Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Midwinter - 冬至




冬至节的由来与传说
    冬至过节源于汉代，盛于唐宋，相沿至今。《清嘉录》甚至有“冬至大如年”之说。这表明古人对冬至十分重视。人们认为冬至是阴阳二气的自然转化，是上天赐予的福气，。汉朝以冬至为“冬节”，官府要举行祝贺仪式称为“贺冬”，例行放假。《后汉书》中有这样的记载：“冬至前后，君子安身静体，百官绝事，不听政，择吉辰而后省事。”所以这天朝庭上下要放假休息，军队待命，边塞闭关，商旅停业，亲朋各以美食相赠，相互拜访，欢乐地过一个“安身静体”的节日。

唐、宋时期，冬至是祭天祭祀祖的日子，皇帝在这天要到郊外举行祭天大典，百姓在这一天要向父母尊长祭拜，现在仍有一些地方在冬至这天过节庆贺。


冬至传说之一
过去老北京有“冬至馄饨夏至面”的说法。相传汉朝时，北方匈奴经常骚扰边疆，百姓不得安宁。当时匈奴部落中有浑氏和屯氏两个首领，十分凶残。百姓对其恨之入骨，于是用肉馅包成角儿，取“浑”与“屯”之音，呼作“馄饨”。恨以食之，并求平息战乱，能过上太平日子。因最初制成馄饨是在冬至这一天，在冬至这天家家户户吃馄饨。吃“捏冻耳朵”是冬至河南人吃饺子的俗称。缘何有这种食俗呢？相传南阳医圣张仲景曾在长沙为官，他告老还乡那时适是大雪纷飞的冬天，寒风刺骨。他看见南阳白河两岸的乡亲衣不遮体，有不少人的耳朵被冻烂了，心里非常难过，就叫其弟子在南阳关东搭起医棚，用羊肉、辣椒和一些驱寒药材放置锅里煮熟，捞出来剁碎，用面皮包成像耳朵的样子，再放下锅里煮熟，做成一种叫“驱寒矫耳汤”的药物施舍给百姓吃。服食后，乡亲们的耳朵都治好了。后来，每逢冬至人们便模仿做着吃，是故形成“捏冻耳朵”此种习俗。以后人们称它为“饺子，也有的称它为“扁食”和“烫面饺”，人们还纷纷传说吃了冬至的饺子不冻人。
　　
冬至传说之二
冬至吃狗肉的习俗据说是从汉代开始的。相传，汉高祖刘邦在冬至这一天吃了樊哙煮的狗肉，觉得味道特别鲜美，赞不绝口。从此在民间形成了冬至吃狗肉的习俗。现在的人们纷纷在冬至这一天，吃狗肉、羊肉以及各种滋补食品，以求来年有一个好兆头。


冬至传说之三
在江南水乡，有冬至之夜全家欢聚一堂共吃赤豆糯米饭的习俗。相传，有一位叫共工氏的人，他的儿子不成才，作恶多端，死于冬至这一天，死后变成疫鬼，继续残害百姓。但是，这个疫鬼最怕赤豆，于是，人们就在冬至这一天煮吃赤豆饭，用以驱避疫鬼，防灾祛病。

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22nd DEC - tang yuan tang yuan tang yuan !!!
冬至大过年～♥♥♥
since i moved to nz i never celebrated this festival anymore...
usually my mum would made for us every year when i was little, i woke up super early on that day to lend my mum a hand haha, although my tang yuan is not tat ''round'' n is so ugly, but vei happy when saw multi-colour of tang yuan especially red n green !!! i loved tang yuan vf peanut n black sesame inside is so delicious ! again this year as usual every1 was busy vf their job although is midwinter but like no 1 will care so i don't have the mood oledi >.<  still have a few packs of tang yuan in my fridge, feel like wanted to cook it but.................what a sad thing if i just ate alone at home ???!! fine i decided not going to touch the ''things'' until they all coming bek~ 
today's weather is so hot, the sun is so strong, the wind does't wanted to blow, i looked myself at home...... the whole situation is so annoying!!!! oh ya i bought some undies ytd when waiting for shally to meet me up at mall...there have half price sales man is so cheap, but i only bought a couple of it as the others was no size, arghhhhhhh!!! stilll waiting for boxing day for more discounts, hehe ~


half price half price !!!
cost me $36 ONLY !!!
the blue+black or the pink+white more nicer???
4 me, i like both~♥♥♥

by -karen-sw33t- at 5:48 PM |

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