The "March 3" of the She people is really unique. It is Gumi's birthday. On this day, every household of the She ethnic group eats traditional black rice, and the fragrance is wafting in front of and behind the village.
Glutinous rice is made from the leaves of black rice leaves. The glutinous rice is soaked in the soup for half a day. The rice is scooped out and steamed in a container. This kind of rice looks messy and inconspicuous, but it tastes delicious and makes you want to eat it again. If you add mountain game, mushrooms, fungus, etc. to stir-fry, the taste will be even more wonderful.
Why is "March 3" of the She people Gumi's birthday? And you must eat black rice? There is another story.
It was March of that year a long time ago. Due to the bad harvest caused by insect pests years ago, and the mountain owner increasing rents and taxes, every family of the She people was out of food. The abominable mountain owner even took away the grain seeds. The She people suffered from hunger.
However, the arrogant mountain owners took pleasure in their misfortune. Instead of lending out the grain, they released vicious dogs and bitten the She people who came to ask for help.
Everyone couldn't bear it any longer. One night, the strong Lan Tianfeng and several young men climbed over the wall into the mountain owner's compound. They pried open the granary and packed bags of grain. The bags were carried back to the village and planted overnight.
The next day, the mountain owner discovered that the granary had been stolen, so he led a dozen thugs and rushed to the She people's village like crazy. In order to save the people from suffering, Lan Tianfeng stepped forward. In this way, he was put into the cell on the third day of March.
In the dungeon, Lan Tianfeng was beaten with bruises all over his body. The mountain master also conspired to look at the cell and refused to give Lan Tianfeng food, hoping to starve him to death.
When the news spread, the elders and sisters of the She ethnic group came to visit the prison one after another. They used the leftover grain seeds to beat into rice, cooked it and kneaded it into rice balls
and sent them to the prison. inside. But the rice ball fell into Waizui's stomach, and Lan Tianfeng didn't get a bite.
On this day, the person who went to the dungeon to deliver food was Miss Zhong Xiu, the most outstanding singer in Sheshan. This smart girl thought of a way to deal with the nasty crooked mouth.
It was noon, and girl Zhongxiu came carrying a bamboo basket with a linen bag in it, delivering food. Waizui looked at the girl with evil intentions, opened the sack and put his hand in it. At this time, he suddenly yelled with a crooked mouth, and then started jumping around with his hands and feet. However, the opening of the bamboo basket was small, and after dancing for a long time, I still couldn't get my hands out, and my mouth was twisted and rolling all over in pain. It turned out that the sack was filled with black, big and poisonous mountain ants. The crooked mouth was bitten by a mountain ant, and he was poisoned and died that day.
From then on, the She family collected black rice leaves and firewood from the mountains to cook lunch. From a distance, the cooked black rice looked like mountain ants huddled in a ball. Those who were frightened by mountain ants were frightened. The jailers no longer dared to eat rice balls.
As time passed, Lan Tianfeng ate black rice every day. Not only did her wounds heal, but she also gained a lot of strength. Therefore, in Sheshan, black rice was said to cure fatigue and cure diseases.
On the third day of March in the third year, Lan Tianfeng was finally rescued by the rebel army and was elected as the leader of the rebel army. In order to let future generations remember the hard-earned rice of the She family, "March 3" was designated as Gu Mi's birthday. Gumi changed from white flowers to black and bright, as if wearing a colorful dress. Therefore, there is a saying in Sheshan that cooking black rice is to dress Gumi in colorful clothes for her birthday. It is said that the dark blue linen clothes that the She family usually like to wear came from this. Wearing this kind of clothes not only prevents you from being exposed to the sun, but also prevents mountain ants from biting you.