Today is the 27th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, today is an important traditional festival belonging to the elderly, and it is also an important moment related to the New Year's customs. Many people may wonder, isn't the "Rensheng Festival" the seventh day of the first month? In fact, in Chinese New Year culture, the three days of the first lunar month are commonly known as "human days", but the seventh day of the first lunar month is the "human day" of children, the seventeenth day of the first lunar month is the "human day" of middle-aged people, and the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month is the "old man's day" of the elderly. Today, on the 27th day of the first lunar month, don't forget to "eat 2 things, do 1 thing, avoid 1 thing", the old tradition can not be lost!
1. Eat 2 things.
1. Eat longevity noodles.
We all know that the elderly have to eat a bowl of longevity noodles on their birthdays, the 27th day of the first month is the "old man's day", today the old people will eat a bowl of longevity noodles as they usually celebrate their birthdays, in China's traditional food culture, longevity noodles mean that people grow for a long time, "old people's day" on this day to eat "longevity noodles", hoping that noodles will tie the legs of the years, have been young and not old, meaning health and longevity.
Ingredients: flour, water, beef, sauerkraut, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, carrots, green onions, ginger, mung bean sprouts, garlic, salt, light soy sauce, peanut oil, oyster sauce, cooking wine, starch, bean curd, sesame paste, chili paste, soybean paste.
Step 1: Put the flour and salt into a bowl, pour in water and knead it into a smooth dough, let it rise for 30 minutes to make the dough more chewy, the noodles are not easy to break, knead the awakened dough into slender strips with uniform thickness and smooth surface, pour a small amount of cooking oil into the bottom of the plate, put the pulled noodles in a circle on the plate, smear some oil on the noodles to prevent the noodles from sticking to each other, avoid the noodles from drying out, cover with plastic wrap, wake up for 1 hour to make the noodles fully absorb the oil, put water in the pot, boil over high heat, and stretch the noodles while pulling them. Put the noodles in a pot of boiling water until all the noodles are rolled into thin noodles, put them in the pot and cook, remove the noodles and put them on a plate.
Step 2: Peel the lettuce, wash the cucumber, carrot, green onion, ginger and mung bean sprouts, shred the cucumber, carrot and lettuce, chop the green onion, ginger and garlic, and blanch the carrot, lettuce and mung bean sprouts; Slice the beef, marinate with vegetable oil, salt, sugar, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, cooking wine, starch, and bean curd, wash and slice the sauerkraut, put it in a wok to fry the water slightly dry, put oil in the pot, use ginger and garlic to bring out the fragrance, put in the beef and stir-fry until cooked, put in the sauerkraut, tomatoes and stir-fry slightly, and serve out of the pot. Put cucumbers, carrots, lettuce, and mung bean sprouts on top of the noodles, then put the fried sauerkraut beef, then put in the minced garlic and mixed sesame paste, chili sauce, soybean paste, sprinkle with chopped green onions, and mix well.
2. Eat seven vegetable soup.
On the 27th day of the first lunar month, "people win the day", there is a popular saying among the people that "eat seven kinds of soup, the more you eat, the younger you are", which means that the elderly are getting younger and younger after eating. "Seven vegetable soup" has been passed down for a long time, the ancients called it "seven treasure soup", seven vegetable soup is made of seven kinds of auspicious vegetables boiled into the soup, such as spinach has the meaning of "erudite", rape represents "wealth", there is no fixed collocation, just a picture of auspiciousness, when drinking seven vegetable soup, it is best to eat all the soup and vegetables, meaning to eat all the blessings into the stomach.
Ingredients: Capsule, moss, mustard greens, coriander, spinach, rape, celery, millet, rice, water.
Method: Clean all seven kinds of green vegetables, chop them all again, put millet and rice in the pot, add drinking water after washing, boil for 10 minutes, and then put all kinds of green vegetables into the pot together, boil together, and finally add chopped seasoning dishes, boil the pot, and then turn off the heat.
2. Do 1 thing: Ascend to pray for blessings.
On the 27th day of the first month, the "Rensheng Festival", whether it is the palace nobles or the common people, this day will go to the height to pray for blessings, the "Rensheng Festival" ascending is different from the Double Ninth Festival, the "Rensheng Festival" ascending is to pray for blessings, hoping that everything will go well in the new year, and the family will be healthy. It is the early spring season, the breeze is blowing, everything is recovering, it is a good time to climb the heights, the family goes out to climb the mountain together, step on the green, pray for blessings at the same time, but also stretch the muscles and bones, feel the breath of spring.
3. Don't 1 thing: Don't disrespect the elderly.
The 27th day of the first lunar month is the "Human Day" of the elderly, also known as the "Old People's Day", and the long-standing customs are related to "respecting and loving the elderly". On the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month, many places have to celebrate the "Old People's Day", people will take the elderly in their families to climb the heights, or go out to play, and will also use various ways to express respect and respect for the elderly. If any disrespectful behavior towards the elderly occurs on this day, in the old tradition, it is not very auspicious. This custom continues to the present, respecting the old and loving the young is a traditional Chinese virtue, whether it is facing the elders in the family, or the elderly who are strangers, please have a little more love and friendliness, and a little more patience. On the twenty-seventh day of the first month, "avoid doing 1 thing" refers to not being disrespectful to the elderly.
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