What do you eat in Beijing and Tomb-Sweeping Day?

What do you eat in Beijing and Tomb-Sweeping Day?

1, what does Tomb-Sweeping Day eat?

1. 1, horseshoe sesame seed cake

There is a saying in old Beijing that "a group of people in the east and a group of people in the west eat horseshoe biscuits with fruit early", which means horseshoe biscuits. Make horseshoe-shaped sesame cakes with a rectangular brick hanging furnace. Below is the coal fire, with a hole in the front and several horseshoe-shaped concave dies on the top.

1.2, cream fried cake

The cream fried cake in Beijing snacks is a nutritious snack variety. It uses high-quality flour as raw material. When the water boils, turn to low heat and pour the flour into the pot. Stir quickly until the dough turns from gray to white and does not stick to hands. Take it out and dry it slightly into hot noodles.

1.3, sugar ear

Also known as candied fruit, it is a common famous product in Beijing snacks, also known as sugar ear, which is named after it looks like a human ear. After the sugar ear is fried and shaped, soak it in warm caramel for one minute while it is hot. Suitable for autumn, winter and spring, because it is hot in summer and honey is easy to fall off. Honey twist is bright brown butter, soft, sweet and delicious.

2. Customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Beijing

There is also a custom in old Beijing, Tomb-Sweeping Day, that is, to burn incense at the Chenghuang Temple, bow down and pray for a sign, and make a wish and ask for a blessing. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China, there were seven or eight Chenghuang temples in old Beijing, and incense was the most prosperous at that time. The "Lord Huang Cheng" enshrined in the Town God Temple is the most popular god besides the Kitchen God and the God of Wealth. In fact, this "grandpa" is the minister of a city or a county. Every year, when the Ghost Festival is held in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people pray for blessings and wishes, pray for drought and flood (sunny when it rains), go out safely, recover when they are sick, and pray for the dead. At that time, the temple fair was very lively inside and outside, and there were stages and performances in the temple. According to the memories of the old people at home, in the early years of the Republic of China, there was also a trip to the city. People use eight sedan chairs to carry the "city master" made of rattan around the city, and all kinds of incense will accompany them. After the "Lord of the City", they performed yangko, stilts and five tiger sticks. While walking and performing, if there is a miscellaneous chant with the passing market visitors: "The temple is also divided into inner and outer cities, and the spring is expected to be bright, which is also early autumn and early winter. Men and women burn incense and ask about life and death. " That is the custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

3. Sunny weather characteristics

Qingming is a solar term representing phenology, which means sunny weather and lush vegetation. As the saying goes, "Qingming breaks snow, Grain Rain breaks frost." When the weather is clear, the climate in South China is warm and the spring is strong. However, before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, cold air still invaded from time to time, even making the average daily temperature lower than 12℃ for more than three consecutive days, resulting in rotten seedlings of middle rice and dead seedlings of early rice. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid warm tail and cold head when sowing and transplanting rice. In the northwest plateau, livestock are weak under the influence of severe winter and insufficient forage, so it is necessary to guard against the harm of strong cooling weather after spring to old, weak and young livestock.

"There are many rains during the Qingming Festival" is a portrayal of the spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River by Du Mu, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. But in some areas, this is not the case. In particular, the western part of South China is often in the spring drought period, and the rainfall in early April is generally only 10 to 20 mm, which is less than half of that in the south of the Yangtze River. Although there are many spring rains in eastern South China, the rainfall in early April is generally only 20 to 40 mm, so natural precipitation is not enough for agricultural production, so it must be replenished by storing water years ago. In addition, May-June is the month with the most hail in a year, so the prevention of hail disaster should be strengthened.

What soup does Tomb-Sweeping Day drink for health?

1, stewed pigeon with mulberry and barley

Ingredients: 20g of mulberry, 30g of coix seed, 1 pigeon, a little ginger, salt and sesame oil.

Practice: Wash mulberry and coix seed; Wash the slaughtered pigeons, pick them up and put them into the water; Boil water, pour it into a large saucepan, add all the ingredients, stew for two hours, season with salt, and serve.

Efficacy: diuresis to eliminate dampness, tonify the middle energizer, invigorate qi, nourish blood and relax tendons.

2, mussel tofu soup

Ingredients: tofu, mussels, mushrooms, Chinese cabbage, cooking wine, sesame oil, green onions, ginger, salt and monosodium glutamate.

Practice: cut tofu into long strips; Blanch tofu slices and raw mussel meat in boiling water respectively and take them out; Put the soup pot on fire, and add clear soup, cooking wine, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, chopped green onion, Jiang Mo, mushrooms, mussels, tofu slices and cabbage heart; After the soup is boiled, skim off the floating foam and move to low heat for 10 minute; Put the pot into the soup basin and pour in the sesame oil.

Efficacy: clearing away heat and toxic materials, nourishing yin and improving eyesight.

3, lotus leaf glutinous rice soup lean broth

Ingredients: lotus leaf, coix seed, lean meat, lotus seeds, lentils, dried yam, etc.

Practice: wash lotus seeds, barley, lentils and dried yam, and soak barley, lentils and yam for one hour; Clean lean meat, cut into pieces, and soak in water; Boil the water in the casserole, add all the ingredients, boil over high heat, turn to low heat for one hour, and season with salt.

Efficacy: it can strengthen yang, strengthen spleen and eliminate dampness, and eliminate fatigue.

The benefits of hiking in Tomb-Sweeping Day

1, improve blood circulation: During the Qingming period, the temperature gets warmer, and you can go to the countryside in spring and do some light activities, which can enhance the vitality and flexibility of lower limb muscles and tendons, and improve blood circulation and coronary blood circulation, which is the best way to strengthen the heart.

2, massage human organs: during the Qingming period, the grass grows and flies, the heart is rugged, and the whole body will be shocked. This impact can prevent sediment from appearing on the blood vessel wall and accelerate the dispersion of the dregs inside; Rhythmic walking and low-frequency moderate vibration can better massage the internal organs.

3. Regulating human metabolism: During the Qingming period, the earth is green, the air is fresh, the sun is shining, and there are many negative ions in the atmosphere, which is a natural "good medicine" for regulating human metabolism and an ideal "antidote" for treating mental stress.

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