Gifts of the Mid -Autumn Festival Bakery

The Mid -Autumn Festival is the most solemn and most distinctive festival in Xiamen, which is that the Spring Festival cannot be compared with the Mid -Autumn Festival. In Xiamen, there are even the saying "Little Spring Festival, Da Mid -Autumn Festival". The big Mid -Autumn Festival stems from the Mid -Autumn Festival with a folk activity -Boxing. When it comes to Boxing, there are more words.

The origin of its origin. Legend has it that more than 300 years ago, Zheng Chenggong, a national hero Zheng Chenggong, was based on Xiamen and expelled Heyi to recover Taiwan. Zheng Chenggong's soldiers basically come from Fujian and Guangdong. By the Mid -Autumn Festival, the soldiers miss their loved ones. Zheng Chenggong's Ministry of General Hong Xu, in order to soothe the soldiers to leave the country and think about the family, inspire the soldiers of the soldiers and then, and the fighting spirit of defeating the enemy, and the members of the Ministry of War, after some planning, cleverly set up the "Mid -Autumn Festival Cake" Through the "rolling dice" activity, the soldiers enjoyed the moon to play cakes and told the sky.

The Mid -Autumn Festival cakes have 63 pieces of cakes, which implies the number of seven or sixty -three, because three or nine are the auspicious numbers of the people in my country. The cake is imitated by the imperialism system, which is set for a champion, and the diameter is 20 cm. It looks like a bright moon. The carved on the cake has patterns such as "Chang'e Ben Moon" and "Guishu Jade Rabbit". There are 4 red (exploring flowers), 8 entry (jinshi), 16 (raising) 16, and 32 shows (showcases). Essence They are representative articles or martial arts, the first eye, the eye, the flowers, the jinshi, the lift, and the talent. Due to the educational and fun of Boguan, Zheng Chenggong specially approved from August 13th to 18th.

Whenever the Mid -Autumn Festival, the bright moon is high, the sea breeze is learned, and the sound of the waves, the warriors will be around the Mid -Autumn Festival cake. Later, this game was introduced from the military to the folk and became a unique folk custom of Xiamen. It has passed on to this day.
Although the Mid -Autumn Festival is the 15th of August of the lunar calendar, after the fifth day of August, the dice of the "gram" of the streets and alleys in Xiamen became noisy day after day. By August 15th, no one was required to launch, organize, and publicize it, nor cares about worshiping God and believers in the Buddha. Every family is in Boxing. It can be said that Bo Cake is a casual and entertainment activity in Xiamen's family reunion and friends gathering in the Mid -Autumn Festival.
It now talk about what rules are there.
The porcelain bowl of Bo Cake, the bigger the better; the six pieces of dice. It is recommended that an elderly rolls the first throw with two dice, and then everyone threw it into the bowl in turn.
four red four points, two reds red, called the champion into gold flowers; five red four points, called five kings; five points (or two, three, five, six), called Five sons; four red four points, called the champion. The above four types can get the champion, which depends on who throws it. The champion is the largest and rare, and the latter three are the size. If it is the same type, such as the five kings or five sons or four red fourths, it depends on whose other dice adds up. If the points are the same, the champion is thrown first. Sometimes people throw six six points (or two, three, and five), which is called Black Six. Customs believe that this is a bad number. At the same time, there is one, two, three, four, five, and six, called the court; three red four o'clock, called three red; four -grain point (or two, three, five, and 6 o'clock). ; Two red four points, called two lips; one red four points, called a show.
It without any situation in the above arrangement combination, the thrower will not get anything; if there is a dice overflowing the porcelain bowl during the roll, the rugator will not only get anything. Want to be empty.
In the process of blogging, one show, two, four, and champions inserted golden flowers. After the allocation of Sanhong, after the assignment of the pair, the three reds in the back can recover the previous Sanhong, and the pair. However, this recovery rules are rarely used now. Basically, whoever gets it first, it is a little bit lively and more humane. However, the champion's competition is still fierce. As long as things are not finished, no one is countless. As long as the first champion exceeds you, the champion is someone else. Sometimes someone will show a few champions, which depends on your last champion. It may be larger than the previous, or it may be smaller than before, and the champion is also uncertain.
Beaku can also be available. When the other dice of the fifth son winner is red four o'clock, he can also show one show; when the other two dice of the four entrusted winners are red four points, he You can also get one two; when there are only one red four points of the other two dice of the four -entrusted winner, he can also show one show; if a arrangement can be in line with a variety of situations, the biggest is calculated. If two reds are red and four points, you have to give one two, not to show two. If the champion is the champion inserted golden flowers, you can have both the church. Generally do not recover, and only take the opposite side without Bo.
Mid -autumn baked cakes are happy, and they are a good sign. Most people are willing to believe that people who are champions in Bozhong will always be particularly good for a year. Even if the champion is not obtained, it means that your luck will not be bad for a year. Now this kind of game activity is not only loved by Xiamen people, but also affected in the surrounding areas. It has gradually expanded a unique moon cake culture of southern Fujian people.
With the development of socio -economic development, the moon cakes in the cake have long been replaced by other items. For example: toothpaste, soap, shampoo, shower gel, bed cover, but the basic rules have not changed.

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