Today is the last of the 24 solar terms
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Yu Xiaohe looked at the calendar of previous years and found
The last time the Great Cold Festival was on the same day as Lapa Ba
It was in 2011
So
Today is a rare good day
When the big cold meets Lapa Ba, half is cold and half is warm
The warmth of Laba porridge can dispel the cold of winter
"Children, children, don't be hungry, after the eighth year is the year."
The Lapa Festival also kicked off the New Year.
The great cold is the last of the twenty-four solar terms, and every year around January 20, when the sun reaches 300 ° ecliptic longitude, it is the great cold, at this point, the solar cycle is reincarnated, the next solar term is lichun, and a new round of cycle reciprocation is coming.
"The great cold year has every year, not in the three nines in the four nines." The great cold and the small cold are the solar terms that indicate the degree of cold, and the ancients believed: "The great cold is the middle, and the upper form is in the small cold, so it is called big... The reverse pole of the cold is called the great cold. At this time, the north was in the "April 9" weather, and it was still a cold scene of cold and freezing.
In ancient times, the great cold was divided into three seasons: "one waiting for chicken milk; two waiting for birds to be sick; and three waiting for water and water to be strong." That is to say, the great cold season can hatch the chicks; and birds of prey such as the falcon are in a state of extremely predatory ability, hovering in the air to find prey to replenish energy and resist the cold; the ice in the water is frozen to the middle of the water, and the ice at this time is the strongest and thickest.
After the great cold is the "Li Chun" festival, although it is cold at this time, but insisting on the past is the spring warm blossom.
The great cold festival coincides with the alternation of winter and spring, and the diet also needs to adapt to the changes of the seasons. Different from the warm supplement since the winter solstice, the amount of food supplemented by the great cold should be gradually reduced, and the food with the nature of ascension can be added appropriately to adapt to the rise of all things in the spring.
The following Jinan specialties can bring more physical comfort to people in the cold winter.
△ Jinan sweet foam is mainly boiled with millet noodles, and peanuts, noodles, cowpeas, dried spiced tofu, spinach are made, also known as "five-spice sweet foam", which is Jinan's signature famous snack and is a porridge food for the public. On a winter morning, drink a bowl of hot sweet foam, and the whole person is warm and comfortable from the inside out.
△ Jinan "tea soup" is made by grinding the fine Longshan millet into powder and frying, and then brewing it with spring water. According to the taste, add ground sesame seeds, peanuts, sunflower seeds, walnut kernels, raisins and other ingredients to enhance the taste. In winter, when it is refreshments, it warms the heart and the stomach.
△ Snow Wild Fish Head Soup is made of sweet mountain spring water, authentic Yukino Lake big flower silver carp, with unique seasonings, slow simmered in fruit wood. The stewed fish head meat is delicious, the entrance is fragrant, fat but not fishy, tender but not greasy, can be described as a snow wild must. Winter eclipses nourish and moisturize the body.
△ Laiwu stir-fried chicken inherits the traditional craftsmanship, using free-range high-quality Laiwu black rooster as raw material, carefully concocted by famous chefs, its color is ruddy, nutritious, delicious and mellow, sucking finger aftertaste. Eating can strengthen the body and strengthen the immunity.
△ The main raw material of Laiwu sausage is the lean meat and small intestine of Laiwu black pig, which has a unique flavor, rich nutrition, delicious and clear mouth, and has the functions of enhancing appetite and stomach and rationalizing qi, and has a history of nearly 200 years of production technology. Cooking and accompanying meals can enhance appetite and increase nutrition.
△ Zhangqiu Huangjia barbecue meat skin crisp, yellow color, tender meat, delicious, delicious, edible but not greasy, relying on unique secrets to conquer our taste buds, but also to the human body a good supplement to protein. Its traditional craftsmanship was listed as An Intangible Cultural Heritage of China in 2010.
In addition to eating, you should also be prepared to keep the soles of your feet warm and cold.
There is a folk saying, "Cold is born from the bottom of the feet". Because the foot is the farthest end of the human body, the fat is thin, the warmth ability is poor, and the feet are soaked with ginger boiled on weekdays, which is an important method of winter health.
△ Jinan Laiwu enjoys the reputation of "China's ginger town" and has a history of more than 2,000 years of ginger cultivation. The resulting ginger is rich in ginger oil ketones, ginger oil powder minerals and vitamins, carotene thiamine and other ingredients, and its nutritional composition ranks first in the country in similar products.
The ancients paid attention to the health principle of "spring hair, long summer, autumn harvest, and winter Hiding", believing that this could maintain "spring peace, summer Tai, autumn auspicious, and winter auspicious".
Winter and March are the seasons when vitality lurks and everything is hidden, and the health of the cold should focus on "hiding". At this time, the body's yin and yang dissipation, metabolism is also in a relatively slow period, therefore, living should be early to sleep and late, outdoor activities should not be too early, to avoid impatience, anger, overwork, so that it is conducive to the cold winter.
Lapa Festival, commonly known as "Lapa Ba", that is, the eighth day of the first month of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, a traditional festival of the Han people, and the folk tradition of eating "Lapa Eight Porridge" and soaking Lapa Eight Garlic (in some places, "Lapa Eight Rice") is the custom.
In Jinan, every year on the day of the Lapa Festival, the Guandi Temple on Furong Street, the Xingguo Zen Temple of Thousand Buddha Mountain, and the Chongming Temple all have the tradition of offering Lapa Porridge. Early in the morning, the public will line up in a long line to wait for the porridge, in order to capture the auspiciousness and lively celebration of the festival.
Warm tips: Winter is the key period of epidemic prevention and control, according to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, Furong Street Guandi Temple, Thousand Buddha Mountain Xingguo Zen Temple, Chongming Temple this year do not do Lapa Ba Shi porridge activities.
Laba porridge is an indispensable staple food for people on this day. The history of drinking Laba porridge in China has been more than a thousand years. Although the ingredients of Laba porridge are different in different regions, they basically include cereals such as rice, millet, glutinous rice, sorghum rice, purple rice, barley, soybeans, red beans, mung beans, kidney beans, cowpeas, red dates, peanuts, lotus seeds, goji berries, chestnuts, walnuts, almonds, guiyuan, raisins, white fruits and other dried fruits.
What is the difference between the lapa porridge of the people of Jinan, Quancheng?
The main ingredients of "Quancheng Laba Congee" are rice and millet, which are made of Yellow River rice from Huaiyin Wujiabao and Longshan millet from Zhangqiu, respectively, and the water of boiling porridge is the clear and sweet spring water under quancheng. This unique ingredient of "Laba Porridge" can only be drunk in Jinan!
△ The well-known Wujiapu Yellow River rice was born in 1958 in the introduction of yellow rice reform, after three rice reforms, saline depressions became rice grain rivers. Rice has become the local golden signboard, the taste is fragrant, weak alkaline, low sugar content, rich in a variety of mineral elements, successfully on the third batch of national famous new agricultural products in 2020 list.
△ Longshan millet grains are round and large, the color is golden and bright, and the rice yield is high. The porridge cooked with it is golden brown, the soup is viscous, and a layer of rice oil is exposed on the surface, which is rich in flavor and nutrients. Longshan millet was one of the four major tributes in the country in the Qing Dynasty, and was called "Longmi Jintang" by the Qianlong Emperor and was named Gongmi.
Most parts of North China also have the custom of soaking garlic with vinegar on the eighth day of the first lunar month, called "Lapa Eight Garlic". Pickled garlic is a peeled garlic clove placed in a container that can be sealed, and then poured vinegar, sealed and placed in a cold place. Slowly, the garlic soaked in vinegar will become turquoise, and after more than 20 days of the New Year, the garlic can be eaten with dumplings.
From the eighth day of the first lunar month in northern China, the atmosphere of the New Year will race day by day.
The Spring Festival is approaching, and the Jinan New Year Goods Market is a booming scene. Many citizens began to buy Spring Festival, lanterns, etc. to welcome the Spring Festival. Buying New Year goods, it is also time to put on the agenda!
What are the "traditional New Year goods" in Jinan? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area and share the new year flavor of Jinan with everyone!
"Creation is wordless but sentient, and every time it is cold, it feels spring."
After the great cold, we will usher in a new year of solar cycle.
When we are experiencing the last cold,
In fact, it is on the way to welcome spring.
Photography: Wang Ping, Wang Xiao, Wang Qin, Shao Kai, Chen Cheng, Li Feng
Source: Jinan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism