How to eat Yuanxiao on Lantern Festival to be healthy?
1. How to eat the healthy breakfast of Yuanxiao?
Yuanxiao is a high-calorie and high-sugar food, which also contains oil, but it lacks nutrients. Except for calories and sugar, there are not many other nutrients. Such food is not suitable for breakfast in the first place. In addition to insufficient nutrition, it is also because people who get up early have the weakest gastrointestinal function, and the skin of Yuanxiao is sticky and difficult to digest. Therefore, eating Yuanxiao for breakfast is prone to indigestion, leading to pantothenic acid and heartburn, which affects the work and life of the day.
2. How to eat Yuanxiao and drink some soup to promote digestion?
Some trace elements and nutrients in Yuanxiao are dissolved in the soup that cooks Yuanxiao. It's best to drink soup after eating Yuanxiao, which can promote digestion and absorption, that is, the original soup is the original flavor, as people often say. But you must be careful not to add sugar to the soup. If you eat salty dumplings, you can add shrimp and vegetables to the soup to supplement nutrition, but it is best not to add oil and seasoning.
3, how to eat Yuanxiao is healthy, and it is not advisable to eat too much at a time.
As we all know, the skin of Yuanxiao is made of glutinous rice flour. Glutinous rice itself is a very difficult food to digest, even if it is ground into powder, it is still the same. Never measure the number of Yuanxiao by how many jiaozi you can eat in one meal. Dumpling skin is made of wheat flour, which is different. Therefore, it is recommended that friends who eat moderately only need to eat three or four (referring to stuffing). If they eat too much, it is easy to increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, causing abdominal distension, heartburn and other discomfort.
4. How to eat Yuanxiao is healthy, and you don't have to eat staple food.
Yuanxiao looks like table tennis, but it contains a lot of heat. Especially sweet stuffing, for example, we used to mix a lot of sugar and lard in sesame stuffing or bean paste stuffing, which tasted sweet and delicious, but the corresponding sugar and oil content increased. After eating three or four dumplings, you have basically absorbed the calories of a normal rice meal, and you don't need to supplement other staple foods.
What are the traditional dishes of Lantern Festival?
1, jiaozi: On the fifteenth day of the first month, the north has the habit of eating jiaozi, and the people in Henan have the custom and tradition of "fifteen flats and sixteen yuan" for Lantern Festival, so they want to eat jiaozi on the fifteenth day of the first month. Jiaozi is a folk food with a long history and is deeply loved by people. There is a folk saying "delicious but not as good as jiaozi".
2. Noodles: In Jiangbei area, there is a folk saying that "on the Lantern Festival, under the noodles, people look forward to next year after eating". Local people eat noodles on the fifteenth night of the first month, which sounds unrelated to the Lantern Festival, but it also means praying for good luck. "Annals of the Emblem" states: "On the 18th day of the first month, the lights go out and people spit on their faces. As the saying goes,' when the light is on, it goes out', and everyone celebrates. " Eating noodles with lights out symbolizes continuous celebration.
3, Yuanxiao tea: In Shaanxi and other places, there is a custom of eating Yuanxiao tea, that is, putting all kinds of vegetables and fruits in hot soup noodles, much like the ancient "Yuanxiao porridge." This kind of tea increases the intake of cellulose, minerals and vitamins, and is not as greasy as ordinary Yuanxiao. It has a neutralizing effect on the acidic constitution caused by eating more animal food in festivals, and also makes Yuanxiao more comprehensive in nutrition.
On the origin of the Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China, which began in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Lantern Festival viewing began in the period of Emperor Han Ming in the East. Ming Di advocates Buddhism. He heard that on the fifteenth day of the first month, monks watched the Buddhist relics and lit lanterns to worship the Buddha, so that all the gentry and ordinary people hung lanterns. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people, and from the Central Plains to the whole country.
Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty ordered the 15th day of the first month to be designated as the Lantern Festival. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of "Taiyi God" were scheduled for the 15th day of the first month. Taiyi: the God who rules the universe. When Sima Qian created the taichu calendar Law, he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival.
It is also said that the Lantern Festival originated from the Torch Festival. In the Han dynasty, people held torches in rural fields to drive away insects and wild animals, hoping to reduce pests and pray for a bumper harvest. To this day, people in some areas in southwest China still use reeds or branches as torches on the 15th day of the first month, and hold high in groups to dance in fields or grain drying fields. Since the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been in full swing. Tens of thousands of people took part in singing and dancing, from faint to dark. With the changes of society and times, the custom of Lantern Festival has changed greatly, but it is still a traditional folk festival in China.
Legend of Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month is a traditional festival in China, also called "Lantern Festival", which existed in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. One view holds that the Lantern Festival originated from the ritual of sowing fish in spring in ancient times, while the other view holds that Ming Di advocated Buddhism in the Eastern Han Dynasty. On the fifteenth day of the first month, monks watched the relics, lit lamps and worshipped Buddha, and gradually formed the folk Lantern Festival.
During the Lantern Festival, people usually hang lanterns, set off firecrackers, set off fireworks and eat jiaozi. In Fujian and other areas, the number of lanterns is usually determined by the number of families, so in the past, people hung lanterns as much as possible, which meant many children and grandchildren.
There are also various folk activities during the Lantern Festival, including walking on stilts, beating drums, jumping donkeys, dancing lions and solve riddles on the lanterns. Among them, lion dance and solve riddles on the lanterns are the most important and interesting. It takes two people to dance a lion, one with a lion's head and one with a lion's tail, and the other with a mask to play a woman or a fat doll. Lions jump around, roll and bow to congratulate people on the New Year. Solve the riddle on the lantern and stick it on the lantern for tourists to guess. The right one wins the prize on the spot.
1, the bird said
Legend has it that a long time ago, there were many fierce birds and animals everywhere that hurt people and animals, so people organized to beat them. A god bird was trapped and landed on the earth, but was accidentally shot by an unsuspecting hunter. Emperor Tiandi was very angry when he learned that, so he ordered the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the world on the fifteenth day of the first month and burn all mankind to death. The daughter of the Emperor of Heaven was kind-hearted, and could not bear to see the innocent suffering of the people, so she risked her life to tell the people the news. When people heard the news, it was like a blow to the head. I'm too scared to know what to do.
After a long time, an old man came up with an idea. He said: "On the 14th, 15th and 16th of the first month, every family hangs red lanterns, lights firecrackers and sets off fireworks. In this way, the emperor will think that people have been burned to death. " Everyone nodded and said yes, and they were ready to go separately.
On the fifteenth night of the first month, the mountain soldiers looked down and found that there was red light in the world, thinking it was the flame of a big fire, and told the Emperor not to set fire to the ground. People thus saved their lives and property. In order to commemorate this success, every household hangs lanterns and sets off fireworks on the fifteenth day of the first month to commemorate this day.
2. Lu Ping said
According to legend, the Lantern Festival was set up to commemorate Pinglu during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. After the death of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, Lv Hou's son Liu Ying became Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty. Hui Di was born weak and indecisive, and power gradually fell into the hands of Lv Hou. After the death of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty, he monopolized the state affairs and turned Liu's world into Lu's. Senior officials in the DPRK and Liu Zongshi were deeply indignant at this, but they were afraid of cruelty and dared not tell anyone.
After Lv Hou's death, Zhu Lu has been in a state of anxiety, afraid of being hurt and excluded. So, in the general's home, they secretly assembled and plotted to make trouble in order to completely seize Liu's country.
This incident reached the ears of Liu Nang, the king of the Liu clan. In order to protect Liu Jiangshan, Liu Nang decided to attack Zhu Lu, and got in touch with the founding fathers to make a plot. The "Zhu-Lu Rebellion" was finally completely put down.
After the rebellion, the ministers made Liu Heng, the second son of Liu Bang, the Chinese Emperor. Deeply impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity, Emperor Wen designated the 15th day of the first month of the first month, when the "Zhu Lu Rebellion" was put down, as a day to have fun with the people, and every household in Beijing celebrated with lanterns and colorful decorations. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first month has become a popular folk festival-"Lantern Festival".
3. Dong Fangshuo said
According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a favourite named Dong Fangshuo, who was kind and funny. One winter, it snowed heavily for several days, and Dong Fangshuo went to the Imperial Garden to fold plum blossoms for Emperor Wu. As soon as I entered the garden gate, I found a maid-in-waiting in tears ready to throw herself into the well. Dong Fangshuo rushed forward to help and asked her why she committed suicide.
It turns out that this maid-in-waiting named Yuanxiao has parents and a sister at home. She has never seen her family since she entered the palace. Every spring comes, she misses her family more than usual. I think in front of my parents, I would rather die than be filial. Dong Fangshuo expressed deep sympathy for her suffering and assured her that she would try her best to reunite with her family.
One day, Dong Fangshuo left the palace and set up a divination pavilion on Chang 'an Avenue. Many people are scrambling to find him for divination. Unexpectedly, what everyone wants is the signature of "burning us on the 16th day of the first month". Suddenly, there was a panic in Chang 'an. People are looking for a solution to the disaster. Dong Fangshuo said, "On the night of the 15th day of the first month, Vulcan will send a goddess in red to visit the earth. She is the messenger who ordered the burning of Chang 'an. I'll give you the copied poem and let today's emperor do something. " Say that finish, then dropped a red pillar and roared off. The people picked up the red post and quickly sent it to the palace to report to the emperor.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took it and read: "Chang 'an is robbing, and the imperial palace is being burned. It has been burning for fifteen days, and the midnight snack is red." He was so scared that he hurriedly invited resourceful Dong Fangshuo. Dong Fangshuo thought for a moment and said, "I heard that Vulcan likes to eat dumplings. Don't Yuanxiao in the palace often make dumplings for you? Let Yuanxiao package jiaozi on 15th night. Long live the incense and offerings, and order every family in Kyoto to pack jiaozi and worship Vulcan together. Then tell the subjects to hang lights together on the fifteenth night and set off firecrackers and fireworks all over the city, as if the whole city were on fire, so that the jade emperor could be fooled.
In addition, the people outside the city were informed that they would go to the city to watch the lights on the fifteenth night, and they would eliminate disasters and solve problems in the crowd. Liang Wudi was very happy after hearing this, so he ordered him to do it according to Dong Fangshuo's method.
On the fifteenth day of the first month, Chang 'an City was decorated with colorful lights, crowded with tourists and very lively. The parents of the maid-in-waiting Yuanxiao also took their sister to the city to see the lights. When they saw the big palace lantern with the words "Yuanxiao" written on it, they shouted in surprise: "Yuanxiao! Lantern Festival! " .
When Yuanxiao heard the shouts, she was finally reunited with her relatives at home.
After such a busy night, Chang 'an was safe. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed and ordered that glutinous rice balls should be made for Vulcan every year on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the fifteenth day of the first month, the whole city was decorated with lanterns and set off fireworks. Because jiaozi cooked by Yuanxiao is the best, people call it Yuanxiao, and this day is called Lantern Festival.
4. Yuan Shikai said
It is said that Yuan Shikai, a national thief, usurped the achievements of the Revolution of 1911 and was bent on restoring the throne, but he was afraid of people's opposition and was always on tenterhooks. One day, he heard people selling Yuanxiao in the street screaming, "Yuanxiao." I think the word "Yuanxiao" is homophonic with "Yuan Xiao", which is suspected of the demise of Yuan Shikai and related to my own fate. So before 19 13 Lantern Festival, it is forbidden to call it "Yuanxiao", and it can only be called "glutinous rice balls" or "fruit powder". However, the word "Yuanxiao" was not cancelled because of his will, and the people did not buy his account, so it was still circulated among the people.