Zheng noodles Deng on the fifteenth day of the first month

When grandma was still alive, she steamed twelve lanterns on the fifteenth night of the first month every year.

On the fifteenth day, after lunch, grandma took a break and began to get busy. Wash vegetables, cut vegetables, our children follow, peel onions, garlic and ginger. When everything is ready, my aunt and uncle will cook. And we went to another battlefield with grandma-mixing noodles.

Grandma began to mix dough. When the mixed dough was served on the table, she would find some dough to let us play freely in order not to mess up the children.

Grandma divided the kneaded dough into pieces of similar size, then held the pieces in one hand and rotated them in the other. Soon, a flowerpot-shaped noodle bowl is formed, and then small ears are pinched on its edge. One small ear represents 65438+ October, two small ears represent February, and 12 small ears represent 65438+ February.

Wait until evening and start steaming. After about half an hour, grandma will open the lid and look at the lights on the water one by one, saying, which month will it rain and which month will it not rain? I was curious and asked my grandmother if she could read divination. Grandma said, you see there is water in this lamp, which means that there is enough rain this month, and there is no water in that lamp, which means that there is water shortage that month ... We all know that there will be steam when steaming rice, and the water in the lamp is the dripping steam drops. At that time, the weather forecast was not as accurate as it is now, and the old people are still using the methods left by their ancestors to predict the future. Of course, no one has verified the accuracy of this method. I told you, and I told you.

The steamed noodle lamp is filled with oil, which will be put in different places after ignition. For example, in front of and behind the house, in front of and behind the house, there are drops in every corner. Put on a light if you can. If you can't put a lamp, walk around with it and tell the poisonous insect to stay away from inhabited places and be careful not to be hurt. What impresses me most is that people with children at home will hold a face lamp in their hands and put it in front of him first, shaking it and saying that taking care of his eyes will not hurt them. No harm to eyes means no pinkeye (keratitis), which makes eyes bright. Then look at your ears, tell them to be quiet and only listen to what they should listen to, then look at your whole body, wish you good health and no disease or disaster, and finally fix the face lamp in one place. Our house was put on a millstone and kept burning.

With our growth, accelerated pace of life, social development and material richness, the folk customs left by our ancestors have gradually disappeared, leaving only incomplete memories.