What do Beijingers eat for Chinese New Year, jiaozi?

Manchu and Mongolian banners in old Beijing called jiaozi "boiled beans". No matter whether it's a rich family or a poor family, jiaozi will eat it. According to the traditional custom of old Beijing, people eat big fish and meat on New Year's Eve, and after the New Year's Eve, they begin to chop stuffing and wrap jiaozi. After the zero point, you can't move the knife.

During the Spring Festival, Jiaozi wants the whole family to be together, which shows the unity and harmony of the family, and Qi Xin makes concerted efforts. There are not only fillings in jiaozi, but also some washed coins and dates for good luck.

Old Beijing pays attention to "jiaozi in five tables", that is, eating in the morning of the first day of junior high school. At the fifth watch, Jiaozi cooked vegetarian stuffing and served it first. After the ceremony, the whole family set off firecrackers in the yard. Back in the house, the children kowtowed to the old man and got lucky money. After that, the whole family can get together and have a steaming "first bite of the New Year".

Fried meatballs

In the book "Jingweier", it is mentioned that there is a "job closely related to steaming steamed bread" in the Spring Festival eating method in old Beijing, that is, frying meatballs. There must be meatballs on the New Year's Eve, because meatballs symbolize family reunion. In the past, during the Spring Festival, family members always paid New Year greetings or received New Year greetings. The meal time is not fixed, and there is not much time for cooking. Prepare meatballs in advance and serve them.

"Why are vegetarian meatballs sold in supermarkets not delicious now?" Mr. Zhao Heng asked himself and answered, "Because I don't want coriander." Mr. Zhao said that delicious vegetarian meatballs must be mixed with a lot of coriander, carrot, spiced powder and vermicelli, and then fried and eaten now. Vegetarian meatballs are typical "food for the poor", but they taste good. Mr. Zhao said that people's living standards were relatively low at that time, so they spared no effort to cook vegetarian dishes and coarse dishes. But this poor delicacy is hard to find now.

mutton

In ancient times, "sheep" was auspicious, so eating mutton was a very auspicious symbol. There is a habit of eating mutton all over the world. The unique mutton culture in China and Beijing is profound. The famous all-lamb feast consists of 108 dishes, covering every part of the sheep. There are also many practices, such as stewing, stewing, rinsing, exploding, burning, roasting and so on. Each method has its own flavor and characteristics, and the nutritional components are not the same.

Mutton stew can ensure no loss of nutrition to the maximum extent, and the nourishing effect is the best. When stewing soup, stew some leg bones and spine for half an hour to form milky soup, remove the soup bones, then put the washed mutton in a pot, add onion and ginger, and stew over low heat. It will taste better if stewed in a casserole.

red cooked beancurd pieces

Braised tofu is a famous halal snack in old Beijing. Tofu is tender and smooth, and the soup is delicious, which is deeply loved by the people. Since "tofu" spread to Beijing, it has been eaten more and more, and the taste of the combination of north and south has been improved. After hundreds of years of evolution, Beijing has formed its own characteristics. Especially in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, after the opening of "Liubiju" in Beijing, condiments were more abundant, and the snack "Bitter Fried Tofu" appeared again, which has been passed down to this day through continuous improvement.

carp

Old Beijing has the custom of eating fish on New Year's Eve. Fish must be carp, originally in the name of offering sacrifices to gods, and later associated with the auspicious language of "more than good luck and celebration" Fish is both delicious and sacrificial.

Fried indentation box

Short for tickle box, it is a snack in Beijing. Although some families do it themselves, especially during the Spring Festival, they mainly buy it in snack bars. The tickle box is made of mung bean flour mixed with white flour, salt and spiced powder (or pepper), and it is made at home, and eggs can also be put in the dough. Some tickle boxes are added with shredded carrots and coriander, and some are rolled into rolls without adding anything, cut into sections and fried. Crispy and delicious, burnt but not greasy.

There are two kinds of tickle boxes, the big one is more common, and it used to be breakfast with sesame cakes. The small tickle box is exquisite and small, which can be used as a wine companion, and Tongxian is the best. Some people say that the tickle box was produced earlier than Beijing.

New Year cake; rice cake

New Year's Cake-Eating New Year's Cake during the Spring Festival, "Choose a year to win the year to pray for the New Year." It means that every year goes well. In the book Dialect of Han Dynasty, the title of "Gao" was popular in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Jia Sixie's "Qi Yao Min Shu" recorded this production method. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, rice cakes have developed into perennial snacks in the market, and there are differences between north and south. The rice cakes in old Beijing were supplied in large quantities by Muslim Hui snack bars during the Spring Festival. They are sacrifices used by Manchu people to worship the gods. The Manchu name is Heiafeng, Shi Fei.

On the fifteenth night of the first lunar month; Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month；Lantern Festival；yuanxiao

Lantern Festival-Lantern Festival, which Taoism calls "Shangyuan Festival". Eating Lantern Festival means "reunion is like the moon".

In the Ming Dynasty, Lantern Festival was very common in Beijing, and the practice was no different from today. During the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, the "Babao Lantern Festival" and the Ma Siyuan Lantern Festival prevailed in the ruling and opposition parties. In the early years of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai ordered that it was forbidden to shout Yuanxiao, because it had the same pronunciation as "Yuan Xiao". In addition to glutinous rice noodles, there are glutinous sorghum noodles, yellow wheat and so on. The fillings include sweet-scented osmanthus sugar, mountain slag sugar, assorted foods, bean paste, jujube paste and so on.

thick

Old Beijingers also eat "bean paste"-a cold dish made of skin, dried tofu, soybeans, green beans and watercress. The color is amber, similar to "aspic". Generally speaking, bean paste is made of bean paste, but no one says it is made of bean paste. In the past, every family in old Beijing had to prepare this for the Spring Festival. This is an essential cold dish for the New Year.

Mustard mound

Mustard heap is a traditional dish of Han nationality in old Beijing. Many snacks and dishes in old Beijing have been lost, but mustard remains. One is that this dish is so distinctive, and the other is that it is common to use Chinese cabbage as raw material. Mustard Dun is an authentic dish for ordinary people. Chinese cabbage is on the market in winter, and many exquisite families in old Beijing have to make mustard tuber. Especially during the Spring Festival, it is best to eat greasy food for a change. Mustard stew is refreshing and delicious, and it is very popular among old Beijingers.

Pagoda-shaped cake

Honey sacrifice, also known as "honey sacrifice tip", is a kind of pasta dedicated to Buddha in Buddhist temples, which looks like a small tower, and the sacrifice tip is dedicated below. It varies in size and height, regardless of weight. The top of this honey tip looks like a small golden pyramid with flower-shaped signatures such as "Fu", "Shou", "Lu", "Xi" and "Cai" inserted at the top of the pyramid.

saqima

Saqima is a traditional cake in old Beijing, and its predecessor is the traditional cake of Manchu-Cuobao cake. Later, when the cooked bean flour was replaced by white sugar, it became "sugar wrapped" and changed its name to Saqima.

Assorted candied fruit

Miscellaneous children are a symbol of good luck. One of the folk customs of Han festivals is popular in Beijing. There are generally three kinds of bastards. High-grade mixed children are candied mixed children made of fresh Xinger, peaches, dates, longan, lychee, hawthorn and lotus root slices. Mid-range miscellaneous seeds are also called coarse miscellaneous seeds, including dried pears, dried apples, dried persimmon strips, hawthorn strips, crisp dates, hazelnuts and peanuts. At its worst, it was called "Zapaw" in old Beijing, and it was full of the meanest melon seeds, peanuts and crispy beans. It is thicker than coarse mixed food. In old Beijing, during the Spring Festival, every family has to eat snacks when they are observing the New Year.

Eight big ones and eight small ones.

Beijingers pay attention to making a snack box during the Spring Festival, which includes "big eight pieces" and "small eight pieces". The former is exactly eight yuan a catty, blessed, blessed, longevity, happiness and so on; The latter is more exquisite, 16 yuan a catty, made into peach, apricot, pomegranate, apple and other fruit shapes, and colored. This is also for the convenience of display-each plate is the same, two pieces of each, and if it is four or eight plates, it will be one catty.

Earlier, old Beijingers didn't call dim sum dim sum dim sum, but called "Bobo". I don't know when the cake shop in old Beijing disappeared, but the original "Daoxiang Village" from the south has become a Beijing snack.

wine

Wine is absolutely indispensable for Chinese New Year.

The wine is half full of tea and full of wine. Don't pour tea. Everyone who drinks knows that it is full. In the past, drinking and scalding wine on New Year's Eve was very particular, and it was called screening wine.

Beijingers like to drink Erguotou. In the past, there was another key point in drinking during the Spring Festival. The house should be full. Open the whole bottle during the Chinese New Year, drink a little wine at ordinary times, and take the whole bottle during the Chinese New Year, which is a little high-end. People are very happy. It's different now. Now pick what you want.