Today, on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, no matter how busy you are, you must remember to "eat 4 things, avoid 2 things" to welcome blessings and auspicious meanings, don't lose the old tradition!
In our long history, there are many old traditions that have been passed down, the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar is a very important day, according to legend, it is the birth day of the Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha, known as the Buddha Bathing Festival, the Buddha's Birthday Festival, the Longhua Festival and so on. There are many exquisiteness and customs in various places, in these customs, food is an important part, in addition to a variety of vegetarian food, but also remember to eat 4 things, avoid 2 things, welcome auspicious blessing meaning good, don't lose the old tradition! These old traditions are the people's yearning and expectation for a better life!
The eighth day of the fourth lunar month is a very important day in many places, "Buddha's Birthday", in addition to the various monasteries attach great importance to it, the folk also have some customs and food customs, together to understand the old tradition!
1: Bare surface
The eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar is the "Buddha's Birthday", according to the tradition, a bowl of somen noodles is to be eaten on the Buddha's Birthday, and the noodles imply peace and smoothness, health and longevity!
【How to make somen noodles】Ingredients: 400 grams of hand-rolled noodles, 2 spoons of sesame paste, 1 spoon of peanut butter, 1 spoon of light soy sauce, 1 spoon of old vinegar, a little garlic, a little salt, a little coriander, soaked purple cabbage and sour radish, spinach.
1. Roll out the dough into a thin dough, fold the dough, cut it into the desired width with a knife to form a hand-rolled dough, put water in the pot to boil, shake the hand-rolled dough and put it into cooking, take out the noodles and put them in pure water for later use.
2. 2 spoons of sesame paste, 1 spoon of peanut butter, 1 spoon of light soy sauce, 1 spoon of old vinegar, dilute well with a little cold boiled water, then add a little garlic and a little salt, stir well to make the juice. Put the noodles on a plate, add kimchi, coriander, shallots, and pour in the mixed sauce.
Two: black rice porridge
On the eighth day of the fourth month, there is a custom of eating black rice porridge, which was originally an offering to the Buddha, and later evolved into a traditional diet of the "Bathing Buddha Festival", which means to welcome blessings and auspiciousness, and harvest grains!
【Preparation of black rice porridge】Ingredients: appropriate amount of black rice, a little purple rice, a little brown rice, an appropriate amount of lotus seeds, and an appropriate amount of red beans.
1. Wash and soak the red beans and lotus seeds so that they are easy to cook when cooking porridge, and wash the black rice, purple rice and brown rice for later use.
2. Put the soaked lotus seeds and red beans into a casserole, bring to a boil, add black rice, purple rice and brown rice to boil over high heat, change to low heat and cook slowly for about 30 minutes, the porridge is thick and can be out of the pot.
Three: Yuandouer
In the "Bathing Buddha Festival", many places have the food custom of eating beans, according to the old tradition to every household on the eighth day of the fourth month of April to boil soybeans in salt water early and share them with neighbors. Whether you recognize this "edge bean" or not, people who believe in Buddhism or not believe in Buddhism are very willing to give some boiled soybeans, regardless of how many are just for the sake of getting married, so it is also called eating "edge beans". It means to get acquainted with good fate, live in harmony, and welcome blessings!
Ingredients: soybeans, celery, carrots, light soy sauce, salt, peppercorns, star anise, vinegar.
1. Wash the soybeans in advance and soak them into the appearance of fresh soybeans, put the soaked soybeans into the pot and add water, salt, peppercorns, star anise to boil over high heat, simmer over medium-low heat for about 15 minutes, turn off the heat and let cool.
2. Take out the cooled soybeans and put them in a container with diced celery and carrots, then add a little salt, light soy sauce and vinegar, and mix well.
Four: Tofu
On the eighth day of the fourth month of the Buddha's birthday, there is a vegetarian diet, vegetarian food includes a variety of vegetarian food, among which tofu is the most representative ingredient, tofu means blessing, remember to eat on this day!
【Toon mixed with tofu method】Ingredients: 1 piece of tofu, a few pickled toons, a little salt, a little chicken essence, and an appropriate amount of sesame oil.
1. Wash the pickled toon sprouts in spring, cut the salted toon sprouts into minced pieces with a knife for later use, and blanch the tofu into small dices for later use.
2. Mix salt, chicken essence and a little water, pour it into the tofu, add the toon, and then pour a little sesame oil on it, and serve it directly.
On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, there are 2 things to taboo:
1. Avoid alcohol
On the day of Buddha's Birthday, we remember not to drink, drinking is a habit that hurts the body, and there is a certain truth in the saying "drinking disorderly". Less bad habits and more good luck for your family!
2. Death Sheng
In the "Buddha's Birthday", avoid killing, Buddhism has always been compassionate, and during the Buddha Bathing Festival, the custom of releasing life is popular. We should not only do good deeds on this day, but also have good thoughts in our daily life, so as to set a good example for the younger generation, so that future generations can also remember the inheritance of "benevolence"!
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