Chapter 55 New Year’s Eve dinner on New Year’s Eve

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The 25th day of the New Year is the New Year’s Eve in our place, and there is nothing delicious. But adults will say that today is the 25th day of the New Year, and then there is no further information, there is no ceremony, and there is nothing delicious. So, in my impression, this so-called 25th day of the New Year always makes me unable to get excited, and I even feel a little disappointed because I think it is too boring!

On the 29th day of the New Year, we have the custom of thanking the New Year. Every household will go to the temple in the village to worship Bodhisattvas and gods, pray for good weather, good harvests, prosperous livestock, abundant wealth, and peace. During the worship, every household will carry a lantern, light a candle in the lantern, and then every household will hold a roasted whole chicken, a large piece of pork, a few dishes and a bowl of rice, and we are thereA square piece of red paper is placed on top of these foods for worship. A small green pine and cypress leaves are inserted in the middle of the red paper. They look red and green, and are very festive. When worshiping, you have to burn yellow paper money and tin foil, and light four pairs of candles, then kneel down and worship with incense in your hands. A kind of sincere grandmother or aunt is muttering in her mouth when worshiping, closing her eyes, kneeling on the ground, and kowtowing devoutly to pray for good luck in the coming year!

Before going to the temple to worship Bodhisattvas, I have to worship at home, pray in front of my own hall, pray in the kitchen god, pray in front of the door, pray in the land god in front of the door. In my impression, the 29th New Year of the New Year is the most important ceremony before the New Year. I don’t know how many generations of such ceremony have been passed down. I believe that it has been passed down from a long time ago, and it has been passed down from generation to generation until it has been passed down to my generation. When I was worshiping Bodhisattvas for the New Year, I was full of piety and awe in my heart. Those are Bodhisattvas and gods, and not something that people like us can understand. So, just kneel down and kowtow. Amitabha, to be a good person, you must be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth!

On New Year's Eve, our little kids couldn't wait to put on new clothes. At that time, my mother usually pulled two-foot cloth back to the city, and asked aunts and aunts who could make new clothes in the village. My new clothes were usually made by Aunt Xiaoyue for me. I remember that a Zhongshan dress was very impressive, one for each of my father, and I usually ask two virtual red fabrics to sew on my collar, which looked like a PLA uncle!

After putting on new clothes, I usually like to visit other people's homes and see what dishes they cook. By the way, I forgot one thing and didn't say it. That is, before the New Year, every household in the countryside must clean the house well. Of course, the ground must be cleaned, and the spider webs on the walls and corners must be cleaned. Even the tables and stools must be washed with water. In short, this is a sanitation cleaning at home. It is cleaned up to welcome the New Year. In our local dialect, it is called "没水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水�On New Year's Eve, every household was at home. It was not popular to go out to work in that era, so there was no such thing as spending the New Year outside. Therefore, the atmosphere of the New Year was particularly lively. Adults usually started preparing New Year's Eve dinner at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The washing of vegetables, cutting vegetables, and cooking pots. That was the most important meal of the year. Every household was busy working hard. That ridiculous, that atmosphere, what a guy, I like!

The dishes for the New Year are probably different in all parts of the country. In our place, the following dishes are essential for every family. The first dish is white-cut chicken, the second dish is unique to us. The local dialect is Yueyue. It is mixed with some sweet potato flour, chopped pork, and tofu, and then steamed in a steamer. It looks like a ball of meatballs. People in our place love it and is one of the main dishes for every family on New Year's Eve night. The third dish is a pot of white-cut pork. I don't like it. It's too fat. The fourth dish is called breast trunk in our local dialect.The outer strip is wrapped in the thin layer of skin produced when making tofu. The ingredients inside are dried tofu, red with snow, and pork. After wrapping, put them in the pot and fry them with oil. It will be fine. The outside looks golden and bite with your mouth. It is fragrant and crispy. The fifth dish is the vermicelli vermicelli. The skin is fried in oil and looks white. Put it in the pot with water and boil it with some vegetables. It will be hot. I like this dish the most. The following dish is more common. The sixth dish is braised crucian carp or braised carp. There are fish every year. The seventh dish is taroFirst, the eighth dish is fried celery with dried tofu, and every household may be different. Some families with better conditions will make a few more dishes, including white pork belly, braised pork trotters or mutton, and a few vegetarian dishes with a few worse conditions, such as fried black fungus or cabbage tofu. In short, every household has at least ten dishes during the New Year. The table of Eight Immortals is full of dishes, which makes people happy to see. Generally, I will peel two apples, cut them into eight slices and put them in a basin, and then peel a few bananas and put them in another basin. The two fruit cold dishes are considered appropriate, and it is a good New Year’s Eve dinner!