What is the date of Shanghai New Year's Eve in 2019? What do you eat for Shanghai New Year's Eve
4hw.com.cn: Xiaonian is a folk name. Most of the Xiaonian in the north is on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, while the Xiaonian in Shanghai is usually one day later than that in the north. So what is the date of Shanghai Xiaonian in 2019? What does Shanghai Xiaonian eat? Let's have a look.
The 24th day of the twelfth lunar month (folk stove worship day), that is, January 29. The "little new year" in Shanghai and other Jiangnan areas usually refers to the day before the big new year's Eve, and there is no special stress on that day; The folk stove worship day is the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, one day later than that in northern China. However, with the acceleration of urban life, few Shanghainese still maintain the stove worship custom.
The 24th of the twelfth lunar month is the day of offering sacrifices to the kitchen god in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. Families prepare zongzi, sugar and glutinous rice balls to send "sugar coated shells" to the kitchen god, which also means that from today on, Jiangnan people officially enter various preparations and celebrations for the spring Festival. Yesterday, on the microblog platform, netizens from all over the country had lively exchanges around 'sacrificial kitchen' and 'Xiaonian', showing the differences between North and South customs. The reporter also took the opportunity to interview folklore experts to interpret Shanghai's sacrificial kitchen day.
"Xiaonian" is different from the north and the south
On the day of offering sacrifices to the kitchen god, people in the North commonly call it "Xiaonian", and there is a saying of "23 tanggua sticky", which means that on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month every year, the Kitchen God goes to report the merits and demerits of the year to the jade emperor, and God chooses to bring disaster and blessing to each family. People use maltose to make 'sugar melon', thinking that this can make the kitchen god's mouth sweet, say a lot of good words in front of the Jade Emperor, and stick his mouth with sugar to prevent him from saying more, so as to have a good weather and good luck in the coming year.
The "little new year" in Shanghai and other Jiangnan areas usually refers to the day before the big new year's Eve, and there is no special stress on that day; The folk stove worship day is the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, one day later than that in northern China. However, with the acceleration of urban life, few Shanghainese still maintain the stove worship custom.
Sweet and sticky food is popular in sacrificial stoves in Shanghai
The kitchen god has two duties: one is to be the family protector and protect the well-being of family members; Second, act as a 'Discipline Inspection Committee' and be responsible for supervising people's words and deeds. In Shanghai, the traditional food on Kitchen God's Day is zongzi sugar, maltose and glutinous rice balls. The sweet and sticky 'sugar coated shells' make the kitchen god only say good words.
In addition, sacrificial food in Shanghai is also related to dialect homophony. For example, on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, I am used to eating ground chestnut (also known as water chestnut and horseshoe). In Shanghai dialect, 'ground' and 'sweet' are homonymous, and the homonym of the old ground chestnut represents sweet, so that the kitchen god can say more good words; The word "Ci" of Zizania (also known as "arrowhead") is homonymous with "is" in Shanghai. Therefore, Zizania is also a traditional food for Shanghainese to sacrifice to the kitchen. I hope the kitchen Lord will only say "yes" in front of the Jade Emperor.
Different from the south, in addition to eating sugar melons on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the northern region also likes to eat dumplings, which means "send off dumplings to meet the wind", and there are places to eat huoshao. Although the cooking time and food are different from north to south, the intention and expectation are the same.