Folk proverb: On the first day of the lunar month, dumplings are made, on the second day of the lunar month, the eggs are transferred home, on the fourth day of the lunar month, pancakes are fried with eggs, on the fifth day of the lunar month, a little person’s mouth is pinched, and on the seventh day of the lunar month, people eat longevity noodles.

New Year's Day

1. New Year Cake - Because of its homophonic pronunciation of "year high" and its varied tastes, rice cake has become a must-have food for almost every household. . The styles of rice cakes include square yellow and white rice cakes, which symbolize gold and silver and convey the meaning of getting rich in the new year.

2. Ten Thousand Years of Grain - In some areas of Guangdong, the first meal of the Spring Festival is to eat "Ten Thousand Years of Grain", which means to prepare enough meals for the family for the three days of the Spring Festival, which means "no worries about eating and drinking" .

3. Dumplings - Eating dumplings on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day is a custom for northerners, but now many southerners have also joined the ranks of eating dumplings. Eating dumplings on New Year's Eve means "Geng Nian Jiao Zi" (good luck in the coming year). Eating dumplings on New Year's Day means good luck in the coming year.

4. Tangyuan - Tangyuan for breakfast on the first day of the Lunar New Year must have a special meaning. Its meaning is: everything goes well and the whole family is reunited happily.

5. Noodles - long noodles, also called longevity noodles. Eating longevity noodles on the first day of the Lunar New Year means "longevity every year" and wishes for a hundred years of life. Many elderly people still maintain With such customs.

6. Chicken soup - Drinking chicken soup on the first day of the Lunar New Year symbolizes "peace". In addition, the main labor force in the family also eats chicken feet, which means "making money in the New Year".

7. Sweets - Eating sweets on the first day of the new year means that life will be beautiful and sweet in the new year.

The second day of the Lunar New Year

1. The noodles for the second day of the Lunar New Year should be made with the dumpling noodles from the first day of the Lunar New Year. And this noodle must be in cold soup. That is, the noodles are cooked and then soaked in cold water, which is called cold soup.

Nowadays, people usually braise or fry some sauce to make braised noodles or fried noodles. But it must be soaked in cold water to preserve the custom of "second grade noodles".

2. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the daughter (along with her son-in-law) returns to her natal home to pay New Year greetings to her parents. Generally, you must eat things left over from the New Year's Eve dinner, such as chicken. You should keep the head, wings, feet, and tail for the New Year's Eve dinner, but you can eat it on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

If there is a New Year's Eve meal, cook more and save the New Year meal for the second day of the Lunar New Year. There must be bacon sausage, fish and noodles.

3. In the north, the God of Wealth is worshiped on the second day of the first lunar month. On this day, both commercial shops and ordinary families will hold activities to worship the God of Wealth. The five major sacrifices should be made, namely whole pigs, whole sheep, whole chickens, whole ducks, red live carp, etc., in the hope of making a fortune this year.

The third day of the Lunar New Year

1. It is sometimes believed that the birthday of the three millets in the first lunar month is celebrated. On this day, sacrifices are made to pray for good luck, and rice is not allowed.

2. As the saying goes: On the third day of the lunar month, the zygote goes home. The zygote is a kind of Chinese pasta, which is popular in northern China, especially in Beijing and Tianjin. The more common ones are leeks, fennel, eggs, and pork. The combinations of leeks + eggs, fennel + pork, and leeks + pork are the most common and popular.

Zhezi’s dough generally does not use fermented noodles, but uses hot noodles and cold noodles. Zongzi has thin skin, large filling and delicious taste, so it is very popular.

3. In some places in the north, it is popular to eat dumplings on the third day of the Lunar New Year. Since some people need to go out early and rush to work at this time, the famous saying of folk customs and customs is: "Go out for dumplings and enter for the store." . That is to say: when relatives leave home, eat dumplings to keep them safe. When they reunite next year, the blessings of relatives at home are all wrapped in dumplings.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year

Zheluo - On this day, the whole family eats Zheluo together. The so-called folding basket is a hodgepodge of leftover meals from the first to third grade of junior high school.

In the past, when people were not rich, they would not throw away the leftovers from the previous day. They would "fold" them together and cook them together the next day. The leftovers had a special taste and some people liked to eat them.

Dumplings on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year

Eating dumplings on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year carries the meaning of people's hope for good luck and happiness.

Old Beijing has a very particular rule. When eating dumplings on Po Wu, you must chop the meat fillings yourself, as well as the vegetable fillings. This means that everything will go smoothly in the coming year. Chop up all the unpleasant things. "Powu" dumplings are stuffed with a meatball. The shape of dumplings is oblate, which is very similar to the shape of ingots, which symbolize wealth in ancient times. When the family reunites and eats "Po Wu" dumplings, it means that in the new year, they can increase their wealth and live a better life.

The sixth day of the Lunar New Year

The "New Year's Eve" has passed and everything has returned to normal life. So you can eat whatever you like as usual.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year

Eating longevity noodles

The "New Year's Day" on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year has passed and everything has returned to normal life, so you can eat anything.

The seventh day of the first lunar month is "Human Day". It is said that Nuwa created the world after creating animals such as chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows, and horses, and then created humans on the seventh day. Therefore, this day is the day for humans. birthday. People eat "soup" made from seven kinds of vegetables every day, which is called "Qibao Soup". In addition to eating "Seven Vegetable Soup", there are also foods such as "Jidi Porridge" and "Noodles" that symbolize good luck and good fortune.

Eating noodles

In addition, some places still have the custom of eating noodles on this day, which means wrapping the legs with noodles for longevity. In addition, the seventeenth day of the first lunar month and the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month are also regarded as "human days".

The seventh, seventeenth and twenty-seventh days of the first lunar month are the "days" for children, adults and the elderly respectively. Whoever wants to live the "days" must eat noodles.

Eating dumplings

On this day, it is taboo for women to do needlework in Linqing, Jinan and other places. In Shanxian County, people eat dumplings in the morning. They are wrapped and eaten now, which is called "pinching the mouse's mouth." They cannot light the lamp at night. It is said that the mice are allowed to take wives and not harm the people. People in Zichuan eat small tofu on this day, which symbolizes eating rat brains.

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, release animals and pray for blessings. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, there is a "release" activity, which means taking some fish and birds raised at home outside and releasing them into the wild. The release of animals on the eighth day of the lunar month not only embodies the ancient people's virtues of respecting all things in nature and living in harmony, but also expresses the good wishes of the new year for the prosperity of all living things in the world.

Beef and mutton on the eighth and ninth day of the lunar month

Method:

1. Cut the beef brisket into pieces, add cold water to a pot and bring to a boil, then turn off the heat after 3 minutes , rinse with warm water.

2. Cut the beef tendons into sections, add water to the pressure cooker, cook until steaming, then turn to low heat, and turn off the heat after 20 minutes.

3. Remove the beef tendons after natural exhaust and rinse with warm water.

4. Slice onions and ginger, peel garlic, and fry in oil until fragrant.

5. Pour in old brine or water, bay leaves, star anise, grass fruit, and cinnamon, and bring to a boil.

6. Add beef brisket and beef tendon, bring to a boil and then add cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and rock sugar.

7. Turn to low heat and simmer for about 2-3 hours, until the beef and beef tendon are tender and flavourful.

Drink stick porridge on the tenth day of the lunar month

Method:

1. Wash an appropriate amount of rice.

2. Peel off the corn and wash it.

3. Put corn and rice in the pot.

4. Pour in appropriate amount of water.

5. Bring to a boil over high heat and simmer over low heat for about twenty minutes. The cooked polenta is thick and beautiful in color, making it even more delicious.

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month (February 18)

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, worship Zigu. Legend has it that Zigu was a concubine who was jealous of her first wife and was killed in the toilet on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Emperor took pity on her and made her the toilet god. Zigu represents the women who were deeply oppressed in feudal society and is regarded as the protector of weak women.

There is a reason to eat fish on National Day

Eating fish during the New Year means "having fish (surplus) every year". Moreover, fish is not only delicious, but also has high medicinal properties. Use curative effect.

Method:

1. Wash the fish.

2. Add ginger slices to the hot oil.

3. Pour in the fish and stir-fry.

4. Add some soy sauce.

5. Put a little sugar.

6. Add water and boil for a while.

7. Before serving, add a few drops of Maggi Fresh and sprinkle with chopped green onion.

The twelfth day of the first lunar month (February 19)

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, a lamp shed is built. It is commonly known as "Twelve Lantern Candles", which means that the Lantern Festival is approaching. From this day on, village stewards will gather skilled craftsmen and young adults to prepare lanterns and make various preparations for Lantern Festival lantern viewing.

Twelve tables with duck

People in many parts of China like to eat duck. For example, people in Beijing like to eat roast duck, people in Nanjing like to eat salted duck, and people in Sichuan like to eat camphor tea duck. , how can there be no duck on the dinner table during the New Year period.

Method:

1. Wash the duck meat and cut it into medium-sized pieces for easy flavor. Remove any duck skin that is too fat.

2. Put the duck meat into a bowl, add cooking wine, salt, light soy sauce, ginger slices, green onions, and marinate for 20 minutes.

3. Put the fat from the duck skin into the pot.

4. Press over low heat with a shovel and slowly force out the duck fat.

5. When both sides of the duck skin turn golden and a lot of duck fat has come out, take out the duck skin.

6. Pour dried chili peppers into the duck fat and stir-fry the Sichuan peppercorns until fragrant.

7. Pour in the marinated duck meat and stir-fry until cooked.

8. Pour in the dark soy sauce and stir-fry until coloured.

9. Pour in a bottle of beer, cover the duck meat, and cook slowly over medium-low heat.

10. Slowly reduce the juice, add the green pepper and stir-fry.

The thirteenth day of the first lunar month (February 20)

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, lights are lit under the stove and the Lantern Festival is put out in advance. Folks light lamps under the kitchen stove on this day, which is called "stove lamp". In fact, it is because the day of lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is approaching, and every family is trying out the made lamps, so it is called the "lamp head" day. .

Method:

1. Wash and drain the shrimp.

2. Soak the shrimps in onion, ginger and cooking wine for 5 minutes, turning them several times to evenly soak them with the seasoning.

3. Pour out the juice and keep the onion and ginger.

4. Pour a little oil and fry the shrimp in a hot pan.

5. Stir-fry slowly until the shrimp turns red and add salt.

6. Add soy sauce and cook for one minute.

7. Add green and red pepper rings.

8. When the soup is reduced to dryness, mix well and serve.

The fourteenth day of the first lunar month (February 21)

The fourteenth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the "Linshui Empress". The empress was born on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month and is also known as the "Mother of Suncheon". Legend has it that the empress, whose surname was Chen, lived during the Dali period of the Tang Dynasty and later became a god who saved women with difficult childbirths.

So the people built a temple to worship her, which was called "Shuntian Holy Mother".

Fourteen Big Bowls of Zhajiang Noodles

When old Beijingers make Zhajiang Noodles, they usually only recognize the sauces from Liubiju and Tianyuan. The noodles should be rolled by hand and eaten in summer. Eat it cold in the hot winter, with the eight dishes that old Beijingers pay special attention to when eating fried noodles, including: shredded cucumber, shredded radish, minced Chinese toon, minced celery, green beans, soybeans, shredded cabbage, and green garlic. At the end, if you take a few more bites of Laba garlic, the taste will be even better. Follow "Sea Tourist" on WeChat

Method:

1. Cut the pork belly into cubes and shred the cucumber and radish.

2. Put an appropriate amount of oil in the wok, put the fat meat into the pan first, stir out the oil and then add the refined meat. After the pot is fragrant, add a small amount of light soy sauce and cooking wine. Remove the diced meat from the pot.

3. Use fried meat sauce. First, use high heat to cook the sauce until it is simmering, then use low heat to simmer slowly.

4. Fry for about ten minutes, then add the stir-fried diced pork, stir-fry several times, and sprinkle with chopped green onion when it is almost out of the pan.

5. Then it’s time to cook the noodles.

6. Then put the vegetables in boiling water and remove them.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month (February 22)

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the field of silkworms (god) shines at night. According to legend, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the silkworm god Leizu, so this day has become a day for people to worship the "silkworm god". To worship the silkworm god, white porridge and meat fat are used as offerings, and at the same time, a bamboo pole is used to carry a lamp and candle to be inserted in the field, which is called "shining the silkworms in the field" (it is said that observing the color of the lamp can judge the fertility of the year). This activity gradually became the source of the custom of viewing lanterns during the Lantern Festival in later generations.

Fifteen families celebrate the Lantern Festival

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, they go out to enjoy the moon, light lanterns and set off flames, guess lantern riddles, and eat Lantern Festival. At first, people used to call this kind of food "floating dumplings", and later called "glutinous rice dumplings" or "glutinous rice balls", which means reunion and symbolizes the reunion, harmony and happiness of the whole family.