What to eat in Shaanxi off-year

1, considerations for Shaanxi off-year

1. 1, you should not eat too much candy.

Eat stove candy in the off-year, and diabetics should eat less. Kitchen sugar is a kind of maltose, which is very sticky. The candy that is drawn into a long strip is called "Guandong Sugar", and the candy that is drawn into a flat circle is called "honeydew melon". When it is put outside in winter, because of the cold weather, the honeydew melon is solidified firmly, and there are some tiny bubbles in it, which tastes crisp and sweet and has a special flavor. Because there is too much sugar in the stove, diabetics should eat less.

1.2, a bowl of soup before meals

It is rare to have a sumptuous dish on the New Year's Eve. Then, drink a bowl of nutritious and low-calorie soup before meals, such as fish soup, vegetable soup and egg soup. So you don't eat too much when you eat.

1.3, eat less meat

In addition, you should eat more fish and eggs instead of meat at the New Year's Eve. Eat less meat, no more than 3-4 times a week at most, and it is best to eat poultry. It would be better if fish could replace pork.

2. What day is the off-year

According to the traditional custom of Han nationality in China, the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is called "off-year". I'm afraid it's so called because in a few days, the Spring Festival, as the "New Year's Day", is coming. So it can also be said that "off-year" is a prelude or overture to "off-year"! ?

3. The Legend of Off-year

Lunar calendar1February 23rd and 24th are the traditional days of offering sacrifices to stoves for the Han people, also known as "off-year". According to legend, Kitchen God was originally a civilian, Zhang Sheng. After marriage, he spent all his time drinking, losing everything and begging in the streets. One day, he begged at his ex-wife Guo Dingxiang's house, ashamed and burned to death under the stove.

When the Jade Emperor knew about it, he thought that Zhang Sheng would change his mind, and it wouldn't be bad in the end. Because he died at the bottom of the pot, he was named the kitchen god. Every year, he went to heaven on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month and returned to the bottom of the stove on the New Year's Eve. The people think that the kitchen god must be respected because he wants to repay the kindness to heaven. Therefore, the Han people celebrate the "off-year" on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month, praying for peace and wealth in the coming year.

In Song Dynasty, Fan Chengda said in "Poem of Sacrificing a Kitchen": "According to legend, there was a twelfth lunar month in ancient times, and the kitchen owner spoke to heaven. Clouds, cars and horses linger, and there are cups and plates at home. The pig's head is rotten and hot, the fish is fresh, and the bean paste is Gan Song powder bait. When a man asks his daughter to avoid it, he drinks and burns money. You can't smell the struggle of servants, and you are not angry about the horns of cats and dogs; Send you to Tianmen to get drunk, and don't go back to the clouds for a long time, begging for points from the market. " It can be said that this poem vividly illustrates the customs and habits of ancient Han people about offering sacrifices to stoves. Of course, this is only a legend of the Han people, and it is not credible.