the Spring Festival of the year of the pig in 2019 is coming soon. Eating New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve is the most important thing before the Spring Festival. There is also a lot of stress in eating New Year's Eve dinner in many places. As an ancient capital of China, Beijing pays much attention to new year's Eve dinner because it is the most important meal of the year according to customs and traditions. The small editor of this article will tell you about the stress of big meals in the tradition of old Beijing.
New year's Eve dinner is the most important meal of the year
New year's Eve dinner, also known as reunion dinner, is the most delicious meal. It has a history of thousands of years to have a meal to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new when the whole family is reunited. In the book of rites & middot; heavenly official book, there is a record that "when people die tomorrow, they will eat for a while and have Yang Qi, so it is called Chu Sui". In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, people paid more attention to the new year's Eve dinner of "people die and eat for a while". In the Qing Jialu, there was a specific description of "family banquet on New Year's Eve, salty collection of children and elders, mostly in auspicious language, called New Year's Eve dinner, and commonly called family happiness".
Old Beijing is the best district. People speak both inside and outside. They are very serious about the new year's Eve dinner. The chronicles of Beijing Customs says: 'on New Year's Eve, people, rich or poor, have more food. In the evening, the shop lights and candles are as rotten as Star cloth, and tourists follow one another, full of joy. People put new rice in pots and pans to store it, which is called New Year's rice. On the sign, cypress, persimmon, longan, litchi and jujube chestnut are called New Year's rice fruits, which are decorated with gold foil and Yuanbao. Families hold banquets, play less and more, and children play all night. The sound of a woman's knife and anvil is heard from far and near. " A few crosses show all the lively scenes of the Spring Festival in old Beijing. There is a similar record in Yanjing's chronicle of age: it says that on New Year's Eve, the family sits together to celebrate the new year's Eve. The wine is listed, the lights are shining, and women and children are happy to roll dice. "
The ancients attached importance to the new year's Eve dinner, not just a dinner, it has a deep meaning, so at that time, no matter the family was rich or poor, they never went to a restaurant or restaurant to go to the new year's Eve. There are many things besides eating and drinking at the new year's Eve dinner. For example, sacrificial activities before meals and recreational activities after meals are difficult to do outside. Tang Lushun, a gourmet and scholar, is a descendant of the imperial concubine. When he came to Taiwan in his early years, he missed the old Beijing customs very much. He said, "the dinner on New Year's Eve is called the reunion dinner in the South and the reunion dinner in the north. No matter which province, it attaches great importance to this meal, and there are the most taboos to eat this meal & hellip& hellip;' He also pointed out: "during the Chinese new year, every family is full of meat. It is delicious and greasy to eat. Only when the wine and dishes for guests are light and palatable, rich and refreshing can they be considered an option." He also believes that 'the Chinese cabbage in the North during the Spring Festival is frosted and cellared. It is not only crisp but also sweet. Or you can slice the wattle (water pimple) to make some dishes, take a mouthful to your nose, bring dumplings, and dip it in Laba vinegar. To be honest, it's more delicious than shark's fin. "
In addition to the big meat, the big meals in old Beijing will have cool dishes such as mustard pier, pickled melon Ding and hawthorn cake mixed with shredded cabbage to relieve greasiness or appetizer. Of course, the main finale food is dumplings. The origin of dumplings and other interesting stories are well known. There is no need to say more. However, there are also interesting comments on dumplings. Liang Shiqiu said in the new year of Peiping: 'eating is the main program of the new year. New year's dishes are standardized and everyone is the same. " He especially mentioned dumplings: "delicious but dumplings, comfortable but upside down. This is what rural people say. Peiping calls dumplings boiled pastry. City people also regard cooking pastries as a good thing. In addition to an indispensable meal on New Year's Eve, they cook pastries every day from at least the first day to the third day, which makes people dizzy. " The meal on New Year's Eve is also exquisite. As long as one of them puts in a silver coin, whoever eats that one will be lucky. " Writer Zhang Henshui also has his own view. He thinks: 'the Chinese people's interest center of the year is the new year. The Spring Festival in Peiping is especially interesting. Rich owners naturally have various ways, and the poor buy one or two kilograms of mutton and wrap a meal of cabbage dumplings. If the whole family makes him full, they can also put aside their worries and be happy for at least 24 hours. " Dumplings have such wonderful functions that Zhang Henshui will never forget: "I'd like to spend the new year in Peiping forever."
The importance of dumplings in the new year's Eve dinner in old Beijing is not just Coca Cola, because it breeds many philosophies. Therefore, making dumplings is something you can't make do with. Especially in ancient times, dumplings were still offerings for ancestor worship and God worship. They should be wrapped with some vegetarian fillings. After ancestor worship and God worship, they can be eaten quickly, and no one can make a mistake. Today's' eating dumplings, hidden in dumplings to make money and predict success' probably won't happen, but making dumplings and eating them at the time of 'delivery' are still handed down in many families.
It is said that people who are fastidious about the new year's Eve dinner in old Beijing will serve 12 dishes, including four cold dishes and eight hot dishes, which means' smooth and stable '. There should be carp in the hot dish. Take the auspicious meaning of carp jumping over the dragon's gate. In fact, for most ordinary people, they don't pay so much attention to what they eat. More is better. They don't deliberately look for 'stability'. As long as the whole family, old and young, large and small, can get together and eat anything is happiness. In the book "Chinese food story", it is considered that "on New Year's Eve, the whole family get together, talk about the old and new year, have a reunion dinner together, listen to the sound of firecrackers and laughter and songs outside the house, which is regarded as one of the most beautiful moments in life. And the same rich meal, change the environment, change the atmosphere, but can't taste the new year's Eve meal. This is the essence of Chinese delicacy culture.
Such is the case. New year's Eve dinner and new year goods are the products of this artistic conception. You won't feel so at another time. In addition, at the old Beijing New Year's Eve dinner, the New Year cake, which symbolizes auspiciousness, is not an important play, because it is already a snack and can be eaten in all seasons. Moreover, there are time-honored brands such as' New Year cake Zhang 'and' Huji New Year cake ', which can be eaten at any time in temple fairs, fairs and streets. There are not many New Year cakes in the third and tenth of the new year.