Qiyueban mantou

Half-July Steamed Bread: Every July 15th of the lunar calendar, every household in Qingyuan rural area should make "half-July Steamed Bread", offering incense and offering 0. As early as the Han Dynasty, people designated the 15th day of the first lunar month as Shangyuan Festival, the 15th day of July as Zhongyuan Festival and the 15th day of August as Xiayuan Festival. These three festivals are collectively called "Sanyuan Festival". "Mid-Autumn Festival" is also called "Local Official Festival", and it is called "Ghost Festival" by the people. "The Records of Practice" said: "On the Mid-Yuan Day in July, the local officials descended, and the good and evil on earth were determined, so the Taoist priests chanted scriptures day and night." Buddhists hold the Bonsai Festival on Sunday. In the past, all the ancestral halls in Qingyuan invited monks and Taoist priests to come to the temple for fasting, and made steamed bread and distributed it to the people to worship their ancestors. The folk also called it "July and a half steamed bread". "July and a half steamed bread" is made of the best glutinous rice soaked in water, finely ground into paste and then squeezed dry, which is the stuffing skin. There are many kinds of fillings in steamed bread: one is to steam red beans and mash them into mud, add brown sugar and mix them evenly, and knead them into a ball. The other is glutinous rice mixed with brown sugar. Another is to mix brown sugar with dried bitter vegetables. "July and a half steamed bread" is white and crystal clear, refreshing and soft. Old people and children like to eat.
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