What does Xiangshan Qingming eat?

In ancient times, Qingming was only an ordinary solar term among the 24 solar terms, and the ceremony of sweeping graves to worship ancestors was originally the custom of Cold Food Festival. As the Cold Food Festival is only two days away from Tomb-Sweeping Day, customs are passed down from place to place through Tomb-Sweeping Day. So, what do Xiangshan people eat in Tomb-Sweeping Day? Let's have a look.

When Qingming comes, every household in Zhejiang will prepare to grind glutinous rice flour and pick "Qingming grass" or mugwort leaves to make Qingming fruit symbolizing Qingming. After picking Qingming grass, people washed it and mashed it. When glutinous rice flour and white rice flour met with green wormwood leaf juice or cotton vegetable juice, it suddenly looked green and tender.

There are also rich fillings under the soft waxy skin of Qingming fruit. Dried bean curd, leek, pork mustard tuber, pickles and bean paste can all be partners of Qingming fruit. These different flavors also make Qingming have different emotions.

The image of Qingming fruit is also varied, some wrapped in jiaozi, some made into round cakes, and some wrapped in jiaozi's more exquisite ones. Wrinkled lace is green and transparent, beautiful and delicious.

During the period of Tomb-Sweeping Day, people in Xiangshan always make sacrifices at home, commonly known as "Qingming soup rice". After that, people took dumplings, sesame cakes, wine, food and other items to sweep their ancestors' graves. In rural customs, in the first three years of the new deceased, all family members will go to the grave on the same day in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

In the old society, the seasonal food for going to the grave was green cakes and mashed (black rice) cakes, and they sacrificed to their ancestors. Rich people also hire trumpeters to play. When going to the grave, weeds are removed, new soil is shoveled to press the top of the grave, and bamboo shoots are inserted with paper balls to show that future generations have done their filial piety to their ancestors, and at the same time, it also means that their ancestors have blessed the whole family with peace and prosperity. After the sacrifice, local farmers will get sesame cakes or cakes to take care of the graves. Because everyone took it by themselves, they competed with each other, which is commonly known as "snatching hemp".

In addition to family sacrifices to make Qingming soup rice and tomb sacrifices, some Han families also have temple fairs. Ancestral sacrifice is usually held in one's own ancestral temple on Qingming Day. Knock gongs in the whole village first to mobilize children to "worship the squire". Ancestor ancestor worship is presided over by the patriarch. After the ancestor toasted the Grandfather and Grandmother, the descendants bowed down and prayed.

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