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发表于 2018-9-15 16:56:12
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White Dew Tea
白露茶正香
Many regular tea drinkers in Nanjing favor White Dew Tea. Tea during White
Dew has gone through the hot summer and is in its best state of growth. White
Dew Tea is different from spring tea, which is usually too tender and doesn’t
last long. It is also different from summer tea, which is dry and has a bitter
flavor. White Dew Tea instead tastes sweet with its sweet fragrance.
老南京人都十分青睐“白露茶”,此时的茶树经过夏季的酷热,白露前后正是它生长的极好时期。白露茶既不像春茶那样鲜嫩,不经泡,也不像夏茶那样干涩味苦,而是有一种独特甘醇清香味。
White Dew Wine
白露酒正浓
For some people in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, whose hometowns are in
Zhejiang province or the southern part of Jiangsu province, it is traditional to
make White Dew Wine during this season. The wine is made of cereals such as
polished glutinous rice and kaoliang (a specific type of sorghum) and tastes a
little sweet. In the past, country people in those regions all made the wine and
served it to guests when entertaining.
浙江籍和苏南籍的老南京中还有自酿白露米酒的习俗。白露酒用糯米、高粱(一种特殊的黍)等五谷酿成,略带甜味。
旧时苏浙一带乡下人每年白露都会酿酒,用以待客。
Eating sweet potatoes
红薯香又甜
Many Chinese believe that the best food during White Dew is sweet potatoes.
In the old days, the peasants had the custom of eating sweet potato on the first
day of White Dew.
很多中国人认为,白露时节最好的食物是红薯。旧时农家在白露节以吃番薯为习。
Besides being the No.1 vegetable against cancer, according to Chinese
medicine, sweet potato can nourish the spleen. It can prolong life and reduce
the risks of disease.
除了是抗癌的第一蔬菜外,据中医称,红薯还具健脾的功效。它可以延年益寿,提高免疫力。
Ten "white" herbal medicines
采集“十样白”
People in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province have a tradition of gathering 10
herbal medicines on the first day of White Dew. The names of these herbal
medicines all contain the Chinese word "bai" which means white, such as baimujin
(white hibiscus). People believe that stewing these herbal medicines with
black-bone chicken or duck can nourish the human body and cure arthritis.
浙江温州等地有在白露节时采集“十样白”的习俗。这“十样白”乃是十种带“白”字的草药,如白木槿等。据说用这些草药煨乌骨白毛鸡(或鸭子),食后可滋补身体,治疗关节炎。
Playing with swallow carts
玩木制燕车
In Tancheng county, Shandong province, children play with swallow
handcarts, a sharpened wooden cart in the shape of a swallow, on the first day
of White Dew.People of every household there can make this kind of wooden toy,
which can even make pleasing sounds. Pushing the swallow cars while running can
help the children resist coldness and improve their bodily constitutions.
在山东省郯城乡下,小孩子们在白露这天都会小燕车,它是一种像燕子形状的小木车。各家各户都会制作这种玩具小木车,它甚至还能发出轻快的声音。推着玩具小车跑起来,可以抵御寒冷,还能增强体质。
Offer sacrifices to Da Yu
祭祀大禹王
White Dew is a time for people in the Taihu Lake area of East China to
offer sacrifices to Da Yu, a hero who tamed floods by regulating rivers and
watercourses. Besides on the first day of White Dew, people also hold
sacrificial rites for Da Yu on the eighth day of the first lunar month, on
Tomb-sweeping Day, and on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
白露时节也是太湖人祭禹王的日子。禹王是传说中的治水英雄大禹。除了白露节,每年正月初八、清明、七月初七,人们也都会举办祭祀活动。
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