Mirror cake (かがみもち) refers to a flat round rice cake dedicated to gods. Japanese families will decorate it at home during the New Year to pray for a smooth and safe New Year. There are different opinions about the origin of mirror cake. One of the most popular sayings is that in ancient Japan, people believed that everything had gods. Therefore, during the Chinese New Year, every household should thank the gods for their blessing and make sacrifices. The mirror cake is named after it looks like an ancient bronze mirror. Since ancient times, the Japanese have believed that the gods are in bronze mirrors, so the mirrors are regarded as sacred objects by the Japanese and used for the occasion of offering sacrifices to sacred texts. In addition, the mirror also means "Jian" in Japanese, which means constant introspection. With the passage of time, the pronunciation of cake like a mirror has changed from (かんがみ). As early as the Nara era, "mirror cake" was already a sacrifice to the gods in the New Year. In the Muramachi era, Tatami's family began to set up shrines, decorated with samurai armor (with feet), and then put mirror cakes in front of them for worship. The mirror cake can also contain toenails, dried abalone slices, shrimps, kelp, oranges and so on. This is called "Foot Cake" or "Wu Jia Cake". Now it is paved with paper with three sides and half parts, with white grass on it and two rice cakes overlapping. It can also be decorated with persimmon, dried squid, orange and kelp. The shape of the mirror cake has been gradually shaped. In recent years, considering the convenience of home decoration and the hygiene of eating afterwards, many merchants have introduced plastic containers with overlapping mirror cakes to hold rice cakes and sell them with plastic oranges.
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Mirror cakes are generally provided by overlapping two cakes, big and small. There are three overlapping customs in different places, and the second paragraph is decorated with red and white ropes representing auspiciousness. Decorating with persimmon and orange means family harmony and happiness.
Decorative mirror cakes are generally considered the most suitable, because the number 8 is very auspicious in Japan, and some areas choose Daan Day for decoration (except 65438+February 3 1). 65438+February 29, because 9 is pronounced "bitter", so this day is more taboo. But there are also some areas that think that the pronunciation of 29 and "fu" is similar. 65438+February 30th is neither good nor bad, but there is no 3 1 day in 65438+February of the lunar calendar, so this day is considered as a "one-night stand cake" and unlucky. 65438+Feb 3 1 If decorative mirror cakes are considered as "insincere" and "funeral decoration", they are taboo as "one-night stand cakes".
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/kloc-In the middle of October, the "mirror cake" will be opened, which means the end of China New Year and the beginning of a new year. The opening date of mirror cakes varies from region to region, and it is generally 65438+ 10/01,and it is processed and eaten after being broken with a mallet. Because the mirror cake, as an offering of God, cannot be cut with a knife or the like. It is considered unlucky. Cut mirror cakes are usually cooked with red bean soup to make sweet and delicious rice cake soup, and some are also made into "ぁげもち" (fried rice cake). That is, cut it into small pieces, leave it for 10 days, dry it, then fry it in oil and dip it in salt and soy sauce.
In Japanese New Year, there will be a very interesting round white rice cake.
This kind of rice cake is a kind of offering to the gods during the Spring Festival, and it is called mirror cake. During the New Year, this decorative colored rice cake will be placed in Japanese homes or shops.
Legend has it that Japanese people pray for a new year in order to thank God for a bumper harvest. You can get strength from God. There is also a saying that in order to welcome the arrival of old gods, it supplies offerings from old gods.
Why is it called mirror cake? It is said that the mirror is a very precious artifact, so the rice cake looks like a round mirror, also called mirror cake. Another symbol of complete happiness. Represents good things every year, and is a metaphor for a healthy and eternal family and prosperity for generations.
The traditional photo cake festival lasted from the beginning of the year to June 65438+ 10 1 1, before which there was a grand opening ceremony. After the New Year, we usually use used mirror cakes to make various holiday dishes for the whole family to enjoy during the New Year.
The decoration on the mirror cake is meaningful.
Tripartite = table with mirror cakes.
Square red = the paper under the mirror cake, and the red in the four corners symbolizes "the four corners of heaven and earth".
Li Bai = leaves symbolizing prosperity.
Imperial coins = the meaning of exorcism.
Orange = symbolizes that the longer the fruit grows, the more prosperous the family will be from generation to generation.
The room is decorated with "mirror cakes" (かがみもち/Kagamimochi), which should have been placed in the "bedroom" (とこのままままままま/Tokonomo).
The mirror cake is a complete set, and the following is "Tripartite" (さんぼぅ, さんぽぅ/sanbo-,Sanpo-), which is an elevated square wooden box for God to use. There are round holes in the front, left and right of this square wooden box, so put a piece of paper in a square wooden box and pad it with "Kun Bu" (コンブ/Konbu) and "Li Bai" (うらじろ/Urajiro).
Kunbu's pronunciation is similar to "ぶ”(よろこぶ/yorokobu". I hope there will be a happy event this year. "Inner White" is a fern with green surface and white inside. When decorating, it presents a white side, which means that there is no new soul inside and outside, and it also means that it can live to be white-haired.
A big round cake (もちち/mochi, rice cake, sesame cake) is placed on kelp and ferns. This kind of "cake" can make the rice god possess himself, and is usually used for happy events. The round cakes are decorated with "Hai Lao" (shrimp) and "Orange" (orange).
Shrimp, because of its bending, means it can live to bend over; Orange, cause and effect for a long time, sounds the same as "handed down from generation to generation", indicating that it can be brilliant from generation to generation; Persimmon is the wood of longevity. The custom in Kansai is to string ten little persimmon together and put them on round cakes. Kanto region is a kind of flat dried abalone. "Iron abalone" is a dried abalone stretched and dried with charcoal iron in ancient times. It is one of the mascots in Japan since ancient times, so the word "iron" (のし/noshi) has the meaning of prolonging life.
Modern people buy miniature mirror cakes for decoration in supermarkets. They are very small and can be placed on TV or desks, bookshelves and dining tables.
* Please note that the Japanese word for modern electric irons is "airon", which is completely different from the meaning of the Chinese character "iron" mentioned above.
Mirror cake = three artifacts = three ideals
1. Life security? Jade? orange
2. Spiritual culture? Mirror? Mirror cake
3. Moral consistency? Hey? String persimmon
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Several friends have asked me why there is an interesting white round rice cake on sale in Japanese supermarkets near the New Year.
It turns out that this kind of rice cake is a kind of offering to the gods during the Spring Festival, called mirror cake. During the New Year, this decorative colored rice cake will be placed in Japanese homes or shops.
We can get a brief understanding from the following questions and answers.
Q: Why do you use rice cakes as offerings in the New Year?
A: It is said that the Japanese who make a living by farming are thanking God for a bumper harvest and praying for the arrival of the New Year. It is also said that eating rice cakes can gain strength from the gods. There is also a saying that in order to welcome the arrival of old gods, it supplies offerings from old gods.
Q: Why is this circle an overlapping shape and the origin of this name-Kagami Mochi?
A: It is said that a mirror can reflect a person's soul, which was a very precious artifact in ancient times. Therefore, the rice cake looks like a round mirror and is called mirror cake. Another symbol of complete happiness. Some people say it is the shape of the human heart, while others say that every year represents many beautiful things, so it is the overlap of two layers.
Q: What is the significance of decorating mirror cakes? (pictured)
A: "Orange": Japanese daidai-generation, because the characteristic of citrus reticulata is that even if a new fruit is born, the old fruit will not fall automatically within 4-5 years. Old and new fruits are on the same tree. Metaphor is a healthy and eternal family, prosperous from generation to generation.
"Li Bai": the homonym of Japanese pronunciation. (Yorokobu-joy and joy) is a metaphor for happiness. It is also a metaphor for children and grandchildren.
"Persimmon string" (persimmon string): Persimmon trees are long-lived trees. There is also a Japanese pronunciation homophonic (kakiatsumeru- persimmon). Metaphor family reunion happiness.
Please note the number of persimmons: two on each side (NIKO) and six in the middle (MUTSU). Two metaphors are NIKONIKO and six metaphors are MUTSUMAJIKU.
The traditional photo cake festival lasted from the beginning of the year to June 65438+ 10 1 1, before which there was a grand opening ceremony. After the New Year, we usually use used mirror cakes to make various holiday dishes for the whole family to enjoy during the New Year.
Mirror cake ~ ~ the mirror used for sacrifice in ancient times is said to be a round mirror. It is said that round mirrors can enhance spiritual strength, so many shrines regard round mirrors as the form of gods. At present, the mirrors used in Japanese shrines and shrines are also round, and mirrors are also an artifact to be enshrined. "Cake" means hemp in Japanese. Japanese also eat rice cakes in the New Year. They are called mirror cakes. Two or three flat rice cakes like mirrors are stacked together, indicating that good things overlap. Putting oranges on it is a mascot to pray for the prosperity of generations. Decorate a fan on the orange and pray for happiness and prosperity forever!
Usually, people will present a mirror cake to the gods on February 28th, 65438, and the Japanese also think that 8 is a good number. 1October 28th, 65438, 65438, 065438, the opening ceremony of the rice cake is to open the rice cake (not with a knife, but with a mallet, because "opening" symbolizes good luck. ), and then cook mixed vegetable soup rice cake or red bean soup.
A mirror cake is a cake made of a flat circle. It is used to worship gods and buddhas in the first month of the Japanese New Year and during festivals.
The etymology and origin of mirror cake
The mirror cake is flat and looks like a mirror, hence the name.
Modern mirrors are mostly quadrilateral, which used to be round.
Especially as a ritual mirror, a round mirror can enhance its spiritual strength.
Now the rice used in Japanese shrines and shrines is also round, and the mirror is also an artifact to be enshrined.
In the Muramachi era, armed militarists would put their armor and pockets for ordinary wars in front of the mirror on the first day of the first month.
And worship god with mirror cakes; Armor and pockets also mean "feet",
So it is also called "full cake".
When Japan welcomes the New Year, mirror cake has become a decorative custom. In the era of Emperor Akihito before Higashihara in Japan,
Okuninushi ordered God to say "Yuanri (the first day of the first month)" to Ota Genzi, the daughter of the Great God.
Worship ghosts and gods with red and white cakes will bring happiness and fate. According to this statement, this legend has been used to this day.
According to Japanese custom, it's not oranges on the mirror cake but oranges!
Orange, pronounced "Daidai" in Japanese, has the same pronunciation as Daidai, so it means to reproduce from generation to generation.
It is one of the auspicious New Year decorations.
According to Wikipedia (Kaka).
Orange fruit trees have small white flowers in early summer and bear fruit in winter. Because the color of fruits is orange (だぃだぃぃろろろろろ), they are called orange.
Even if winter passes, the fruit will not fall automatically, and it can stay on the branches for two or three years.
That's why she is called Dai.
Orange will automatically change back to green in spring, which is also commonly known as "green orange"
Because oranges have a strong sour taste, they are not suitable for direct consumption. Sauce or jam for hot pot cooking will be more suitable.
In addition, dried tangerine peel can be used as traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effect of resolving phlegm and strengthening stomach.
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