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Xiao Nian in Lan Zhou:Making candies and worship the Kitchen God
发布时间: 2020-02-12 10:36 稿源:中国兰州网   编辑:ZhaoZijun
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The 23rd day of the last lunar month Layue more widely known as Xiao Nian, literally meaning “ minor New Year” in Chinese, is always considered to be the prologue of the Spring Festival, a small year in the traditional sense. When it comes to Xiaonian, everyone often thinks that the Kitchen God returns to heaven on this day to report to the Jade Emperor. So all the families will offer various foods to the Kitchen God. Hence, the old Lanzhou has a habit on this day is to make candies and worship the Kitchen God.

Candies, as the name suggests, is the sugar used to worship the Kitchen God, Lanzhou citizens often offer various candies to the Kitchen God to make sure that he won’t speak ill of their families. The Kitchen God would like to say something good about the housewife at home. The family will be smooth in the coming year.

The practice of candies for Kitchen God is actually very simple. After soaking the wheat, the malt is chopped and steamed into the steamed yellow rice. The tank is fermented, the water is cooled, the sugar juice is added, and the sugar juice is used to make the maltose. Made of accessories. Before the lunar New Year’s Eve, there were people selling candies for the Kitchen God on the street. Each family would buy some for worshipping the Kitchen God on the 23rd of the last lunar month. In the past, the living standards of Lanzhou people were not high. So the children waited to eat candies instead of eating by the Kitchen God. Nowadays, Lanzhou citizens are living in high buildings. The custom of buying candies for Kitchen God has gradually disappeared with the changing times. However, we should not forget the traditional customs in Lanzhou.

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