Food for me and the beautiful scenery for me.
Fireworks in the world are half of the world's joy.
Huangyan has abundant resources,
has countless delicious food since ancient times, and is surrounded by mountains and rivers.
has unique geographical advantages, and
has formed a unique custom.
Starting from the most elegant Song Dynasty, there are some delicious food and customs recorded in history. Southern Song "Jiading Chicheng Chronicles" records many Taizhou products in Zhejiang, most of which are shared by the entire Taizhou , but there are also many special ones that click on Huangyan. Among them, the oranges and sugarcane in Huangyan are still famous today. There are also some customs that have come from the Song Dynasty. The most typical of them is the Ningxi " February 2nd " Lantern Festival.
"Mulberry orange: Those who break the river after Huangyan are good... Every year, the rain will be twice as long. If the frost is not frost, it is called green orange. If the path reaches eight or nine inches, it is absolutely difficult to get, and the gardener will choose to wait for it." The records of the Southern Song Dynasty's "Chiccheng Chronicles of Jiading" pointed out that "Those who break the river after Huangyan are good." During the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Taizhou magistrate Zeng Dun said, "After taking tribute from Wentai, Luofu and Dongting both avoided the seats." This also revealed the social status of Huangyan honey tangerine in the Southern Song Dynasty.
The common word "可" is "可" and was called "可" in ancient times, meaning auspicious things. In ancient times, the Yue tribe on the southeast coast used orange and pomelo as a cosmet. Whether it is the royal family, government officials, or folk, oranges are used as auspicious fruits and are used as sacrifices to worship the ancestors of the gods.
As a representative of the food and even image of Huangyan, the thousand-year-old ancient city, orange has deeply influenced the lives of Huangyan people and derived countless customs. Oranges are used when building houses, brides are happy with fruits, babies are full moons, folk "flower parties"... Today, Huangyan has left behind unique customs such as lying on orange lanterns, arousing cinnamons, and offering blessings to oranges.
Every Lantern Festival, night falls, and the lights are on, and small orange lights float on the clear river, just like the stars in the sky descending on the earth. This is the orange lamp. According to legend, when Song Gaozong took refuge in Taizhou, he encountered two ships on the Lantern Festival and approached the imperial boat. The guards on the bow of the boat hurriedly asked with a spear, and only then did they realize it was a ship selling yellow tangerines. During this festival, Emperor Gaozong thought it was a good omen and ordered people to buy all the two ships of oranges and give them to their ministers and guards. He told everyone to save the lower half of the orange peel intact, take the orange peel as a bowl, store oil, light it up, and put it on the river one by one. Afterwards, the custom of putting orange lanterns on Chengjiang on the Lantern Festival was passed down. Countless small orange lamps float on the river, carrying people's expectations and blessings, and drifting into the distance.
Orange farmers make their living by oranges. The yield of oranges is related to their livelihoods, and the custom of "fighting for life" came into being. Orange farmers use wooden sticks or hoes to pat the trunk of orange tree , which has few fruits, and ask: "How many are they born?" Answer: "Thousands of baskets and tens of thousands of ducts!"
"Born" is not only exclusive to orange trees, but also popular among women. On the evening of the Lantern Festival, some women, especially those who have been infertile for many years, often invite each other to "fight for life" in the orange forest where the most oranges have the most oranges, and pray to the god of orange to give them a son. One person held the orange branch in his hand and asked while beating, "Can you give birth? Will you give birth?" The beating woman replied, "Can you give birth! Can you give birth!" This scene is just like the "should you give birth" circulating among Huangyan folk: "The first night under the orange tree, the female companion invited her to give birth. Don't worry about the jokes from others, there are life and life, and it is called continuous sound."
Sacrifice to the Orange God
Beat the Orange Raw
Beat the Orange Raw
"The late rice on Pinggao is in full play, and picking oranges by Xiaoxue Village is busy... The Jingsaiyuanwo burns short paper, how expensive is Gusu ?" The "Picking Oranges" by Shi Bin of the Qing Dynasty depicts the scene of "providing oranges for blessings". On the 10th month of the lunar calendar, after the orange harvest, the orange farmers took four plates of yellow croaker (oranges will be yellow), meat, tofu, cake, etc., burn incense and candles to worship the priests of the field, praying for a bumper harvest in the next year, and offer them a few triple firecrackers, meaning "touch, Peng (touch), and tree growth (lots)."
These are customs to pray for a good harvest of oranges. "Being an orange security guard" is similar. It is in April and May every year. When the oranges just bear fruit, orange farmers put in incense tables at the entrance of the village to worship the gods. The altars of every household are connected into one character long snake array . The offerings of each household are placed on the table, and the cups and plates are connected to each other and the hot air is in full bloom, praying for good weather, but the results are tiring. . If you encounter the years of diseases and pests and diseases, orange farmers will go to Kaikouyan Tianpeng Marshal's Mansion to ask for a flag. In the past, you could see a small red flag with a triangle on the top of the orange forest, which was the flag invited by the Marshal Tianpeng Mansion.
The Southern Song Dynasty "Chronichuang Chronicles" records:
"Sugarcane: There are two types of bamboo and reed, and they come out of Huangyan Kangshan and other places. "
Kangshan is Kangshan, which is now in Beiyang Town, and there are still sugarcane cultivation. Who would have thought it was so famous in the Southern Song Dynasty.
The Huangyan County Chronicle of the Republic of China also records:
"Sugarcane, commonly known as sugar stems. The stems are collected for food in autumn and winter, and can also be squeezed and fried to make sugar, called sucrose. "
1941, Taizhou City's Seventh Agricultural Promotion Zone (regional-level agricultural technology promotion organization, set up Huangyan) introduced Javanese sugar cane from Pingyang, Wenzhou. The cane stems are thick, hard, and has high sugar content, especially sugar-making. Later, Pingyang bamboo, Pingyang fruit and Fujian sugar stems were introduced successively. In 1942, County Mayor Xu Yong hired technicians to teach sugar-making technology from Pingyang to produce brown sugar in the area of Toutuoqiao. In the 1970s, Huangyan developed sea-coated cane fields, and the area of planting cane increased to nearly 6,000 mu, with an annual output of nearly 1,000 tons of brown sugar. After that, the planting area continued to expand.
Now, Huangyan's Touo, Chengjiang, Yuanqiao and other townships and streets have planted large areas of sugarcane, and the processed brown sugar is even more famous. This is also the inheritance and development of sugarcane, a delicacy that has been famous since the Song Dynasty, in modern times.
2008, the traditional sugar-pressing process of Huangyan brown sugar (Touotuo brown sugar, Chengjiang Lingu brown sugar) was included in Huangyan District intangible culture Heritage Protection Directory. In 2016, Huangyan brown sugar obtained the national agricultural product geographical indication certification with soft texture, fine sand, pure and pure taste and other qualities. This is the first agricultural product protected by Huangyan.
brown sugar has three major processes: first squeeze the juice, then put the sugar juice in a sugar pot to sterilize at high temperature, evaporate and remove impurities, and finally cool it into the sugar plate to cool it into sugar. The ancient handmade brown sugar retains all the ingredients in the sugar juice. In addition to having the function of sugar, it also contains vitamins and trace elements, such as iron , zinc, manganese, chromium, etc., the nutrients are much higher than white sugar, and have the effects of replenishing deficiency, replenishing blood circulation, warming the spleen and strengthening the stomach. There is also a kind of ginger brown sugar , which is brown sugar with ginger juice, and also regulates menstruation and replenishing blood, treats uterine cold.
All kinds of foods made of brown sugar, fried rice baked sugar, sweet potato cake , brown sugar egg wine, etc. are all very popular delicacies.
" Chinese Lantern Festival is all three or five, and Ningxi Lantern Festival is the only two or two. "The Lantern Festival has existed since ancient times, usually on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and Ningxi, Huangyan, is alone on the "February 2nd". That's because Ningxi is located in the western mountainous area and has inconvenient transportation before. If the Lantern Festival is also held on the Lantern Festival, everyone will definitely choose to go to other places to see it, and no one will go to Ningxi to see it.
The second day of the second month is another traditional Chinese folk festival. It is said that it is the day when the dragon raises its head , also known as the Spring Farming Festival , which means that all things are revived and spring farming is about to begin. Ningxi has rich mountain and water resources and developed agriculture. Holding the "February 2" lantern festival not only allows everyone to work with peace of mind after the "February 2", but also prays for good weather and rain. This year, there is a beautiful meaning of a good harvest.
Ningxi "February 2" lantern festival began in the Southern Song Dynasty and has now been included in the third batch of intangible cultural heritage in Zhejiang Province. In fact, the "February 2" lantern festival is not limited to the second day of the second month. Usually, the lanterns on the second day of the second day of the day, and the lanterns on the eighth day of the day can be preliminarily or postponed according to the almanac. During this period, the lanterns will be welcomed every night. The second day of the day will be in a street, and the fourth day of the day will be welcomed.At this time, the eight houses in Ningxi will erect lamp posts in the center of their house, and hang nine lanterns high, namely nine lamps, so that they can be seen from a distance. This also means that the lantern festival has begun.
During the Lantern Festival, couplets and colorful lanterns must be posted at the door of every household. The colorful lanterns include gauze lantern , lantern, glass palace lantern , lotus lantern , rice short lamp, revolving lantern and various animal lamps. Before and after the Lantern Festival, Bazhai would invite a troupe to do the show, for at least three nights. Therefore, there is a saying in Ningxi: "A girl married Ningxi Street, 24th night in March 8, 2018."
The fourth day of the first lunar month was originally Ningxi Street Market Day. People nearby would go to Ningxi Street to go to Ningxi Street to go to the market. It was the most lively day when they met a lantern festival. That night, all houses organized personnel to participate in welcome lanterns and , beat drums and drums, dragon and lion dance , carry the pavilion, and make a boat in the lake... Traditional programs were staged one after another, and were full of excitement. The light-welcoming team slowly swam along the street for a week, which takes two or three hours.
"Ningxi Traditional Intangible Cultural Heritage February 2" Photography: Jin Weimin
In the past, the transportation was inconvenient, and the service industry was not as developed now. Most of them were eating and living outside at home. When encountering a lantern festival, every household in Ningxi Street will invite guests. Over time, there is a saying among the people of Ningxi that "there is no guest at home during the lantern festival, and there is even a situation where "it is difficult to call a guest".
There is a saying in Ningxi: " mustard green peels the remaining stems." It refers to the situation of poor families during the lantern festival. If the family is still in good condition, it will be another scene. There are many guests at home and there are several tables for dinner.
During the "February 2" Lantern Festival, the most memorable thing for the older generation of Ningxi people is the must-play music "Make a Gong Gong". It is also known as "Wishing Together", which is a large instrumental ensemble. The number of people required by the band can range from more than twenty people, and the number of people is not limited. This music was also found in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was written by the 11th ancestor of the Wang family of Ningxi, and passed down from generation to generation in Ningxi.
The most important thing about "Making a Gong" is quiet, the best in the middle of the night. After the lively lantern festival, the night became quiet and everyone was ready to go to bed. Only then did "Make a Gong" start playing along the street. ancient music , silk string instrument, blowing instrument, music , etc., played together through an old wooden house, from far to near, from near to far, soothing and ethereal, like lullaby , it accompanied everyone to fall asleep, which is also the memory of many people in Lao Ningxi.
Citrus, sugarcane,
Orange customs, Ningxi "February 2" Lantern Festival...
These delicacies, these customs,
have been soaked in the elegance of thousands of years,
is talked about by people.
We live up to the delicious food and customs, and
also live up to the prosperity of the prosperous times that have been preserved for thousands of years.
