Original title: "Celebrate the New Year with the General Secretary" Part 2 "Taste the New Year"
For a more "tasty" tomorrow
Warmth is the strongest flavor of the year, and concern is the deepest yearning.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, on the eve of the Spring Festival, General Secretary Xi Jinping has braved wind and snow, traveled through mountains and rivers time and time again to come among the people, chat about daily life, ask about the weather, send blessings, and often participate in the preparation of Spring Festival delicacies with everyone.
Glutinous rice cakes, fried rice cakes, ground bean curds... local traditional delicacies made and praised by the General Secretary personally have become a link between him and the masses.
"The same goes for our lives, the better the better!"
In China, there are a wide variety of Spring Festival delicacies, many of which have beautiful meanings such as harvest, abundance, and prosperity.
On January 24, 2017, the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Desheng Village, Zhangbei County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province.
Villager Xu Wan brought out his own New Year goods to entertain the guests. Golden in color, sweet and crispy, "Kai Kaixiao" is a must-have Spring Festival delicacy for many families in Bashang, Hebei. After tasting it, the general secretary said it tasted very good.
At the home of villager Xu Xuehai, Xu Xuehai asked the general secretary to fry rice cakes with them, and the general secretary happily started frying rice cakes with his family.
Everyone "smiles" and pieces of fried rice cakes, these Spring Festival delicacies, are connected with the General Secretary's deep feelings for the masses and the masses' sincere love for the General Secretary.
Inseparable from the Spring Festival food is friendship, reunion, and not forgetting the original intention.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping spent his own money to purchase new year goods and returned to Liangjiahe, Shaanxi to visit his fellow villagers. At noon that day, at the home of the old party secretary Liang Yuming, the general secretary and the fellow villagers sat around and had "New Year's tea and rice". In northern Shaanxi, people refer to the food eaten during the Spring Festival as "New Year's tea and rice".
"I will never forget Liangjiahe, my father and fellow villagers, and the people in the old district." Under the cordial care of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the villagers of Liangjiahe have eaten "ecological rice" and lived a good life.
Love touches the people, and spring warms China.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping walked into the four alleys of Caochang, Dongcheng District, Beijing. At the home of resident Zhu Maojin, the General Secretary chatted with them while making dumplings. The general secretary smiled and said: "My family also loves to make dumplings stuffed with fennel. I haven't made dumplings for many years due to work. You see, the more you make, the better. The same is true in our lives, the more we get, the better!"
"The better, the better" is the General Secretary's ardent expectation and the Communists' unswerving pursuit.
On February 1, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping made dumplings and chatted with Zhu Maojin and his family in Si Tiao Hutong, Caochang, Qianmen East District, Beijing. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng
"I wish your life is as comfortable as eating glutinous rice balls!"
The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Although the eating habits and tastes of food in the north and south of the country are different, they all inherit the genes of Chinese culture and carry the people's yearning for a happy life.
Integrating expectations for a better life and blessings for relatives and friends into the names and forms of food is the romance of Chinese food culture.
The round glutinous rice balls are a traditional delicacy for many southerners during the Spring Festival. On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Zhanqi Village in Pidu District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. When he saw the villagers making glutinous rice balls, he gave a thumbs up and said to everyone: "I wish you a life as comfortable as eating glutinous rice balls!" "
Bright yellow and soft glutinous rice cake is a traditional festival delicacy in Sichuan, Guizhou and other places. On February 3, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Huawu Village, Xinren Miao Township, Qianxi County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province for inspection and investigation. Among the Miao villagers Zhao Yujia, the general secretary picked up a rice dumpling leaf, sandwiched a piece of glutinous rice and soybean noodles, rolled up the rice dumpling leaf, tied it tightly with a thread, wrapped a rice dumpling with his own hands, and said with a smile: "I wish you a happy life in the future. Be happier and sweeter!"
Steamed steamed buns symbolize prosperity. On January 26, 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the home of Shi Hongbing in Fengnanyuan Village, Shizhuang Township, Huozhou City, Shanxi Province, and saw a family making New Year buns. The General Secretary joined in and kneaded a piece of jujube dough. "Grandpa Xi, please put one." The granddaughter of Division Hongbing asked the General Secretary to order a red date on the "Denggao Steamed Bun", and the General Secretary readily agreed.
Behind different flavors are similar emotions; behind different delicacies are common wishes.
From the "year-old" rice cakes in Desheng Village, Zhangbei, Hebei to the lifelike rice cakes in Fengnanyuan Village, Huozhou, Shanxi, from the happy glutinous rice cakes in Shenshan Village, Jinggangshan, Jiangxi to the crispy fried glutinous rice cakes in Caochang Hutong, Beijing... the people regard the General Secretary as My relatives entertain me, and hundreds of millions of people and the General Secretary are always considerate.
Food is connected with beauty, it is both material food and spiritual food. Following General Secretary Xi Jinping’s New Year footsteps, the strong New Year flavor has the cultural imprint of the inheritance and development of the Chinese context.
On January 26, 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping made New Year buns with the family of Shi Hongbing in Feng Nanyuan Village, Shizhuang Township, Huozhou City, Linfen City, Shanxi Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xueren
"The 'greatest country' is the happy life of its people"
"On the occasion of the New Year, what I am most concerned about are the people in need. How are they eating, living, and whether they can have a good New Year and Spring Festival."
Time witnesses true love. On February 1, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Tianjin and visited Liubu Village, Xinkou Town, Xiqing District, to learn about the recovery of local agricultural production after last year's flood disaster and visit the affected people.
The affairs of thousands of households are on the desk and on the mind. "I am busy with these things. The 'big country' is the happy life of the people"... What the General Secretary always remembers is the life of the people.
"Have vegetable prices increased?" "Are there many local vegetables?" On the eve of the 2013 Spring Festival, at Wuquan Vegetable Market in Chengguan District, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, General Secretary Xi Jinping learned in detail about the prices of cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, onions and other vegetables.
Simola Wa Village in Yunnan - a village that means "happy place" in Wa language. On January 19, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping came here to wish everyone New Year's greetings.
Villager Li Fushun invited General Secretary Xi Jinping to make rice cake, the traditional New Year food of the Wa ethnic group. The general secretary made two bright red rice cakes in a row. He said with a smile: "Press the word "Fu" and then the word "Happiness". Blessings and joys."
On January 19, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping made rice cakes, a traditional local festival food, with his family, Li Fashun, a villager, in Zhongzhai Simola Wa Village, Sanjia Village, Qingshui Township, Tengchong City, Yunnan Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng
From blessing to joy, from the tip of the tongue to the heart, we stand together, think together, and work together. The memories of the Spring Festival and the delicacies of the Spring Festival are true reflections of the general secretary’s always caring about the people.
"Our goal is both ambitious and simple. In the final analysis, it is to let the people live a better life."
Let us move forward hand in hand - for a more "tasty" tomorrow!