What does it mean to make glutinous rice cakes?

The activity of making glutinous rice cakes has become an important preparatory activity for everyone before the New Year. The glutinous rice cake is made by steaming glutinous rice and punching it through special stone grooves. It is laborious to beat the glutinous rice cake by hand, but the resulting glutinous rice cake is soft, delicate and tastes great.

How to make glutinous rice cakes:

1. Preparation of glutinous rice

Soak the glutinous rice, that is, on the first night of making glutinous rice cakes, pick up the selected of fine glutinous rice, washed in the spring well. Then soak in the spring water overnight. After the glutinous rice is soaked in water, it turns white and fat. Pick up the glutinous rice and drain it for later use. The soaked glutinous rice will exude a light glutinous rice smell and a rich spring flavor.

2. Steaming glutinous rice

To steam glutinous rice, place a wooden steamer on a large iron pot, wait for the water in the pot to boil, and then pour the soaked glutinous rice into the steamed Wooden steamer.

After pouring the rice, first use a large firewood to cook, and then use a slow fire to cook. When the "steam" arrives, the aroma of glutinous rice will fill the whole room and float around, making people feel like they are in a fairyland. When every corner is filled with the smell of post-harvest happiness, then you can make glutinous rice cakes.

3. Beating glutinous rice

It is very important to control the temperature of cooking glutinous rice. If you steam it too well, it will turn into "dry rice." As soon as the glutinous rice cake is boiled, it will break into pieces and turn into a pot of porridge; if the rice is not steamed well, it will become "half-cooked rice" and the glutinous rice cake will not stick. Finally, just beat it with a stick.

The origin and meaning of the custom of making glutinous rice cakes

The Mid-Autumn Festival glutinous rice cakes originated during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In order to commemorate Wu Zixu, the general of Chu State, this is a traditional custom that has been passed down to this day.

When making glutinous rice cakes, people will make many large and small circles, which means that the glutinous rice cakes are round and have destiny. The glutinous rice cakes are tied into a group, which symbolizes the harmony, unity and close connection of the whole family. The sweetness of the glutinous rice cakes symbolizes people's sweet and happy life.