Green Vegetable and Egg Soup Rice Cake
by Luyao 20082008
Favorite
Difficulty
Easy
Time
30m
Serving
3
The origin of nian gao There is an old legend about the origin of nian gao during the Spring Festival. In ancient times, there was a monster called "Nian". It lived in the mountains and forests all year round. When they were hungry, they caught other beasts to satisfy their hunger. But in the severe winter season, most of the beasts hide their eyes. When "Nian" was so hungry, he went down the mountain to hurt the people, robbed people as food, and made the people unbearable. Later, there was a clever tribe called the "Gao Clan." Every severe winter, when the monsters were expected to go down the mountain for food, they made a large amount of food in advance, rolled them into strips, and pressed them into pieces and placed them outside the door. People hid. Home. After the "nian" came, there was no one to eat, so he didn't choose to eat when he was hungry, so he filled his stomach with food bars made by people, and then returned to the mountain after he was full. People watched the monsters go, and they all walked out of their homes to congratulate each other. Fortunately, they had escaped the "New Year" hurdle, and they were safe and ready for spring farming again. Year after year, this method of avoiding animal harm has been passed down. Because the grain bars are made by Gao's family, and the purpose is to feed "Nian" Duguan, Yu combined "Nian" with "Gao" and called it nian gao (homonym).
