Yesterday was the fifth day of the first lunar month, and the small square near the basketball court of Gangbian Natural Village, Shangban Village, Luoyang, Hui’an County was bustling with people. The ongoing “Steamed Meatballs Cultural Festival” brings together nearly a thousand villagers to cook and enjoy delicious food together.
Quanzhou Net reported on February 15 (Integrated Media Reporter Liao Peihuang Su Yong/Wen Zheng Yinjie/Photo) Yesterday was the fifth day of the first lunar month, and the small square near the basketball court of Gangbian Natural Village, Ban Village, Luoyang Town, Hui’an County was bustling with people. The ongoing “Steamed Meatballs Cultural Festival” brings together nearly a thousand villagers to cook and enjoy delicious food together. Pots of steaming steamed meatballs gave the villagers and fellow villagers who went home to celebrate the New Year a unique taste of their hometown.
At around 8 o’clock in the morning, whether they were school uniform entrepreneurs worth billions or ordinary housewives, they all spontaneously gathered in the small square in the village to process ingredients together. The men handle the pork, and the women prepare the side dishes and steam the rice. Eight-year-old Cai Zixi, under the guidance of her grandma, picked up a radish weighing three to four kilograms and peeled it in a few minutes.
Prepare ingredients
For this event, 250 kilograms of sweet potato powder, 250 kilograms of pork, 100 kilograms of rice and a large number of auxiliary ingredients were prepared. After most of the ingredients are prepared, the women take sweet potato powder, add minced meat, chopped green onions, radishes, etc., add five-spice powder, monosodium glutamate, salt and other seasonings, mix them together, knead and stir repeatedly, then roll them into meatballs and put them in. In the steamer. After a few minutes, the aroma of meatballs began to emanate from the cages.
Mix stuffing
production on spot
custom inheritance
“It’s been a few years since I’ve been back to eat steamed meatballs during the Chinese New Year. Eat the steamed meatballs from our village, remember the taste, and start a new journey!” Mr. Cai, who has been in Guangdong for many years, will be leaving in two days. , specially brought his children to participate in the event that day. Having eaten delicacies from all over the world, he has never forgotten the taste of steamed meatballs in his hometown.
The “Steamed Meatball Cultural Festival” of Shangban Village’s Gangbian Natural Village began in 2017, but was suspended due to the epidemic and has been held five times so far.
Why hold the “Steamed Meatballs Cultural Festival”? Cai Jinfeng, secretary of the Party Committee of Shangban Village, said that Shangban Village is one of the birthplaces of school uniform production in Hui’an and has developed into an important base for school uniform production in the country. Most villagers in the village make a living from the production, sales and related industries of school uniforms. The villagers travel around the country all year round and rarely rest during the first month. A few years ago, the villagers spontaneously took the initiative to hold a food festival. Everyone gathered together not only to bond over the New Year, but also to seek future development together.
Taste the results
heartwarming moment
“Steamed meatballs are a traditional snack in Hui’an. In Hokkien, the pronunciation of ‘ball’ is the same as ’round’ and ‘yuan’. Round and plump steamed meatballs are often regarded as a symbol of ‘perfection’ and ‘good relationship’. Many Villagers will steam meatballs every year and festival. Steamed meatballs require sweet potato powder, and Hui’an is the ‘hometown of sweet potatoes’. Everyone thinks steamed meatballs are convenient and delicious, so they choose it.” Villagers Cai Huichuan and Hong Tuanfu He said that as soon as the news of the collection of steamed meatballs was released, the villagers donated money spontaneously.
Warm atmosphere
Have fun
Thousands of people make “steamed meatballs” together, what they eat is festive and lively, and they talk about deep nostalgia. In Shangban Village, steamed meatballs have become a piece of nostalgia, a rural memory, and a link between nostalgia for the villagers. In recent years, villagers who have become rich have become more enthusiastic about public welfare. Since last year, villagers have donated and raised more than 20 million yuan, and the No. 10 Experimental Primary School in Hui’an County is being built; villagers are actively donating money to build village roads; every Double Ninth Festival, village sages and entrepreneurs donate money one after another to distribute red envelopes and provide living expenses to the elderly. supplies.
Editor in charge: Huang Donghong
2024-02-15 06:58:14
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