【Lanzhou】Millet-flavored purple rice eight-treasure rice
The early Eight-treasure Rice was made by mixing steamed glutinous rice with sugar and lard, adding lotus seeds, red dates, preserved kumquats, longan meat, honey cherries, honey winter melon, barley rice, melon seeds and other fruit ingredients, and sprinkled with red and green plum shreds. The color, fragrance and beauty also have meanings: lotus seeds are derived from the harmony in the Eight Treasures Diagram, symbolizing marriage harmony; longan symbolizes reunion; kumquats symbolize good luck; red dates symbolize early birth of a child; honey cherries and honey winter melons symbolize sweetness; barley kernels Transformed from a crane, it symbolizes longevity, elegance, and purity; melon seed kernels are a variant of the drum board, symbolizing a regular life, safe and without disasters; red plum silk is the same color as the dragon gate, which means encouraging progress and blessing success; green plum silk symbolizes longevity. Later, the ingredients of the eight-treasure rice were gradually simplified, and various preserved fruits were used instead of kumquat preserves, honey cherries, honey winter melon, and red and green plum shreds. Later, spices such as osmanthus were added, which means that the hall is filled with gold (the osmanthus used must be golden osmanthus) and jade (the glutinous rice is jade-white).
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