China News Service, Guangzhou, February 9th: Looking for the flavor of Laoguang in New Year snacks
China News Service reporter Cai Minjie
"Open the wok (pot)", deep-fry fried horns, and eat lettuce, pork knuckles and other foods with beautiful meanings; "walk the flower street (shopping in the flower street) on New Year's Eve" and "welcome the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the new year" to arrange the "year" It is delicious; "Cantonese-style red envelopes" are "focusing on the heart and not the money" (focusing on the heart and not the amount), most of which are 10 yuan (RMB, the same below) or 20 yuan... Cantonese people still pass on this uniqueness from generation to generation. Spring Festival memories.
For Lingnan people, fried dumplings are the prelude to the Chinese New Year and the flavor of the New Year that will never change. On New Year's Eve this year (February 9), Li Ping, a villager in Langtou Village, Huadu District, Guangzhou, put out a large plate of fried dumplings at his home. Boiling sugar water, kneading dough, and kneading the dough... She pressed down the middle of the dough with her fingers, slowly pinched out a hollow, formed it into a ball, then closed it, put it in the oil pan and fried it for 2 to 3 minutes, and the dough slowly expanded. Stand up and turn into a golden ball.
"The freshly baked fried dumplings have thin, crispy skin and are sweet and delicious." Li Ping bit into it gently, and it was very sweet and fragrant. She said that in the past, preservation technology was backward, and high-temperature frying was an excellent way to extend the shelf life. Fried food has become a must-have snack during the New Year. "Jiandui means 'fried heaps are full of gold and silver,' and when you smell the aroma of jiandui, It means the year is approaching."
According to Lu Yanwu, an expert on traditional wedding customs and culture in Guangfu, people in Guangfu should choose an auspicious day to "open the oil pan" and fry fried dumplings, fried dumplings and other foods after the sacrifice of the stove. I wish you plenty of food and clothing in the coming year. Nowadays, many families no longer "open the frying pan" themselves, but instead directly purchase traditional foods such as fried dumplings, fried fried rice cakes, fried rice cakes and steamed rice cakes.
By checking the takeout platform, the reporter found that on New Year's Eve, many stores launched a variety of fried dumplings such as quicksand fried dumplings, soft sesame fried dumplings, coconut milk fried dumplings, and five-nut fried dumplings, with a good number of orders. Chinese cake shops in the Guangfu area have also launched jiandui gift boxes of one in a bag or two in a box, attracting many citizens and tourists visiting the flower streets to buy them.
In addition to placing the fried fried dumplings in rice jars, on New Year's Eve, people in Guangfu will prepare food to "come to the New Year": leaving at least one fried fish on the dining table, which means "more than enough every year" ; The piles of various ingredients are piled high, which means "the home is fat and the house is moist". Before midnight the next day, people completed sweeping the floor, taking out the trash, and taking a shower. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people wear new clothes to show the new atmosphere.
Chinese New Year celebrations for Lingnan people are not only a custom, but also an inheritance of emotion and culture. "On New Year's Eve, our family will have a reunion dinner together. On the first day of the new year, we will visit my husband's relatives, and on the second day of the new year, the girl will go back to her parents' home to visit her relatives. Now we have also prepared a lot of programs, such as making tea around the stove, bonfire parties, etc. ." For Li Ping, the greatest significance of the Spring Festival is that relatives gather together.
In terms of the inheritance of New Year customs, some experts believe that to promote young people to understand these customs, the government needs to create scenes and atmosphere. At the same time, during the New Year period, places frequented by citizens can be arranged to have a more atmospheric feel, so that everyone can go shopping and Learn about New Year’s customs and pass on New Year’s customs while eating. (over)