Close to the spring and rainy season of the Qing dynasty, different customs have come to people's attention along with the bizarre Ching Ming diet. “In the third of the third month, the leeks are the dandelions.†Many localities in China have the custom of eating leeks on Ching Ming Festival. The above sentence in the poem contains hidden food dishes that are famous in the season. In fact, in addition to leeks, there are many traditional foods related to Ching Ming. They carry the atmosphere of late spring and also have a complex associated with local folk customs.
Leek: good taste for health and wealth
Amaranth is a seasonal vegetable in the spring of March, and because of its homophonic nature with “Gatheringâ€, it is popular with the people. With regard to leeks, there is a folklore. When ancestors worship on the Ching Ming Festival, they use the ancestors' deities and their fortune. People will rake fresh leeks and bundle them into small bundles, put them in eggs, red dates, and wind balls. Three pieces of ginger, boiled on a large pot, each person to eat a bowl, can not only pay fortune, but also prevent headache dizziness, over time will form a unique folk diet practices. In addition, due to the harmony between “è †and “å‰â€, the è èœ also has “å‰èœâ€.
Leek cake
In addition to the ancestors, the legendary leek is also related to the famous doctor Hua Tuo. According to legend, when Hua Yu encounters heavy rain at a time when he collects herbs, he avoids the rain in an old man's home. Seeing that the old man suffers from headaches, he picks up a leek, and the old man cooks eggs with leeks. The old man recovered after eating three eggs.
Related to the leeks, there is a beautiful love story. According to legend, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the prime minister's queen Bao Bao throws the ball of hydrangea and Xuanxiu throws Zhong Ping Xue Pinggui. The prime minister is not allowed. Xue Pinggui and Wang Baoyu eloped the south of Chang'an City. After the marriage coincided with Xiliangguo anti-Tang, Xue Pinggui ordered the West. In the war, Xue Pinggui was taken prisoner by the West Liangguo, and he was recruited as a Hummer. Wang Baoyu alone guarded the chilly kiln for 18 years and finally waited for a lover. In the 18 years, Wang Baozhen digging oysters to dig into the hardships, digging all the leeks in the vicinity of the kiln, "the mountains without edges, heaven and earth together, but dare and nobility," a small leek to witness the hardships of Wang Xue love.
It is reported that leeks are also known as “protective grasses†because they can cure all diseases and are very beneficial to the body. Modern science believes that leeks have high nutritional value, including protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, and a variety of vitamins. They also contain flavonoid glycosides, choline, and acetylcholine, which help to enhance immune function. It can also lower blood pressure, stomach and digestion, treatment of stomach cramps, stomach ulcers, dysentery, enteritis and other diseases. Chinese medicine also records that if the "Doctors Don't Record" contains "the main benefit liver Qi, and in the", "Daily with Materia Medica" contains "Cold Liver eyesight", "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains "eyesight, Yiwei." Before and after the Ching Ming, edible leeks have been in China for thousands of years. According to the Book of Songs, it is said that whoever suffers from misfortunes and is willing to take advantage of it shows that people have already eaten leeks in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Because leeks are very easy to harvest and beneficial to the human body, they have forged bonds with the poor people of the past and poor scribes, resulting in many famous lines. Du Fu has the poem "The Wall is overcast." In the Northern Song Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan wrote “Feifuâ€: “In the Taoist Weng, it is marinated into greenish green and blue, take measures at the entrance, and sew the oyster corner.†Su Dongpo made the famous “Dongpo Sui†with leeks, radishes and rice. . In the Southern Song Dynasty, Lu You was even more addicted to leeks in his later years. There are poems to prove that: “But the heavens are given, the green is the ridge, the beauty is salt, and the snow cream.â€
The practice of leeks
There are many ways to eat leeks, which can be fried, boiled, boiled, stuffed, fresh and delicious, with unique flavor and attractive color.
“On March 3rd of the lunar calendar, we did not forget to boil eggs with leeks.†Cooking boiled eggs with leeks is the most common practice during the Ching Ming Festival. The specific approach is actually very simple: first, the fresh leek washed and bundled into a small bundle, into the eggs, red dates, wind ball, with 2-3 pieces of ginger, you can boil a large pot, the whole family to eat.
The practice seems very simple, in fact, there is a lot of stress. The first is to choose the dishes, you can pick up field heads better, if you go to the supermarket to buy it must choose a big, robust. Followed by the number of eggs. Usually a multiple of 3, such as 6, 9, 12 and so on. The most important thing is burning. In the evening, let the small fire stew for 1 hour, knock the eggshells on cracks and put them in the pan. When you eat the next morning, boil it again to give out the smell of leeks.
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