The story about glutinous rice balls

Lead: The Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first month every year. Every Lantern Festival, people will eat glutinous rice balls. Why is there the custom of eating glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival? Let's get to know it together!

First, the origin of Lantern Festival

According to legend, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty lived, there was a short man named Dong Fangshuo. He is not only witty but also kind-hearted. Maids-in-waiting, no matter who offended Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the emperor always came forward to intercede when blaming him. Therefore, the ladies-in-waiting all like him very much.

It snowed for several days in December that year. Dong Fangshuo went to the Imperial Garden to fold plum blossoms. Just entering the garden gate, I saw a maid-in-waiting running towards Yujing with tears on her face. He quickly stepped forward to stop the rescue. This maid-in-waiting is called Yuanxiao, who lives in the northwest mountain of Chang 'an, and has parents and a little sister at home. Since she was elected to the palace, at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, she missed her loved ones, and her heart ached. It's cold and snowy these days, and she can't help but think of the hardships of her parents and little sister at home, thinking: since she can't live with her parents, she might as well die. Then come to the well. Dong Fangshuo heard the story of Yuanxiao. I comforted her, persuaded her for a while, and promised to find a way to let her meet her parents and little sister.

Judging from the life experience of Yuanxiao, Dong Fangshuo thought that ladies-in-waiting and sisters were full of melancholy, so he came up with a clever plan.

On this day, he came to the hometown of Yuanxiao in the northwest mountain, arranged it for a while, and then returned to Chang 'an Avenue to sell hexagrams. Some people know Dong Fangshuo, knowing that he knows astronomy above and Yin and Yang below, and they are all vying for divination. All they want is all? On the sixteenth day of the first month, it burned us? The divination of the constellation. People were very alarmed and demanded solutions. Dong Fangshuo said mysteriously:? On the afternoon of the thirteenth day of the first month, the old people with white beards in the city were waiting at the gate of Shilipu Avenue in the northwest of the city. When it was dark, a girl in red came from the northwest on a pink silver donkey. She is the Vulcan king who was ordered to burn Chang 'an. When the elders saw her, they had to kneel on the ground to stop the road and call for help, so that the whole city could be saved. ?

People listened to Dong Fangshuo, believed him, and kept in secret contact with each other. On the afternoon of the 13th day of the first lunar month, the old man with white beard in the city came to Shilipu with crutches. It was just dark, and sure enough, a girl in red came from the northwest on a pink and silver donkey. The elders swarmed and begged. The girl looked at the grieving elder and said, "I am working under the orders of the Jade Emperor.". When Chang 'an is on fire, the Jade Emperor will stand on the worse gate and watch. If there is no fire, it is my sin. Thank you for your prayers. I'll give you the copied poems. You can give them to the people, the king and the landlord, so that they can find a way. ? Say that finish, throw a poem, turned and left.

Later, the old people told the story to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty looked at the poem and saw that it read:? Chang 'an was robbing and burning the imperial pavilion for sixteen days, and the midnight snack was red. ? Emperor Wu of song murmured, scared full head big sweat, busy to resourceful Dong Fangshuo for advice. Dong Fangshuo said; ? It is said that Vulcan also likes to eat dumplings. I think, on the evening of 15, all subjects in the city can make dumplings to offer sacrifices, pray devoutly and ask Vulcan for mercy. Then ask Kyoto people to make lanterns together. On the sixteenth night, red lights were hung on the streets and courtyard doors, and fireworks were set off throughout the city. By then, the city will be red and fireballs will fly all over the sky, which will definitely scare the Jade Emperor who is watching from the worse gate. Then open the four gates of Kyoto and let the people outside the city go to the city to see the lights. Emperors, concubines and ladies-in-waiting go to the streets to watch the lights in 3355. Those who are not robbed in the countryside will be moved by their light, blessed by them and avoided disaster. In addition, the immortals also know that Yuanxiao dumplings are well made. They can ask Yuanxiao to carry a big palace lantern, write the name of Yuanxiao and clear the way in front of me. I will walk behind with jiaozi in my hand, and sincerely worship the Vulcan king who is wandering over Chang 'an, which will definitely make her soft-hearted. ? Hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed and ordered to do it according to Dong Fangshuo's method.

On the 16th day of the first month, the western hills set, and Chang 'an was decorated with lanterns. When people in the countryside got the news, they all went to the city to see lanterns. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took off his royal clothes and put on casual clothes, and took to the streets under the protection of several ministers recently. Empress, imperial concubine and Gong E's colorful girls also left the palace in groups of three or five. The whole Chang 'an City is brightly lit, with fireballs flying and fireworks all over the sky, which is very beautiful.

Yuanxiao's sister took her parents to Chang 'an to see the lanterns. When she saw it. Lantern Festival? When the big palace lantern was written, he shouted in surprise: Sister yuanxiao, sister yuanxiao. ? When Yuanxiao heard the shouts, he came to his parents and the family got together.

After a night of lights, Chang 'an Kyoto was safe and sound, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed. On the 15th day of the first month of the following year, Yuanxiao was still allowed to worship Vulcan in jiaozi, and the whole city of Izayoi was decorated with lanterns and set off fireworks, which was handed down from generation to generation. Every year. Because the jiaozi on 15 was made by Yuanxiao, people call it? Lantern Festival? Call today? Lantern Festival? . This is the origin of fifteen Lantern Festival and sixteen lanterns.

Second, the origin of eating glutinous rice balls on the fifteenth day of the first month

According to legend, in ancient times, in order to unify the whole country, the Jade Emperor sent the Kitchen God Bodhisattva to stay on earth to understand the people's feelings and report back every Wednesday. On the 23rd of the summer calendar and the winter moon, the Kitchen God Bodhisattva returned to the Jade Emperor: People in the world live on bread 365 days a year. I work hard every day and never rest. If this goes on, I am worried that ordinary people will be exhausted and unable to produce because of excessive fatigue, which will definitely affect their contribution. ? When the Jade Emperor heard this, he ordered his ministers to discuss a good plan. Taibai Venus appeared:? The king can order Heng Tuo's father to come down to earth, give people some medicine, and let them get sick slowly and rest naturally. ? The jade emperor allowed it to play, and the task was handled accordingly.

On the morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Father Heng Tuo secretly put crazy drugs in people's rice cookers. When the medicine is put into the pot, it becomes soybeans, peas, garlic sprouts, tofu and meat, and the people eat it. Really slow? Crazy? Get up: women sew new clothes and embroidered shoes, and men kill pigs and sheep rather than work in the fields. After the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, crazy people became very valuable for medicine. People invite people to eat at their host's house and drink at their home. At noon on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the people took out all kinds of delicious food and sat around the table, and the family ate and drank. From the first day of the first month, men, women and children not only eat well, but also play around all day. Some painted painted faces, beating gongs and drums, wandering around; Some people invite people to pay New Year greetings with gifts.

On the 13th day of the first month, the Kitchen God Bodhisattva sang to the sky: Your majesty, it's no use, the people are crazy! All you do is eat and play, but you do nothing. At this rate, how do you get it? ? The Jade Emperor was very surprised when he heard that, so he ordered his ministers to discuss the best plan again. Venus Taibai appeared again:? If you want to cure people's madness, you can let the drug king Bodhisattva try. ? The Jade Emperor allowed the medicine king Bodhisattva to descend to the earth to govern.

On the 14th night of the first month, Bodhisattva, the King of Medicine, made the people's supper into glutinous rice balls, and put sesame seeds, walnuts, sugar and other anti-hangover agents into them. People ate them, and all the madness recovered the next morning, and the family went back to work as usual.

In this way, the cycle continues, forming the habit of Chinese New Year.

Third, the origin of the social fire on the fifteenth day of the first month

There are so many festivals all year round, why do you only play social fire on the fifteenth day of the first month? Among the people, there is such a story.

According to legend, in the early years, our ancestors had no houses to live in, either in the Woods or in caves. At that time, fierce beasts and birds of prey came out to eat people in the mountains and Pingchuan every day. People hide, there is nowhere to hide, but they can't fight again and again. Many people are eaten by wild animals every day. Especially in the winter festival, because of the cold weather, there are no small animals on the mountains and no crops in the fields, and those wild animals are even more fierce. They eat people when they see them.

In order to live a quiet life, people get together to find a way, find a way, and slowly discover that those beasts also have strong and weak points and inner struggles. They often kill each other for turf and food. You eat me today, and I will eat you tomorrow. As long as lions, tigers and leopards roar, other wild animals will run around in fear; When the phoenix calls, all birds are like tourist traps, and even their wings can't be opened.

Therefore, people began to imitate the lion's roar to make gongs, the tiger's roar to make cymbals, the leopard's voice to make drums, and the phoenix's voice to make flutes. Whenever there are crowds of birds and animals, everyone will take out gongs, cymbals, drums and flutes, and play and dance until dawn. Hearing this from a distance, birds and animals thought they had broken into the territory of lions, tigers, leopards and phoenixes again, and all fled in panic. Later, it was passed down from generation to generation, and it became a custom to have a social fire on the fifteenth day of the first month.