On January 30, in Dongtang Community, Chengxi Street, Qianjiang District, villager Xiang Chunlan was inspecting the stall drying of glutinous rice and glutinous rice. Contributing photographer Yang Min.
Glutinous rice cake is a traditional specialty food of farmers in Qianjiang District, and it is also a must-have food for local people to celebrate the New Year. There are various varieties of Qianjiang glutinous rice, in addition to glutinous rice glutinous rice, there are also glutinous rice as the main raw material, supplemented by sorghum, millet, corn and other miscellaneous grains of "five grains glutinous ba". The preparation method of glutinous rice and other raw materials is to soak glutinous rice and other raw materials, put them into a wooden retort and steam them, and then pound them into a puree to make a round glutinous rice dumpling, which means reunion and good luck. On the eve of the Spring Festival, villagers who have the skills to make glutinous rice cakes rush to make them, and in addition to eating them and selling them in local markets, they also sell them all over the country through e-commerce.
On January 30, in Dongtang Community, Chengxi Street, Qianjiang District, villagers Xiang Chunlan (left) and Wang Fengxian (right) were sorting glutinous rice and glutinous rice cakes.
On January 30, in Dongtang Community, Chengxi Street, Qianjiang District, villagers Xiang Chunlan (second from right) and Wang Fengxian (first from right) were sorting glutinous rice and glutinous rice cakes.
On January 30, in Dongtang Community, Chengxi Street, Qianjiang District, villagers Xiang Chunlan (left) and Wang Fengxian (right) were sorting glutinous rice and glutinous rice cakes.
On January 30, in Dongtang Community, Chengxi Street, Qianjiang District, villager Xiang Chunlan was making millet glutinous rice.
On January 30, in Dongtang Community, Chengxi Street, Qianjiang District, villager Xiang Deqin was making glutinous rice and glutinous rice cakes.