Hui people attach great importance to food hygiene. Smart and hardworking Hui women can make many special foods with unique flavor, such as prickly heat powder, beef Lamian Noodles, sesame oil, hand-roasted mutton and "plywood". If you can visit the Hui people's homes in the three major festivals of Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Holy Day, you will surely feast your eyes.
Sheep eye steamed stuffed bun is a good food in Hui people's diet. According to legend, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty once dressed up outside the front door and tasted the sheep's eye steamed stuffed bun from the Muslim mutton steamed stuffed bun shop. Emperor Kangxi walked into the mutton bun shop, and the careful Hui shopkeeper brought two cups of tea with a small tray. After greeting Emperor Kangxi, he smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of trouble. I haven't tasted the delicacies in the palace, and I condescended to taste the sheep's eye steamed buns. I really dare not be filial. " Kangxi knew that his identity had been discovered, but he still pretended to eat steamed stuffed buns. The shopkeeper had no choice but to say, "I have to eat my face, so please wait a moment." In a short time, hot steamed buns arrived. Kangxi put one on the plate with chopsticks and observed it carefully. I only feel the fragrance, and when I put it in my mouth, it's really delicious and the texture is unusual. But Emperor Kangxi looked around and didn't see the "sheep's eye", so he asked the shopkeeper, "Why can't you see the sheep's eye?" The shopkeeper quickly replied, "If you return to the Lord, you will feel guilty and dare not cheat: the stuffing is not sheep's eye, but it is made finer and the size of the bag is smaller, like a sheep's eye, so it is named' sheep's eye steamed stuffed bun'." Kangxi took two bites and thought it was delicious, so he sent a message: "I think Yang Yaner's steamed buns are very good. You can send them to the palace at any time and let the internal affairs office open a bank. "
From then on, Yang Yaner's steamed stuffed bun became famous in Beijing. As a result, Muslims all over the four cities made sheep's eye buns, which became a favorite food for Muslims.
It's not too difficult to make sheep's eye buns. One method is to cut the white flour into sections, then add appropriate amount of sugar and alkali and knead well. Chop the fat sheep into stuffing, add dried scallops, magnolia slices, onion and ginger juice, beat the stuffing evenly, add sesame oil and a little salt, and steam. The head of every steamed bread is as big as a sheep's eye. Another method is to make good white flour, without adding sugar, adding appropriate amount of alkali and stirring evenly. Mutton stuffing is the same as above. Add diced shrimp, water-soaked fungus, chopped green onion, ginger juice, salt, sesame oil and other ingredients and stir well. The size and evaporation of the bag are exactly the same as before.
The legend of Bai girl wearing a phoenix crown
According to legend, a long time ago, there lived a beautiful, kind and simple Bai girl in Eryuan at the foot of Diaoniao Mountain. She goes up the mountain to chop wood every day, and makes a living by chopping wood to support her elderly and blind mother.
One day, Yu Ying went up the mountain to chop wood. She was thirsty and looked for water to drink in front of the steep cliff. Suddenly, a very fierce sheep carving flew out of the hole, spread its dark wings, exposed a row of fangs in the maw, and reached for her claws. She was shocked.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a whoosh. A sharp arrow flew in and hit the eagle's chest impartially. The fierce sheep eagle fell off the cliff with a groan. Yu Ying was saved. She raised her eyes in surprise and saw a handsome Bai boy with a bow and arrow in his hand and smiled and said to her, "Girl, you are scared." Yu Ying nodded gratefully and smiled shyly. The young man stepped forward and asked, "Why did you go up the mountain to cut firewood alone?" Yu Ying told the story truthfully, and when she talked about it, she took a fancy to the young man. This young man is also very sympathetic to the girl's experience. He told me that he hunted in the mountains and forests all day, and he also had feelings for that girl. Yu Ying blushed and said, "Brother, in order to thank you for saving his life, I would like to marry you." With that, he bit off a strand of his hair, tied a knot and stuffed it into the shepherd's chest. The shepherd boy also bit off a strand of his hair, tied a knot and gave it to the girl. ...
When he left, the shepherd took the machete from his body and gave it to Yu Ying. A month after they met, the young man packed his hut, built a new house and went down the mountain to see the girl and her mother.
Yu Ying took a shepherd's machete to cut wood, which was very sharp. Strange to say, she cut wood like grass, and soon she cut a large bundle. It's not heavy to carry on your shoulders, and it's windy to walk. She will be home soon. Yu Ying told her mother about going up the mountain, and her mother was very happy and agreed to her marriage.
On the third day, Yu Ying got lost while cutting firewood up the mountain. She walked into the deep forest. She sat on the slate to have a rest. Suddenly, she heard birds singing in the Woods. She only felt rosy clouds rising and colorful clouds flowing. In the radiant light, a pair of colorful peacocks led the way, and a beautiful phoenix came to her surrounded by birds. Phoenix came up to her and asked the peacock, "Whose girl is this?" Why did she come to the depths of the forest alone? " After the peacock answered truthfully, Phoenix liked Yu Ying very much and ordered the peacock to put a phoenix hat on Yu Ying, and then walked on.
Yu Ying was very happy when she got the glittering phoenix hat. Wearing a phoenix hat, she found her way down the mountain with firewood and came to a pond at the foot of the mountain to drink water. She looked at the reflection in the water, the beautiful phoenix hat, and thought that she would marry a shepherd soon, so she couldn't help singing happily.
It is said that this afternoon, King Nanzhao was hunting at the foot of the mountain, heard the beautiful song, followed the sound, and met the beautiful Yu Ying by the pond, so he was full of evil thoughts and plunged into it. He ordered his men to take Yu Ying back to the palace and forced her to marry himself.
Where is Yu Ying willing to be? Her eyes were red with tears, but she just didn't agree. The king ordered her to be put in a cell, let her think for three days, and if she still refused, she would be executed. Yu Ying burst into tears in his cell. She misses her poor old mother and her Mr. Right.
On the third day, Yu Ying finally figured out a way. She pretended to promise the king and held a grand celebration in the palace. When the king and Yu Ying drank a glass, Yu Ying put poison in the king's glass, and the king died of poisoning. The palace was in chaos, so Yu Ying took the opportunity to escape and returned home. On entering the room, the golden phoenix hat lit up the old man's eyes. Mother saw her daughter so beautiful, so she took her daughter up the hill happily.
On the way, I happened to meet a shepherd to pick up the girl. The shepherd praised the girl for her calmness, wit and courage. From then on, Yu Ying and the shepherd lived a happy life in the deep forest. Phoenix hat has therefore become a symbol of Bai girls' diligence, courage, simplicity, kindness and loyalty.
The origin of crossing the bridge rice noodles
Once upon a time, there was a scholar in Mengzi. In order to catch the exam, he shut himself up on an island in South Lake and studied day and night. His wife brings him meals every day. Because food is often cold on a long road, scholars don't like it. What shall we do? One day, my wife stewed a fat hen. She put the chicken soup in a clay pot, brought rice noodles and spices that scholars like to eat, and sent them in a bamboo basket. When she was holding the soup pot, her hand shrank back because of burns. It turns out that there is a thick layer of chicken oil floating on the chicken soup, which keeps the temperature. So, she blanched the seasoning in the soup, and then added rice flour. The scholar ate warm food, which was particularly delicious. He praised it because his wife was going to cross the bridge to deliver food. The scholar smiled and said to his wife, "The delicious food you cooked today is called crossing the bridge rice noodles." Since then, crossing the bridge rice noodles has spread among the people.
The legend of Xishuangbanna
Xishuangbanna means 12,000 fields in Dai language, Xishuang means 12 fields in Dai language and Banna means 1000 paddy fields in Dai language. In the past, when feudal lords calculated the territory of the Dai people, they divided the administrative areas into rice fields, so they got their name from the meaning of 12 in charge of the Lord 12 in rice fields. There is an old local legend that the original villages, fields and rivers in Xishuangbanna were all changed from the bodies of snakes and eagles. There is also a myth that the father of Baawu, the leader of the ancient Xishuangbanna, turned out to be the king of cattle. One day, Niu Wang's wife got pregnant after eating the leftover coconut of Niu Wang, and then gave birth to a child. This fairy tale shows that Xishuangbanna people have lived here since the primitive matriarchal clan society, and they have experienced a long and arduous struggle with nature.
"Nine" is a sacred number.
Mongolians believe that "Nine" contains auspicious meaning, whether it is the "Manihong" flag or the worship and prayer to heaven, gods and ancestors, it is related to "Nine". Why are you so superstitious? It is said that it is because of the Mongolian hero "Genghis Khan".
Genghis Khan was bathed in Jiuquan water after his birth. At the age of nine, he lived on his own. At the age of 27, he was called Khan. After a defeat, Genghis Khan prayed to heaven, and there was a huge roar in the air. A huge spear landed on the branch. Genghis Khan ordered ninety-nine stallions' manes to be sacrificed with ninety-nine sheep, and used this huge spear as his military emblem-jujube Sulide. It is precisely because of Genghis Khan's love for "Nine" that he called on the Mongolian people to worship "Nine".
Baochai became a horse.
Horses are regarded as the most sacred livestock by Mongols. They can't live without horses like the sun. They regard horses as their closest partners and regard things related to horses as sacred things. Mongolians believe that horses are gods from the sky. Without horses, Mongols would lose their gods.
Legend has it that a long time ago, the fairy in the sky saw the vast grassland in the world, with abundant water plants, flocks of cattle and sheep, and yurts scattered on the green carpet like pearls. She was so happy that she felt that such a beautiful nature seemed to lack something, so she picked Baochai from her head and threw it on the green grassland. Baochai turned into a red cloud in the air, gradually filled the sky and landed low on the grassland. With a deafening thunder, the sky suddenly exploded a long gap, and in the blink of an eye, groups of handsome animals fell on the grass beach. Horses are formed when hooves fall to the ground, and they are gods on the grassland.
The Origin of Buyi Frog Worship
Buyi people worship nature and believe that everything has spirits. They believe in social gods, mountain gods, water gods, Raytheon, stone gods and so on. , also worship cattle, dogs, frogs, ancient trees and other animals and plants.
There is a touching story about the origin of frog worship.
There is a family with only three daughters and no boys. One day, three girls were digging with hoes. Third Sister is young and weak, and she can't dig the ground as fast as Big Sister and Second Sister. She sighed and said to herself, "Oh, I'm so tired! It would be great if someone could help me dig the ground. I would rather marry him and be his wife. "
Unexpectedly, as soon as her voice fell, a big frog at the edge of the field stood up on its hind legs and said, "I can help you finish planing this field right away." Third sister looked down and saw that it was a frog talking. She thought it was hurting herself, so she scolded, "You little frog, as soon as I hoe, I will kill you at once. Can you still dig? " The frog smiled and said, "Girl, don't be angry. Just close your eyes for a while." Third sister was angry and funny when she heard this. She really closed her eyes: "I'll follow you. Close your eyes first and see what you can do. "
Strangely, just after Third Sister closed her eyes for a while, the frog immediately dug the ground. "The ground has been planed. You should marry me. " The frog repeatedly asked Third Sister to keep her promise and be her wife, which made Third Sister very angry. The elder sister and the second sister refused, raised their hoes, cursed and chased frogs to death. But the frog jumped and jumped, and when he missed, he kept saying; "Third sister, if you want to keep your word, you can be my wife."
At noon, the three sisters went home, and the frog followed them to their home. As soon as the frog entered the door, he jumped on the beam and said to Third Sister, "You said you would marry me. Come back with me. Otherwise, I will spit and drown your family. " When my parents heard this, they were furious: "There is no such thing as a girl marrying a frog! Get out quickly, or I'll kill you little frog with a bamboo pole! " Hearing this, the frog was angry, too. "You all broke your word. Look, I'm going to vomit. " As he spoke, he vomited half a mouthful of saliva and immediately flooded his home by half. The whole family was frightened, and later they realized that this frog was a magical frog god. They hurriedly begged the frog, "Take back the water quickly. We agreed that Third Sister would marry you." Frogs smacked their big mouths one by one, and sucked half the water back into their mouths in one breath.
This time, the whole family no longer reneged. So Third Sister put on new clothes, got on the horse and got married, and the frog jumped in front to lead the way. After walking for a long time, they came to a bamboo forest, where there was a cave full of beautiful flowers and plants. The frog said, "Third Sister, you are back. Close your eyes and I'll pull you down. " As soon as Third Sister closed her eyes, she felt her body floating and was quickly taken away. The frog told her to open her eyes. When Third Sister opened her eyes, she saw a dazzling light around her: tall and spacious houses, all kinds of utensils and things, and all kinds of gold and silver treasures, which dazzled Third Sister.
What's more strange is that when the frog asked Third Sister to close her eyes again, the frog suddenly changed and peeled off her skin. When Third Sister opened her eyes again, she saw a very handsome and handsome young man standing in front of her. Third sister was surprised and happy, so they became relatives that day and lived happily ever after.