Origin and meaning of Lunar New Year 3/3 Lunar New Year

On New Year's Day 3/3 every year, every family is busy preparing drifting and vegetarian cakes. However, not everyone knows the origin and meaning of this Tet holiday.

The origin of the Lunar New Year 3/3 Lunar New Year

In the sense that Han "Han " is cold, " real " is to eat, " Korean New Year" is a cold food festival . This traditional custom originated in China according to a life-long recitation story. The story tells that in the life of Xuan Thu (770 - 221), King Tan Van Cong of Tan, met in trouble, he had to leave the country in exile to live in Qi and tomorrow in the State. Then, there was a sage named Gioi Tu Cui, following the king who helped many stratagems. One day, on the way of refuge, food was depleted, Gioi Tu Cui had to sneak a piece of his thigh meat and cook it up to the king. When the King finished eating, he asked him if he knew how to give thanks.

The real Tet holiday takes place on March 3 of the lunar calendar which originated in China.

About Tu Thieu followed the king of Tan Van Cong within nineteen years of age, together tasted bile and thorns, suffering hardship. Later, Tan Van Cong regained the throne, returned to the king of Tan, rewarded very late for those who had meritorious deeds, but forgot about World Tuoi. About Tu Tu also did not resent anything, thinking that he should follow the king of the king is something to do, he said that those things are not worth mentioning.

Therefore, he went home to take his mother to Mount Dien Son in hiding. Tan Van Cong later remembered, for people to find Tu Thoi. But because he was not involved in fame, Tu Thoi insisted on not returning to reward, Tan Van Cong ordered the burning of the forest (to force Tu Tu to return). Unbelievably Tu ceased to be determined, both mother and son died in the forest.

The king regretted making a temple. Every year, on March 3, the death of two mother and son Tu Than is forbidden to use cooking fire , even the work of making offerings must be done from the previous day, this is considered a real New Year.

The meaning of the real Korean banh Tet banh drift

Although originating from China, the real Korean New Year of the Vietnamese people still has its own nuances, bearing Vietnamese character. On the 3rd day of the third lunar year, people eat cold cooked food with the most respectful heart to commemorate the care of the deceased.

Unlike the real Korean New Year in China, on this day Vietnamese people do not abstain from fire and still cook normally. Especially, Vietnamese people also created floating cakes and vegetarian cakes with the symbolic meaning of cold food - real welding.

Floating cake.

Towards the source

The real Korean New Year of the Vietnamese people mainly means towards the source , remembering the merits of the deceased . For example, Vietnamese people have the custom of offering Hai Ba Trung cake on the 6th of March in Ha Tay. Next, Hung King's death anniversary on March 10, Vietnamese people from all parts of the country came to Hung Temple, Phu Tho lit incense and offered offerings of cakes of vegetarian cakes, original tribute . So, obviously Our real Korean festival has its own national colors, long-lasting in the process of building and maintaining the country.

National tradition

Vegetarian pie.

The vegetarian cake is characteristic of this holiday. Since ancient times, the vegetarian cake has gone into the national poetry like the typical dishes of Vietnamese people. Two types of drifting and vegetarian cakes are made from fragrant glutinous rice flour. The cake is small, out of white, in the red sugar, boiled in a pot of boiling water, when the cake floats on the water, it is just cooked. The vegetarian bread is flattened, without filling, placed on a small plate, when the food is poured with sugar.

Review old stories

On these days, with loved ones enjoying a plate of drifting cakes, our vegan bread feels like a love. Many people even transmitted their words to each other, eating bread and cakes floating on this day to review old stories and stories of our people for a long time.

The real Korean New Year with traditional vegetarian cake cakes is an opportunity for everyone to remember the nurturing of the deceased.

There is also a recount that the banh xeo drifted from Hung Vuong's time and continued to make these two cakes to remind us of Au Co's " hundreds of eggs " covering . Hundred tablets of small cakes symbolize hundreds of eggs of Lac Long Quan. Drifting cake symbolizes 50 eggs hatching into 50 children to the forest according to their mother. The cake represents 50 eggs hatching into 50 children following their father to the sea.

And these traditions have been deeply rooted in the Vietnamese subconscious, so that on the day of the real New Year, the people of the family would prepare to make drifting and vegetarian cakes. With the fragrant aroma of green beans, honey sugar, Tet atmosphere seems to become more vibrant and meaningful.

How to make floating cakes - vegetarian cakes for real Korean New Year

I. Raw materials for making dumplings - vegetarian cakes

1. 200gram of sticky flour
2. Sugar is made of floating cake (about 12-14 small pellets) or replaced with palm sugar (large pieces cut into small pieces to make floating cakes)
3. 30gram of green beans that have been peeled
4. White sesame
5. Coconut milk, grated coconut with small fibers (optional)
6. Power powder / blade or cassava flour

Note:

1. You should choose delicious sticky rice , soak the water overnight and stir with a little salt , bring it to grind. The best way to find a kind of sugar cake, it is best to cut it. If not, replace it with jaggery, or use sugar cane. If not in tablet form, you can use granulated sugar, but in tablet form, the cake will taste better.
2. Quantifying above can make 1 vegan bowl and 1 plate of small floating cake, more then you can multiply!

II. Guide to making banh chay - vegetarian cake

Step 1: Prepare drift cake dough

Put the flour in a large bowl, add 1 cup of water to the microwave and spin about 30s-45s for warm water . Slowly pour the water into the bowl, take the chopsticks and then use your hands to knead. How to make the dough so smooth, hold your hands, don't get too wet and don't get too dry. Sensory description will be a bit like the baby's modeling clay. The powder is too dry, then it will feel like there is still a powder inside the powder. Too dough will feel slightly wet, then boil the cake will be easy to crumble and hard to stand cake.

Please note that the old powder or the new powder is different. But it is not difficult to recognize the powder.

You give water slowly, at least one will be easier to adjust .

The dough is finished, then wrap the plastic wrap to keep it from drying out . Next prepare two kinds of kernels and sesame sprinkles.

Step 2: Prepare to make vegetarian cakes

Vegetarian cake : Green beans can be soaked in warm water before about 2-3 hours or 1 night . Put green beans in a saucepan, pour the water over and over, to simmer. After the water boils for a while, lower the heat, add sugar and a little salt , seasoning to make it sweet, and continue boiling until the water runs out. Just boil over a large spoon or ladle, grind and whip green beans to smooth and smooth . If the water is too shallow, the soft yet unripe green beans are added to the water.

Green beans after ripening and puree, then gripped into small pieces of quail eggs . Should hold beans when beans are warm, beans will stick better. Can add grated coconut into the kernel, as you like.

1. Human cake drifting: Sugar makes the cake's core drift into small pieces.
2. Sprinkle on the side of the cake: Ripe about 2-3 tablespoons of white sesame, separate the bowl.

Step 3: Squeeze the floating cake, vegetarian cake

1. Divide the powder into small parts evenly and fit the prepared amount.Press flattened each dough, put it in the center and wrap it, round . Try to cover it so that it does not allow air to get inside, when it is easy to break it.

Step 4: How to boil drifting and vegetarian cakes

Drop the cake molded into the pot of boiling water, boil until the cake is floating and then take it out and drop it into the cold water bowl. Then use the hole to scoop out the plate so that it is beautiful and decorate the roasted sesame on top of the cake.

How to cook vegetarian cake

Dissolve tapioca with 100g of sugar and water, put on a boil stove so that the mixture of cassava is comparatively loose, then turn off the stove, add pomelo perfume to create aroma.

- Vegetarian pancakes scoop out the bowl, add tap water. You can sprinkle some cooked beans or some grated coconut fiber (if you want).

You can add pineapple, beetroot or green tea to the dough to create colorful, attractive vegetarian cakes.