Xiaoshan concept of young people of the Dragon Boat Festival now has a very light, but “ old Xiaoshan ” old but can't get to stay in the background of the Dragon Boat Festival custom. Although now all kinds of dumplings, the supermarkets have a lot, but “ old Xiaoshan ” still insists on the Dragon Boat Festival own package dumplings. Zongzi leaves up to the market to buy in advance, and then soaked in a few days later at home, can only package. Superior glutinous rice had to be washed after soaking it. Dumplings stuffed is not careful, lean meat, dates, chestnuts, egg yolk can be done inside. After all the raw materials are available, you can package dumplings. Don't look at Granny's slow Bao Qi zongzi to but very smart: place all kinds of raw materials into the zongzi, holding the main line of the mouth, wrapped zongzi as a whole, under two or three. After the package after all, every 6 dumplings into a bunch, placed in the pot, let the water swept over all zongzi, can breath of zongzi was after 20 minutes.
Tuen Ng Festival in addition to package zongzi, eating zongzi, there is a very important project —— the dragon-boat race. Before and after the annual Dragon Boat Festival, xintang town, Xiaoshan linpu and other places, there will be dragon boat race competition. Hands down, sacrifice their lives to save the parent xiaonv Cao, grandmother in xintang Street, Xiaoshan Gold Creek village. Therefore, the dragon boat is &ldquo of new Tong; xiaonv Empress ” s represent the performance of a dragon boat team. In the minds of these people of Xiaoshan, Dragon can pray for peace and good weather, but also to banish the plague.
in the South area of Xiaoshan, Dragon Boat Festival also has a unique custom: family of people with good fan to see the new marriage of wheat straw and gave, and gave the fan to the relatives of her husband's family; the next annual Dragon Boat Festival, married the daughter of series fans of wheat straw to the mothers and relatives at home.
although this practice is very far from now, but the stick man is still. On River Street, near the Dragon Boat Festival, when you can often see some woman sat woven straw fan. Previously the village on the River, the popular “ daughter with mother ”, in-laws people according to the fans of wheat straw woven craft tell if a mother is clever, also infer this bride is good good.
