The origin of jujube flower

In the past, due to the difficulties of life, the married daughter brought more jujube flowers when she returned to her mother's house during the Spring Festival, which was considered to be filial to her parents, so she had the habit of having big jujube flowers in her hometown and countryside. When the daughter comes back, the neighbors will compete to see the jujube flowers. Jujube flowers are big, and the face of the family is also glorious; When jujube flowers are small, my daughter will consciously raise her head at home. Over time, watching jujube flowers has become an interesting activity to celebrate the New Year, and it has gradually become a sign that people look at their daughters' poverty and wealth. In the past, only a few people could make the jujube tree bigger, and most people just regarded it as a symbol of filial piety.

After the reform and opening up, people's lives have improved day by day, and jujube flowers have quietly changed. First, the daughters go back to their parents' homes for the New Year without steaming jujube flowers by hand. Instead, the cakes and jujube flowers sold in the shops turned jujube into big candied dates. Cake jujube flowers are sweeter and more delicious than flour jujube flowers, and the packaging is more gorgeous and exquisite. Next, people who look at jujube flowers no longer seem to pay attention to the size of jujube flowers. People are more concerned about the style of jujube flowers, whether the materials are elegant, the reputation of manufacturers and the price. It is completely different from the past. The higher the grade, the smaller the jujube flower.

Although the custom of sending jujube flowers in New Year greetings has been preserved in my hometown, jujube flowers made of flour are rare as gifts. As a folk craft, its making method is gradually forgotten by people, and the jujube flowers in childhood memories have long since become history. But I always feel that no matter how the times change, the simple and sincere affection and homesickness contained in jujube flowers will last as long as Mika's wine. Tasting delicious cake jujube flowers, I often miss the jujube flowers made by my hometown people.