The custom of delivering fish with noodles

The custom of sending noodle fish is a local custom in Shandong Province.

The custom of sending noodle fish on leap year is an old custom in some areas of Shandong Province. It is that every leap year of the lunar calendar, the married girl, to steam a face fish in the leap month, sent to her mother's home.

In the past, people lived half a year of chaff half a year of grain, the phenomenon of eating grain also occurs from time to time. The people lived according to the lunar calendar, and in leap years there was an extra month.

The daughter was worried that if the year was long, her family would be hungry, so she would take the time to steam a pair of fish and send them to her in a hurry. The fish and the surplus harmonize, of course, the daughter also hope that her family's life is rich and surplus, for good luck.

Face fish different practices

1, Northwest face fish

Northwest (especially Gansu) summer common traditional specialties of pasta, in some places (such as Tianshui) in the dialect is also known as pot away (dialect tadpole pronunciation), the noodle lumps, the shape of a small fish or tadpole, the practice of its practice is similar to that of the Northeast China "Pimple soup.

2, North China noodle fish

North China, Central Plains, Northeast, and Shandong (Jiaodong region is the main) and other regions of a deep-fried noodle dishes. There are many different shapes, including different small animals, such as fish, commonly known as noodle fish.

3, different meanings

The times are different, the 15th of July is not just pinching noodles fish. Today, in addition to pinching a variety of noodle fish: carp, silver carp, crucian carp, grass carp, began to pinch other types of noodle pinch products.