&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203; The way of celebrating traditional festivals in China is always inseparable from food. The rise of the dragon in February of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival in China, which was very valued by everyone in ancient times. Therefore, there are many traditional customs on this day, and there are many exquisite traditional food. In February, almost all the traditional delicacies raised by Erlong took the name of "dragon", such as spring cake called dragon scale and fried oil cake called Dragon gall. These delicacies are delicious, interesting and full of beautiful meanings. Let's take a look at the traditional food of Erlong in February.
What does the Dragon look up to eat on February 2 of the lunar calendar
On February 2 of the lunar calendar, the dragon looks up and wants to eat 'Dragon scales' (spring cakes)
Eating spring cakes is called 'eating dragon scales'. A spring cake larger than the palm of your hand is like a piece of dragon scales. Spring cakes are tough and contain many dishes. For example, pickled meat, elbows, smoked chicken, pickled duck, etc. are cut into thin wires with a knife, and equipped with several home fried dishes, such as fried leek sprouts with shredded meat, fried spinach with shredded meat, green bean sprouts cooked with vinegar, plain fried vermicelli, spread eggs, etc. they are rolled into spring cakes together, dipped in shredded shallots and flour sauce drenched with sesame oil. It's really delicious and delicious. When eating spring cakes, the whole family sat around and put the baked spring cakes in the steamer. They were hot and happy.
On February 2 of the lunar calendar, the dragon looks up and wants to eat 'gentian' (fried oil cake)
In some areas such as Beijing and Tianjin, people have the custom of eating fried cakes on the spring Dragon Festival, which is called "eating gentian". Fried cake is golden in color. It is called gentian, which is very vivid. The method is to grind millet into yellow rice, and then grind the yellow rice into flour, that is, into yellow rice flour. The yellow rice cake made of yellow rice flour has the four characteristics of 'yellow, soft, gluten and fragrance'. There are two ways to eat, one is' vegetable cake 'and the other is' fried cake'. Fried cake is more particular. Datong fried cake has three characteristics: small size, thin skin and many patterns. Its pattern varieties are divided into bean filling, sugar filling and vegetable filling. There are four kinds of bean stuffing: adzuki bean, cowpea, lentil and kidney bean; There are two kinds of sugar fillings: brown sugar and white sugar. In addition, green and red silk, rose, walnut kernel and preserved fruit are added respectively; The vegetable fillings include mung bean sprouts, yams and carrots; There are coriander, dried tofu and yam filling; There are yam, bitter cabbage and leek fillings. No matter what kind of filling oil cake, it is fragrant inside and crisp outside, which is well-known.
On February 2 of the lunar calendar, the dragon looks up and wants to eat 'Dragon ears' (dumplings)
Some dumplings look like Yuanbao and some look like ears. The dragon looks up and eats dumplings on this day, which is called 'eating dragon ears'. " In the old days, dumplings were not easy to eat, and most of the dumplings eaten during the Spring Festival were dumplings with less oil and less meat. There was only a little meat flavor to satisfy the greedy. Today's dumplings have different fillings. From vegetables and eggs to pigs, chickens, fish, shrimp and other meat, there are almost no ingredients that can't be wrapped in dumplings. On the day of "dragon head up", pay attention to eating "meat and vegetable dumplings", that is, there are meat and vegetables in the filling. Take the homonym of "meat and vegetables" as "you Cai", and send a message about the rolling wealth of the new year.
On February 2 of the lunar calendar, the dragon looks up and wants to eat 'Dragon whiskers' (noodles)
'longxumian' is one of the traditional banquet pastry varieties in northern China. It evolved from Shandong stretched noodles and has a history of more than 300 years. It is said that there was a cook in the imperial dining room of the Ming Dynasty. On the day of the beginning of spring, he made noodles as thin as hair, just like a dragon's beard. The emperor had a big appetite and a happy Dragon's face. Since then, this fried snack has become a very fashionable snack. February 2 food longxumian has the beautiful meaning of "Shun Shun Liu, Shun Xin Ruyi".
On February 2 of the lunar calendar, the dragon looks up and wants to eat 'Dragon son' (rice)
Because the rice is clear and shaped like a dragon, people in many places also have the custom of eating rice on the day of "dragon rise", which means more children and more blessings, and more good luck and more blessings.
On February 2 of the lunar calendar, the dragon looks up and wants to eat 'Longan' (wonton)
Because wonton is round and round, it looks like a dragon's eyes. Therefore, on February 2, we will eat wonton, hoping to be like a dragon, bright and energetic, and have a good life.
On February 2 of the lunar calendar, the dragon looks up and wants to eat pig head meat
I have to eat pig's head on February 2. In ancient times, pig heads were sacrifices to ancestors and heaven. In ordinary times, pig heads could not be eaten casually. Most farmers worked hard for a year and killed pigs and sheep on the 23rd lunar new year. From this day on, we began to improve the food. We had to see some meat every day. On New Year's Eve, the whole family had a reunion dinner, dumplings on the first day of the lunar new year, dumplings on the fifth day of the lunar new year, and Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month. When the first month passed, the new year passed and the Festival passed, and the pork killed in the twelfth month was basically eaten up. At last, there was only one pig head, which could only be eaten on February 2. The Dragon King is in charge of rainfall, so farmers should offer the best sacrifice to the Dragon King.
On February 2 of the lunar calendar, the dragon looks up and wants to eat 'golden bean blossom' (popcorn)
There is a legend about eating popcorn on the second day of February. It is said that when Empress Wu became emperor, the Jade Emperor ordered that no rain should fall on the earth for three years. However, the jade dragon in charge of the Tianhe River couldn't bear that the people were affected and starved. There was a heavy rain secretly. After learning that, the Jade Emperor beat the jade dragon in charge of the Tianhe river down to the heaven palace and pressed it under a big mountain. There is also a monument at the foot of the mountain, which reads: 'the Dragon King should suffer the eternal sins of the world if he violates the rules of the sky when he rains. If you want to ascend the Lingxiao Pavilion again, unless the golden beans bloom. " In order to save the Dragon King, people look for flowering golden beans everywhere. On the second day of the second month of the second year, when people were turning over and drying the golden corn seeds, they suddenly remembered that the corn was like golden beans, fried and blossomed, isn't it? So every family exploded popcorn and set up a case to burn incense in the courtyard for the 'flowering golden beans' to be seen by the Dragon King and the Jade Emperor. Knowing that the people were saving it, the dragon king shouted to the Jade Emperor, 'the golden beans are blooming, let me out!' As soon as the Jade Emperor saw that the golden bean blossoms in every house on earth were open, he had to send an order to call the Dragon King back to heaven to continue to bring clouds and rain to the world. Since then, folk customs have formed. On the second day of February, people explode popcorn and fry soybeans.