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Why do you eat rice cakes in Spring Festival? What's the meaning of eating rice cakes in Spring Fest

There are many traditional festivals in our country. On the day of the festival, if you eat special food, you can reach the hope and wish of the festival. Like the Mid Autumn Festival to eat moon cakes, Lantern Festival to eat dumplings and so on. The Spring Festival is coming soon. The Spring Festival in China is to eat rice cakes. Do you know the meaning of eating rice cakes in Spring Festival?

Why to eat rice cake in Spring Festival

New year's cake is an essential traditional food for the Spring Festival. It means' annual rise 'and' reunion and cohesion '. In the new year to eat rice cakes, that is to say, people who hope to eat rice cakes will be able to step up in the next year, and their relatives and friends will also be able to unite and love each other.

The history of eating rice cakes in Spring Festival

The history of rice cakes in China has a long history. According to archaeologists, seven thousand years ago our ancestors began to grow rice, and in the Han Dynasty, there were many names for rice cakes, such as "rice cake" bait "and" Ci ". Moreover, in the sixth century A.D.'s recipe "Shici", it also recorded the way of making rice cakes: 'if you cook rice with sorghum, or heat it with pestle and mortar, it's called mizizi Ci, which must be very cooked, and there should be no rice grains & hellip; & hellip;'

Legend of rice cake

The story of ancient 'year'

In ancient times, there was a kind of monster called "Nian". It lived in the mountains and forests all the year round. When it was hungry, it would catch other beasts to satisfy its hunger. But in the winter, most of the animals hide and sleep. When he was very hungry, he went down the mountain to hurt the people, snatched people as food, and made the people unbearable. Later, there was a clever tribe called the "Gao clan". Every winter, when the monster was about to go down the mountain to look for food, it made a lot of food with food in advance. It was rubbed into strips, pressed into pieces and put them outside the door. People hid at home. When Nian arrived, he could not find anyone to eat, so he filled his stomach with the food strips made by people and went back to the mountain after he had eaten. People watched the monsters go, and they all went out to congratulate each other. They were glad to have escaped the "new year" pass. They were safe and ready for spring ploughing again. Year after year, this method of avoiding animals has been handed down. Because the grain sliver is made by Gao's family, in order to feed 'Nian' Du Guan, Yu associated 'Nian' with 'Gao', which is called 'niangao'.

The story of the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States Period

During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, Wu Zixu, the official of the state of Chu, went to the state of Wu to revenge his father and intended to attack Chu by means of troops. When the king of Wu disagreed, Wu Zixu killed the king of Wu, led his troops to conquer the capital of the state of Chu, and set up a new king of Wu on the throne. Wu Zixu was also granted land. In order to prevent invasion, Wu Zixu built the famous city of Helu. After the city was repaired, he said to his sweetheart, "after my death, if the country is in distress and the people are hungry, you can dig under the gate for a few feet to find food. "Soon, Wu Zixu was trapped and killed himself. The state of Yue took the opportunity to attack Wu. The war continued, and the hungry people in Shendi were everywhere. During the crisis, some people thought of Wu Zixu's instructions before his death, so they secretly demolished the city wall to dig the ground. The original city base was made of bricks and stones made of glutinous rice. People used it to make a kind of food, and passed the crisis. This kind of food is called niangao later. Later, in the lunar month, people made glutinous rice cakes to sacrifice Wu Zixu. At the same time, they took the auspicious meaning of "step by step every year".