Traditional food and taboos in Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a Taoist saying. In ancient China, 1 month, July and the 5th day of1month were called Shangyuan, Zhongyuan and Xia Yuan respectively: Shangyuan was the day when God blessed the people, Zhongyuan was the day when local officials forgave sins, and Xia Yuan was the day when water officials relieved Eritrea. The following are the traditional foods and taboos of Mid-Autumn Festival that I have compiled for you, hoping to help you.

What traditional food do you eat in Mid-Autumn Festival?

1, eat duck

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, many places in the country will choose to eat ducks. Then why?

"Duck" takes the homonym of "pressure", and eating duck is to suppress ghosts.

There is also a legend about eating ducks in the Mid-Autumn Festival. In ancient times, the dead ancestors would go home to visit relatives and cross the Naihe Bridge on the Mid-Autumn Festival, but they couldn't cross without a boat. So the living should send some ducks down so that they can swim and bring them back. Over time, eating ducks on Halloween has become a tradition.

2. Eat rice noodles

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dongguan has the custom of eating Seto powder. Seto powder, the traditional food of Dongguan birthday party, means long life.

3, eat rough tea and light rice

In Shandong and other places, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "Drunk Festival", and there is a custom of eating rough tea and light rice.

Step 4 eat light food

In Dong Xian Town, Jiangsu Province, many villagers eat flat food (a kind of food made of flour and sugar) during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Now some people call flat food jiaozi, but it is very different from jiaozi. The difference between flat food and jiaozi lies in the skin first, and then in the stuffing.

In terms of skin, dumpling skin is thick, and flat skin is as thin as cicada's wings. As far as stuffing is concerned, there are few in jiaozi, so the size of jiaozi is relatively small, and the stuffing in jiaozi is also relatively simple, with meat as the main ingredient. Plain food is very different. You can not only clip meat and vegetables, but also chicken, duck, fish and crabs, and pay special attention to collocation.

Step 5 Eat "jiaozi Cake"

On the rooftop of Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, there is a custom of eating "jiaozi Cake" on Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a kind of food similar to spring rolls. According to legend, jiaozi tube was left by Jigong. When Jigong was a monk in Guosi, he saw that there were many dishes left in every meal. He thought it was too wasteful, so he wrapped these dishes in a sticky bag and prepared for the next meal. This practice is loved by all monks and spread to the people.

6. Eat steamed stuffed bun with flowers

Before the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, folk women were popular in dough modeling activities, especially in northern Shanxi. A steamed stuffed bun shop visited its neighbors to help. Squeeze the steamed stuffed bun into a flat shape, call it a noodle sheep and give it to the younger generation. I hope that the younger generation will not forget the kindness of their parents. Steamed buns should be made into the shape of adults, called noodles, and given to elders, meaning that children and grandchildren are full and live a long life; Squeeze steamed bread into fish, called noodle fish, and give it to peers, which means more than a year.

Step 7 steam sheep

In northern China, it is very popular for grandpa and uncle to send live sheep to their little nephew on July 15. Legend has it that this custom is related to the legend that agarwood splits the mountain to save mother. After chopping the mountain to save his mother, agarwood wanted to kill Uncle Jiro who abused his mother. In order to rebuild the friendship between brother and sister and uncle and nephew, Jiro gives a pair of live sheep to Aquilaria every July 15. It is said that this is a homonym for taking the surname of Erlang and Aquilaria's mother "Yang" to reunite the two families. From then on, the folk left the custom of sending live sheep to my uncle, and later it gradually evolved into sending a sheep to the other side.

Another way of saying this custom is that the mother shapes a pair of sheep with white flour for her married daughter, which of course needs to be steamed and the head of the sheep needs to be wrapped in red cloth. The bride's family will form a small team to send sheep to the new uncle's house. The new uncle will cut the sheep and hang the cut first piece in the living room with red rope. This "noodle mutton" can't be taken down until July 15 of the following year, when a new noodle mutton is delivered. Among them, it is emphasized that "the old sheep see the new sheep, and there is more than one year." After shearing the sheep, the new son-in-law eats the sheep's head, the married daughter eats the sheep's feet, and the rest is distributed to the neighbors of the man's elders to show harmony and happiness.

Taboo of Mid-Autumn Festival

1, try not to discuss ghosts.

It is said that ghosts will go to their nests, especially temples and places where Purdue Buddhism is held. Don't talk nonsense on Mid-Autumn Festival. Maybe a ghost is passing you.

2. Don't walk at night

Don't go to the streets before 1 1 at night. On this day, ghosts travel at night, and the yin is the heaviest. This day is not suitable for staying outside. It is absolutely impossible to stay at home at night.

Step 3 avoid taking pictures at night

Things like mirrors or mobile phones are easy to catch unclean things. If you take pictures at night, you may get dirty things, which means that you are contaminated with unlucky things and your fortune will decline.

4. Don't step on the paper.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, people often burn paper by the roadside. Don't trample on scattered paper. It's money burned to ghosts, and ghosts will often pick it up. If you step on their things, they will be unhappy and you will be in trouble.

5. Don't pat others on the shoulder.

From the perspective of spiritualism, a person has three fires, one on his head and the other on his shoulder. Therefore, it is best not to pat others on the head and shoulders casually during Halloween, so as not to put out the fire on him and give good brothers an opportunity.

6. Avoid ghosts such as bells and wind chimes.

Wind chimes and bells can communicate yin and yang, and it is easy to attract bad things.

7. Don't pick up money by the roadside.

This money is used to buy cow's head and horse's face. Don't steal the sacrifice. These foods belong to ghosts. If you use them without their consent, it will only bring you bad luck.

8. Don't swim in the water.

Ghosts in this heaven and earth are for the dead. The water is very unsafe. If you persist in swimming, you will easily become body double, the body of a water ghost. Therefore, you must avoid getting into the water on this day.

9. Don't take pictures.

It's best not to take pictures at night, or a good fraternity will take pictures with you in front of the mirror, and the flashlight should not shine on the tree, so as not to disturb the good brothers who like to stick on the treetops.

10, chopsticks in the middle of eating.

When eating, you can't put chopsticks on your rice bowl. Its shape is like putting incense on an incense burner, which will attract good brothers to share food with you.

1 1, wind chimes hanging on the bedside.

Wind chimes are easy to attract good brothers, and sleeping is the most fragile moment.

12, night tour

People with light personality should never travel at night, otherwise they will only ask for trouble.

13, call your name.

Don't call your name when you go out at night. Try to give it a code name so as not to be remembered by good brothers.

14, swimming

At this time, good brotherhood plays the game of ghost lifting feet with you, and if you are not careful, your life will be taken away.

15, look around.

Good brothers like to hide and scare people. In case they look around and get scared, that's the best time for them to invade you.

16, burning paper in non-specific occasions

Paper is burned for good brothers, and gold paper is burned for God. Burning paper will only attract more good brothers.

17, stealing sacrifices

These foods belong to good brothers. If you use them without their consent, it will only bring you bad luck.

18, whistle

Whistle at night, and be careful that good brothers like you.

19, the banyan tree is placed at the door.

Because banyan is a shade-gathering plant, it is also the favorite of good brothers, unless you want good brothers to come and sit at home.

20. Stay up late

The busiest time is midnight, and the most haunted time is midnight. By contrast, who will win?

2 1, exposure hair

As the saying goes, "one foot is hairy and three ghosts", so the more hairy people are, the more afraid they are of getting close to ghosts.

22. Don't rest against the wall.

Don't lean against the wall if you have nothing to do, because good brothers generally like to rest against the wall, which is easy to attract ghosts.

23. Put away your clothes to prevent ghosts from "borrowing"

Take back the clothes hanging outside before going to bed at night or before dark, so as not to be borrowed and worn by ghosts. Don't hang clothes in the middle of the night (the shadow of clothes in the middle of the night is scary)

24. Don't panic when you meet the supernatural. Open your eyes and concentrate.

If you encounter paranormal phenomena, don't panic, concentrate all your attention and open your eyes.

Why do you eat ducks in the Mid-Autumn Festival?

1. Ancestors visit relatives

There is a saying about why ducks are eaten in the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the deceased ancestors will go home to visit relatives and cross the Naihe Bridge in the Mid-Autumn Festival, but they can't cross without a boat. So the living should send some ducks down so that they can swim and bring them back. Over time, eating ducks on Halloween has become a tradition. Later, people from all over the world gave them all kinds of legends, which generally mean exorcism.

Worship ancestors

According to the old man, the paper money and clothes used in ancestor worship are carried by ducks across Naihe Bridge, so ducks must be eaten on Halloween. For a long time, eating ducks has become an indispensable program of "Ghost Festival", just like eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve.

Reward farmers

There is also a reliable saying about why we eat ducks in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Before planting rice in rural areas of Guangxi, every household bought 10 ducks to raise. After cutting rice, ducks can eat millet and small animals left in the field, thus reducing the cost. When planting rice in the second season, farmers began to kill ducks for the festival in order to reward themselves. As time goes on, people are used to eating ducks on this day.

Step 4 drive away evil spirits

According to legend, ancient northerners attacked the south and could not cross the river for a long time. It was not until mid-July that they captured it. Northerners take killing ducks as their first intention, praying to adapt to the water, and also have the meaning of celebrating the New Year in advance. Over time, people have formed a tradition of eating ducks as soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival and the "Ghost Festival". Later, people from all over the world gave them all kinds of legends, which generally mean exorcism. "Duck" means "pressure", which is homophonic. Eating ducks is to crush ghosts. People in Dongguan usually eat duck stuffed with lotus root.