Why do you want to eat steamed stuffed buns during the Spring Festival?

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, every family is busy celebrating the New Year. When I was a child, there was a children's song: Twenty-three is a small year, and the year of sacrifice is coming; 24 House Tomb-Sweeping Day, clean up and welcome the New Year; 25 paste windows, cut flowers, celebrate warmth; 26 stew, delicious floating in Wan Li; Twenty-seven kill the chicken, kill the chicken to celebrate the New Year; Twenty-eight faces, currently one year; 29 steamed buns, symbolizing good omen; Stay up for 30 nights and get new clothes ready on the first day; On New Year's Day, every household is greeting.

When I was a child, I always steamed steamed steamed bread for one day and one night at home, and I had to eat it until the fifteenth day of the first month.

The mention of steamed bread has a long history and originated in China. It is said that during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang marched into the southwest to stabilize the rear. When crossing the Lushui River, due to miasma, the venom overflowed, and the weak soldiers on the other side touched the water and died, making it difficult for the army to advance. Zhuge Liang's men put forward a superstitious idea: kill some "Na Man" prisoners and give their heads to the river god of Lushui. Zhuge Liang was worried about this scene, so he had to pay homage to the river god, pray for God's blessing, punish evil and promote good, and bless all beings. So he ordered the cows and pigs to be slaughtered, wrapped into dough and thrown into the water as sacrifices. Since then, this kind of pasta has been handed down and spread to the north. However, being called "human head" is so scary that people change the word "person" into "person" and write it as "steamed bread". Over time, steamed bread has become the staple food of northerners.

Our steamed buns during the Spring Festival are colorful and rich in image. Because the styles of steamed bread are different, the meanings are naturally different: fish is auspicious, peach is long-lived, and apple is safe and happy. Some families want to be a pair of "leftover worms", that is, there are leftovers every year. Some families not only have "leftover worms", but also make a pair of "holy chickens", which symbolizes that children at home study well and can be upgraded every year. In addition to steamed bread, there are also "bean bags". As soon as you listen to this sound, you must know that it means "full" There is also a "vegetable bag", which contains tofu vermicelli, meaning that there is treasure every year, money every day, and good weather all the year round.

Steamed bread is an essential food for Chinese New Year in the north. Now the technology of steamed bread has been greatly improved and the production is more exquisite. Not only tastes good, but also pays attention to health care.