In many parts of China, there is a custom of eating New Year cakes during the Chinese New Year. New Year cakes mean 'high every year', expressing everyone's blessing for the new year. It is said that eating New Year cakes has another saying. Who is eating New Year cakes to commemorate? Let's have a look.
What does it mean to eat rice cakes during the new year
New Year cake is homonymous with 'Nian Gao'. Eating rice cakes in the new year indicates the height of each year, expressing everyone's expectations and good wishes for the new year on the occasion of the Spring Festival. This is a traditional custom in many parts of China.
New Year cake is an essential new year cake for the Chinese New Year. Literally speaking, it is full of auspicious meaning. The homonym of 'Nian' and 'sticky' can be understood as the meaning of new year or reunion, while the homonym of 'cake' is' high ', which means rising step by step. In addition, the New Year cake has a variety of tastes, which has almost become a necessary occasion food for every family. The style of New Year cakes includes square yellow and white New Year cakes, which symbolize gold and silver and express the meaning of getting rich in the new year.
The style of New Year cakes includes square yellow and white New Year cakes, which symbolize gold and silver and express the meaning of getting rich in the new year. In the north, rice cakes are mainly sweet, steamed or fried, and some people simply eat them with sugar. The rice cakes in the south are sweet and salty. For example, the rice cakes in Suzhou and Ningbo are made of Japonica Rice and have a light taste. In addition to steaming and frying, it can also be sliced, fried or boiled. Sweet rice cakes are made of glutinous rice flour with white sugar, lard, rose, Osmanthus fragrans, mint, vegetarian paste and other ingredients. They are fine in workmanship. They can be steamed directly or fried with egg white.
Who will eat rice cakes in memory of the Chinese new year
In the spring and Autumn period, Wu Zixu, a senior official of the state of Wu.
In the ancient spring and autumn and Warring States periods, Suzhou was the capital of the state of Wu. At that time, the princes dominated, and the war continued year after year. The state of Wu built a strong wall to prevent the enemy's attack. On this day, the king of Wu held a feast to celebrate. During the dinner, the ministers indulged in wine and music and thought that with a strong city, they could rest easy. Seeing this, Wu Zixu, the state minister, was deeply worried. He called his personal entourage and charged: "the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty now think that the high wall can ensure the peace of the state of Wu. Although the wall can resist enemy soldiers, people inside will also be subject to the same restrictions if they want to go out. If the enemy encircles and does not fight, will Wu not be bound by his own cocoon? If you forget yourself, you will be in trouble. If something happens to me and the kingdom of Wu is trapped and there is no food, you can dig three feet under the xiangmen city to get food. " The entourage thought Wu Zixu had drunk too much, but he didn't take it seriously. Before long, the king died, Fu Chai inherited the throne, listened to greedy words, and gave Wu Zixu to commit suicide. Gou Jian, king of Yue, raised his troops to attack Wu and surrounded the capital of Wu. These glutinous flour saved the people of the whole city. Since then, during the Chinese new year, every family made 'City bricks' with glutinous rice flour, which is the origin of the appearance of New Year cakes, and enshrined Wu Zixu. Over time, it was called New Year cake.
When do you eat rice cakes during the Chinese new year
On the morning of the first day of the Spring Festival, people pay attention to eating New Year cakes, which means "high every year".
The general custom is to eat during the Spring Festival. The New Year cake is a traditional food of the Han nationality. It is a cake steamed with sticky rice or rice flour. It is a timely food in the Chinese Lunar New Year. During the Spring Festival, many parts of China pay attention to eating New Year cakes. New Year cakes are red, yellow and white, symbolizing gold and silver. New Year cakes are also called 'New Year cakes', which is homonymous with' high every year ', implying that people's work and life are improving year by year.
People usually dip in sugar when eating New Year cakes. People with high blood sugar should eat carefully because the sugar rising index of New Year cakes is relatively high. In addition, you can't eat too much new year cake at one time. Because the content of amylopectin in New Year cake is high and difficult to digest, it will stimulate the stomach to secrete a lot of gastric acid. If you eat too much, there is likely to be pantothenic acid. When eating New Year cake, you can match some foods, such as vegetable salad or hawthorn, to avoid stomach discomfort caused by excessive intake of amylopectin.