Folk Customs of the Dongxiang Nationality What is the custom of the Dongxiang Nationality eating Pinghuo?

The ancient traditional custom of the Dongxiang people, eating flat meals. Modern civilization is full of high-rise buildings, and people lack necessary communication, making people living in cities feel particularly lonely.

However, in the still remote mountainous areas, where economic development is slow, many places still retain their ancient culture and spread some fascinating customs.

So, do you want to know the old customs of Dongxiang people?

In areas where the Dongxiang people live together, a simple food custom is called "eating dinner", which is a very popular form of gathering for people of Dongxiang and other ethnic groups.

In summer and autumn, when the grass is growing and the sheep are fat, it is a very pleasant thing for a few close friends to get together, choose a good owner, buy Jie sheep and eat them for dinner.

In the etiquette-conscious food culture of the Dongxiang ethnic group, "eating flat rice" is an ancient traditional custom of the Dongxiang ethnic group, mostly during the slack season or on rainy days.

To be precise, "eating a flat meal" means eating "Dongxiang Whole Sheep Feast", where everyone eats hand-meal together.

Among them, Pinghuo mutton has carefully selected ingredients, unique preparation methods, and unique taste. It can be called the best mutton.

The Dongxiang people who "eat Pinghuo" pay special attention to the selection of sheep. Pinghuo mutton is very particular about the selection of sheep, and generally choose Jie sheep.

When the Jie lamb is born, the owner carefully feeds it to prevent it from wandering up the mountain.

After four or five months, the puppies are born, equipped with a halter, fixed in a certain place and moved around the area, and fed with grass and concentrated feed.

After one year, the body will be strong and fat, and the fat and leanness will be appropriate. The meat will be tender and silky, with excellent quality, no fishy smell, and extremely nutritious.

The Dongxiang people’s cooking method of “eating Pinghuo” is also unique in how they eat and cook Pinghuo mutton.

First of all, the shares must be determined, and then the sheep are brought to the owner's courtyard. The imam slaughters them, hangs them upside down on a tree, peels the skin, and cleans the internal organs. The liver is taken out, cut into small pieces, and stir-fried with clear oil and chopped green onions. Everyone who orders a share must try it.

Serve the lamb's liver. This means that the liver at the front is more fragrant than the meat at the back.

Then, put the whole sheep into the pot and cook it over strong fire.

At the same time, wash and chop the lean meat from the sheep's heart, lungs, fat intestines and neck, add mutton fat, clear oil, chopped green onion, add seasonings to make a dish, put it into a bowl, put it in a meat pot and steam it with a steamer.

After taking out the seeds, add condiments to the boiling meat pot, usually Sichuan peppercorns, pepper, ginger slices, salt, garlic sprouts, red pepper, etc.

At this time, the host brought you Xiang and Kangzi steamed buns, placed them on the table, and poured a spoonful of hot broth into the steamed bun bowl for the diners to taste.

The profound meaning contained in Dongxiang people's "eating Pinghuo" Pinghuo also means "pacifying fire".

Whenever the villagers have disagreements, business disputes, or conflicts over crops, neighbors, brothers, uncles and nephews, there will be disputes. After several attempts at reconciliation through intermediaries, they will meet each other and say: "Selan" for understanding, and "If you want to let go, *

**It is a custom to say that if you want a good meal, the meal will be even."

After eating Pinghuo mutton, the grievances will disappear, and both parties will make peace and get back together.

When the Dongxiang people "eat a flat meal", the fragrance of the mutton in the pot, the hair in the bowl, and the oil on the kang table fills the entire courtyard, creating a joyful and unknown charm.

The ancient food custom of eating Pinghuo has always been talked about and enjoyed by the Dongxiang people. Its taste, emotion and scenery are indeed unique and charming.

Just imagine, in the summer and autumn of the plateau with the pleasant climate and beautiful scenery, close friends meet together and sit around the earthen bed in a farmhouse, tasting delicious food and chatting, with mellow fragrance and constant laughter. What a rich folk culture and national culture.

Beautiful.

Nowadays, with the development of the economy, there are Dongxiang people's "hands-on" restaurants everywhere, and "eating flat food" has also been transferred to restaurants, adding a distinct sense of the times to this traditional custom.