild vegetables to eat. And later, it gradually evolved into the saying that "if a dish is not on the table, blessing will not enter the door", so what kind of dish does this dish refer to? Don't lose the tradition.
What kind of dish does it mean to eat a dish on March 3?
The answer is: shepherd's cabbage
In many places, the third day of March is also known as the birthday of "shepherd's cabbage". When people go on a trip, men and women actually pick camellia flowers, men wear them on their chests, and women wear them in their hair. Thought it was decorative. In addition, it is recorded that the camellia flower also has a role in clearing the eyes and driving away sleep. At this time, it is just when people feel tired, and it is quite appropriate to eat a little shepherd's cabbage.
There is also a record in Qing Gulu's "Qing Jialu Wild Cauliflower": "Capsule's cauliflower is commonly called wild cauliflower", (March 3) "Village children are constantly selling or women are pure, in order to pray for clear eyes, and the common name is to see bright flowers". In the area of Jiangsu, on the third day of the first month of March, women wear camellia flowers and say "to drive sleep".
Folklore has it that Xue Rengui joined the army in the Tang Dynasty, and Wang Bao stayed alone for 10 years. The day the husband and wife met was the third day of the third month of March, and Wang Baochuan was digging shepherd's cabbage, with a camellia flower on his head. Therefore, on the third day of March, it has become a custom to wear camellia flowers and eat camellia, and the folk people are not tired of it.
The practice of shepherd's cabbage is shared
1. Recommended recipe: shepherd's cabbage porridge
Ingredients: Capsule, rice, salt
Method: 1. Clean the shepherd's cabbage, then cut it into minced pieces and put it in a bowl for later use
2. Put rice in the pot, pour in water, boil into porridge, pour in the shepherd's cabbage, stir constantly, you can also put a little salt to change its taste
2. Recommended recipe: boiled eggs with shepherd's cabbage
Ingredients: Capsule, egg, ginger, salt
Method: 1. Clean the eggs, then put them in a large bowl and pour in an appropriate amount of water.
2. Clean the picked shepherd's cabbage, also put it in a bowl, put a little ginger slices in it, and then add a little salt.
3. Pour in water, start to cook thoroughly, and simmer a little, so that you can start eating.
3. Recommended recipe: shepherd's cabbage dumplings
Ingredients: Dumpling wrapper, shepherd's cabbage, minced pork, salt, egg, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, five-spice powder, green onion and ginger water
1. Clean the shepherd's cabbage, cut it into minced pieces, and pour it into a large bowl.
2. Take out the pork filling that has been processed in advance, then add salt and eggs, oyster sauce, light soy sauce and five-spice powder, and green onion and ginger water, add shepherd's cabbage and mix well.
3. Take out the dumpling skin, wrap it with filling, then put it in boiling water and cook it thoroughly, and then you can take it out and eat.
【Food Carving】
The old tradition reminds us that we should eat shepherd's cabbage on this day, and we also hope that we can be blessed to enter the house and be healthy, so the first dish on March 3rd refers to the shepherd's cabbage that we are familiar with.
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