On the eighth day of the first lunar month, this profound traditional custom, known as the "Day of Gathering Wealth", flows like a thousand-year-old cultural river, flowing in the joyful celebration of the Lunar New Year, and has become a unique ritual that carries people's yearning for wealth and New Year's blessings.
On this auspicious and meaningful day, people carefully select and enjoy specific dishes, each with rich symbolic meaning, designed to attract a lot of money and inject prosperity and good fortune into the new year.
It is particularly worth mentioning that on the eighth day of the first lunar month, there are three foods that are regarded as the key carriers for condensing wealth and leading wealth into the door.
This article will provide an in-depth interpretation of the philosophical wisdom behind this ancient custom and the three food choices endowed with mysterious powers, leading readers to explore the rich and colorful world of Chinese culture.
Auspicious dumplings
On the special day of Fortune Day, auspicious dumplings are undoubtedly an indispensable food treasure on the table. Its shape resembles an ingot, a symbol of wealth in ancient times, making tasting dumplings imply absorbing and gathering endless wealth.
Families sit together and participate in the traditional custom of making dumplings, which is not only a continuation of the profound cultural heritage, but also a place of great expectations and common vision for a better life in the future.
In the process of making dumplings full of warmth, family members work together, and every time they roll out, fill the filling, and pinch the pleats, they quietly shorten the distance of family affection, injecting a strong festive atmosphere into the upcoming New Year, so that the warmth and expectation of this reunion flow in each full dumpling, blooming the temperature of home and the taste of the year.
Fortune rice cake
On the festive table, which symbolizes the gathering of wealth, rice cakes undoubtedly occupy a pivotal position. Its melodious pronunciation coincides with the homonym of "rising every year", and is deeply endowed with the beautiful meaning of bringing good luck and rising step by step.
A variety of delicacies made with rice cakes as the main ingredient, such as golden and crispy fried rice cakes and mellow fried rice cakes, contain people's eager expectations and deep blessings for a prosperous life and a further career in the future.
Through the continuation of this traditional culinary art, people not only taste the food, but also explore the yearning and expectation for a happy life from the bottom of their hearts in every bite of soft and glutinous sweetness, so that the rice cake not only satisfies people's taste enjoyment, but also carries rich emotional sustenance and cultural connotation.
Sashimi
*Yusheng, as one of the core dishes on the table of the Fortune Day celebration, carries a deep and auspicious meaning. In Chinese culture, the word "fish" is homophonic to "yu", which symbolizes the beautiful vision of abundance and abundance every year, and places people's ardent expectations for material abundance and a happy life.
The selection of ** Yusheng is not only to taste its tender and delicate taste, but also to express the ardent yearning for wealth like gold and rolling through this food symbol. When sashimi is expertly paired with a variety of seasonal fresh vegetables and secret seasonings, a colourful and creative dish is created like a vivid picture of the palate.
The family members sitting around the table participate in the process of mixing this ** yusheng, which is full of deep meaning. Every flip of the chopsticks is a warm interpretation of reunion, harmony and happiness, making the ritual of enjoying yusheng go beyond the simple act of eating and drinking, and sublimate into a solemn moment of cohesion and blessing for the future.
The Treasure Day celebration of the arrival of the God of Wealth is not only a feast for the taste buds, nor is it just a solemn ceremony to welcome the God of Wealth, but carries people's deep prayers and collective resonance for a bright future and a prosperous life.
On the auspicious occasion of the eighth day of the first lunar month, the meaning of the number "eight" is like a starry star, symbolizing endless good luck and abundant currents, which shine brightly in the passage of time.
On this special day, people carefully selected three traditional delicacies rich in meanings - auspicious dumplings, fortune rice cakes that symbolize the accumulation of wealth, and ** Yusheng, which symbolizes endless life. Every bite is a unique gift to wealth, good fortune and family harmony.
On this particular day, families gather around to welcome the dawn of the new year through the profound symbolism of food, sowing seeds of hope into the years to come, and making laughter and anticipation intertwine into a harmonious family picture.
In the new year, we eagerly hope that every family can bask in the sunshine of prosperity and enjoy the good times of wealth and prosperity.
Here, we sincerely invite you to click on your precious "attention" and share this blessing full of the essence of traditional Chinese culture with your relatives and friends, so that we can jointly inherit and carry forward this thousand-year-old national wisdom and beautiful vision!