Tomb-Sweeping Day special food
Zituiyan
In the northern festival food, there is a kind of seed push swallow, named after meson push. In the Song Dynasty, people made swallows out of flour and jujube paste, strung them with wicker and hung them on the door to summon the soul of meson push, so they called them Zituiyan. Yulin in northern Shaanxi and Tomb-Sweeping Day in Yan 'an push steamed buns, also called old steamed buns, which are as big as half a catty to a catty like the helmets of ancient military commanders. Eggs or red dates are wrapped inside, with a top and flowers on the top. Flower cotton is a Four Treasures of the Study made of swallows, insects, snakes, rabbits or flour. This is for men. And women eat long shuttle buns, and unmarried women eat ground buns. Children eat noodles such as swallows, snakes and tigers, and boys like tiger buns best. This custom is still circulating today.
Youth league; Sweet green rice ball
Among the seasonal foods in the south, eating green balls from Jiangsu and Zhejiang is very distinctive. According to legend, Li Xiucheng of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was chased by the Qing army, so he dressed up as a farmer to drive cattle and plow the fields, only to escape the pursuit of the Qing army. But the Qing soldiers set up troops in the village to search. He couldn't go into the village, but he was so hungry that he asked Zhang San, a villager, to find him food. When Zhang San saw a brainwave of wormwood, he boiled wormwood, added glutinous rice, steamed green dumplings and gave them to Li Xiucheng. Cai Li is full. When it spread, it became a new food in the Qingming Festival. Later, there were many ways to make it, and it was more delicious. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Qingming often eats red disasters.
Wet the cake
Eating wet cakes in southern Fujian is also called spring rolls and spring cakes. The method is to cut green vegetables such as bean sprouts, leeks, celery, carrots, dried beans, shredded pork and so on. As a filling, powder such as powdered sugar and seaweed crisp is sprinkled and rolled into a tube.
Sazi
The real name of cold weapon originated in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Sprinkling seeds is fried pasta, which is crisp and delicious, and some sesame seeds are better. In Qi Shu Yao Min, it is said that this is a kind of rice cake. At present, this kind of food still exists among the Er and Hui nationalities in the south, north and northwest.
Qingming snail
In the south, snails are the most plump before breeding in Tomb-Sweeping Day, which is known as "a snail is worth a goose in Tomb-Sweeping Day". Eating snail meat in Tomb-Sweeping Day is called picking green. After eating, throw the snail shell on the roof, saying that the rolling sound energy scared away the mice and was convenient for sericulture. You can stir-fry with shells, or you can cook and pick out snail meat for cold salad or stir-fry.
Preserve eggs
Eating eggs in Tomb-Sweeping Day is called saving eggs. There are generally two kinds of eggs: one is egg painting, in which eggs and duck eggs are cooked, and madder juice is used as dye to depict flowers on eggshells. A few days later, when the eggshell was peeled off, blue flower patterns appeared on the protein, which was really beautiful. The other is egg carving, in which eggs and duck eggs are cooked, then a pattern is drawn on the eggshell with a pen, then the whole egg is hollowed out with a knife, and then the egg white and yolk are taken out in turn. The exquisite degree of its carving is amazing, and it can be eaten and seen.
Tomb-Sweeping Day's taboo
1, the black gas transportation capacity is low.
On the morning of sweeping the grave, when washing your face, if you look in the mirror and find that your forehead begins to turn black, it means that your fortune is low. Try to avoid sweeping graves. If you must go, you can bring protective items (such as amulets) to resolve it.
2. Fasting.
Tomb-Sweeping Day got up in the morning and arrived at the grave-sweeping site. Try to be vegetarian and dress neatly and strictly to show courtesy and respect to your ancestors.
Step 3 pay attention to safety
When burning paper money and placing offerings, pay attention to fire prevention, ensure safety, bring your own belongings as much as possible, and avoid buying vendors selling utensils near the sacrifice site. If you have to buy it because it is inconvenient to carry, you should prepare the change in advance, put a small amount of cash in the jacket pocket that is convenient to take out, and put a large amount of cash in it to avoid being pickpocketed by thieves.
4. Choose a day to clean.
Try to avoid weekends or other peak grave-sweeping hours, because there are more and more private cars during peak hours, which will bring trouble to travel because of traffic congestion. You can choose to take various public transport, or lengthen the grave sweeping time (leaving early and returning late) or stagger the key time periods to alleviate the pressure brought by more people and vehicles on road traffic.
5, inventory at any time
Whether you arrive at the sacrifice site or leave, you should form a good habit of counting your belongings to avoid unintentional loss of valuables. Collective sacrifices should be counted at any time, especially parents with children should take good care of their children and prevent them from getting lost because of play.
Step 6 avoid remote places
Don't go too remote and inaccessible places. It is best to plan according to the usual route. Don't stay in remote places for a long time to ensure your own safety.
7. Don't disturb his spirit
A graveyard is a place where ghosts rest. Don't laugh and curse, swear, run around and fight, and urinate everywhere. In other graves in Lu Yu, don't step on tombstones and don't touch the victims of other tombstones. There is no doubt that you should recite "I'm sorry to bother you" sincerely. The scope of the cemetery should be flattering, and you should control your emotions and attitudes so as not to disturb and offend other ghosts.
8. sacrifice time
Try to choose the time to sweep the grave when the sun is strong. Before dawn or in the evening, it is not good for grave sweepers. You should try to avoid sweeping graves. Usually, the best time to sweep graves is between 10 am and 3 pm.
9. Clean up the cemetery
Facing our ancestors' graves, we should clean up weeds, increase scarification, tidy up the surrounding environment, and make the cemetery look full and tidy. At the same time, we should pray silently in our hearts, place our hopes on the graves, and pray for our ancestors to let Sun Fugui go.
10, avoid pregnant women sweeping graves.
Generally speaking, pregnant women should avoid tomb sweeping activities on Qingming Festival, and not only that. Strictly speaking, it is best for women not to take part in such activities when they come to their official holidays, especially after 3 pm to attend the Qingming grave sweeping activities.
Matters needing attention in sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day
1. Not all ethnic groups worship their ancestors on the same day in Tomb-Sweeping Day.
China is a multi-ethnic country, and each ethnic group has its own set of customs. Although Tomb-Sweeping Day's ancestor worship has long been branded in many people's minds, some ethnic minorities in China will also hold similar activities in other ethnic festivals. For example, off-year, New Year's Eve, the 15th day of the first month, July 12th and July 15th are traditional sacrificial days for some ethnic groups.
The traditional order is irreversible.
There is a sequence of grave-sweeping sacrifices, and many older people will pay considerable attention to this. Generally, the cemetery or cemetery will be cleaned before the sacrifice. Since the sacrifice pays great attention to feng shui and etiquette, try not to make mistakes in order. The order is as follows: modify the cemetery-incense-meat-toast-worship-farewell.
3. When is the best time to worship the mountain?
The best time to worship the mountain is Yin Shi, that is, 5-7 o'clock. However, because most cemeteries are far away from their places of residence, even in the cities where they live and work, it is usually not so early, but it is best to complete the grave sweeping and worship before 3 pm.
You must fast before sweeping the grave.
When you start sweeping graves, you'd better not eat food or just eat vegetarian food. In addition, it also emphasizes dressing neatly to show courtesy and respect for ancestors.