What are the folk customs of winter solstice in Longyan area?

On the solstice of winter, after getting up in the morning, every household should prepare a gift for worship, and there are also "ghost cakes" made the night before and some chicken, duck and fish on the table. Worship the gods, set off fireworks and pray for good weather and prosperity in the coming year. Longyan people's unique winter solstice food-winter solstice steamed stuffed bun (also known as "ghost cake") is hot again. This winter solstice bag, triangular and palm-sized, is placed on a steamer, like a green "pyramid". It smells like a refreshing smell of grass leaves accompanied by waxy fragrance, which is very unique. It turned out that when the weather turned cold, "Old Longyan" would go to the mountains to pick ramie or wormwood and mash it. After kneading the dough with glutinous rice flour, the dough will be light green and used as the skin of "ghost cake" As for the stuffing, generally use plum vegetables, dried bamboo shoots, mushrooms, with pork belly, seasoning, fried. When the fragrance of grass leaves wafts out from the lid of the steamer and the "green clothes" are slightly crystal clear, take it out and take a bite. The skin is waxy and soft, and the stuffing of oily flowers is accompanied by the fragrance of grass leaves, but it feels refreshing.

Exercise:

"Ghost cake" is a kind of green cake, which tastes fresh, fragrant, smooth and tender, and the entrance is fragrant. The stuffing is mainly winter bamboo shoots and rotten vegetables, and the taste is made according to your own preferences. For example, sweet cakes such as peanuts need to be made of glutinous rice and rice in a ratio of 4: 6, and then wormwood is added to grind into powder, and appropriate amount of water is added to knead into a dough with moderate hardness. Then add the prepared stuffing, knead it into a triangle or a two-corner shape, then put it into a small white plastic bag, steam it in a pot for 30-45 minutes, and then steam it.

Winter solstice package

In Changting, the ancient city of Longyan, on the morning of winter solstice, the vegetable market has been crowded. Some pig's trotters, chicken, duck and fish must be the tonic food on the table of every household. In Changting, there is a saying that food is supplemented in winter solstice. Therefore, American ginseng, velvet antler and other ingredients in pharmacies are also good medicinal materials for food collocation in winter to day, and the nights in winter are the longest. After dinner, the housewife pours "meatballs" into the pot and mixes them with ginger and velvet antler. Now it's also called dumplings, which means round and round, sweet and beautiful.