What are the customs in Hubei for the New Year?

In Shashi, Jingzhou and other places in Hubei Province, there is a strange custom of eating the first meal of the New Year, that is, eating poached eggs, which means that in the new year, a family can be "real and prosperous".

2. Artemisia selengensis

On the first meal of the New Year, some places in Zigui, Hubei will eat fried Artemisia annua, which is homophonic "Bai Hao" to leave a good impression. However, this is the first time I have heard that Artemisia annua can be eaten after being fried. Artemisia annua seems to be fried in an oil pan with eggs, flour and water.

3.lamb cake

It is a common fact that all parts of Hubei Province will eat Ciba during the Spring Festival. But there is also a very strange custom, which may not be known to everyone. In the past, Hubei people were not allowed to cook raw rice in the first three days of the New Year, and they had to eat the leftovers from last year. Because the leftovers are not delicious, they gradually evolved into noodles and rice cakes.

4. Sanquan cuisine

In the past, people in Wuhan celebrated the Spring Festival, and there were definitely three dishes, three cakes and three pills on the dining table. These three foods refer to whole chicken, whole fish and whole duck, whole cake refers to fish cake, meat pie and mutton cake, and three pills refer to fish balls, meatballs and lotus root balls. No pills, no fish, no soup.

5. New Year's Eve

In the past, when Hubei people celebrated the New Year, men had to carry water to fill the water tank on New Year's Eve, which should be enough for their families to use for at least three days. This is called "the water keeps flowing, and the children and grandchildren are rich". With running water, this custom will be abolished invisibly. Women, no matter how busy they are, have to make shoes for their families, which symbolizes "wearing new shoes in the New Year (Hai) and happy events come together".

Then feed the livestock and tell the dogs not to bark, so as not to scare away the god of wealth. Eat before dawn, "the more you eat, the brighter you get." The whole fish can't move chopsticks because it has been "more than a year."