What do you mean by "Ciba"

Ciba, which means making rice cakes, is a folk custom in China to celebrate the Spring Festival. Popular in southern China. The main areas are: Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Anhui, Tibet, Hunan, Guizhou and other places.

Ciba, also known as rice cake, is a custom spread in rural areas for thousands of years. It is cooked during the Chinese New Year and before the Chinese New Year. Ciba, with a strong rural flavor, has become an important preparatory activity before the Chinese New Year. Ciba is made by steaming glutinous rice and stamping it with a special stone trough. It takes a lot of effort to make Ciba by hand, but it is soft and delicate and tastes excellent.

Ciba beating method

1, put it in a container.

First of all, make preparations before making Ciba, and prepare stone mortar and dice. These two musical instruments are the best for making Ciba. Put steamed glutinous rice in a stone mortar, preferably more than half, which will make it easier to concentrate. Don't put too much, or it will overflow easily when you play. If you put too little, there may be no focus, so the quantity and position are very important.

2, double alternate play

Put the glutinous rice into the stone mortar and you can beat it. When hammering, not only one person, but also two people should alternate. When one person knocks down a stone and picks it up, the other person must keep up quickly, so that you can finish the taxi with one click and save a long time.

Of course, in the process of playing, two people must cooperate tacitly, never play in at the same time, or carry it out at the same time, and don't play on the Shi Chun on the other side, otherwise it will cause danger.

3. Play quickly, accurately and mercilessly

A taxi must be fast, accurate and steady. Every time you hit it, you have to move quickly and pick it up quickly, so that the viscosity of glutinous rice will be beaten out, and every time you force it, you have to use enough strength to make it soft and glutinous.

There is also to be accurate. Every time you hit, you must not hit out of bounds or hit the stone mortar. Otherwise, you won't play well.