Minnan wedding banquet has many ceremonies and meanings. What are the characteristics of Minnan wedding banquet?

In southern Fujian, no matter what it is, there are some unique customs and habits. It is easy for strangers to get confused about the marriage of Minnan people, but because of his particularity, I think it is very necessary to hold a wedding banquet in Minnan. Look at the menu of Minnan wedding banquet.

The wedding banquet is the biggest and most grand banquet in Minnan people's banquets. Among many banquets, the arrangement of wedding dishes is the most exquisite. In the menu of Minnan wedding banquet, 24 dishes are usually arranged, and the dining table is the most traditional 12 square table. What's more, in ancient times, the host family would be more modest and worried that their wedding banquet was not ready, so they would prepare a "meat sandwich" for the guests to take before leaving the table. Now, with the improvement of the living standard of every household, this habit has disappeared, and now the wedding banquet is getting easier and easier. The guests had a lot of drinks and snacks just before serving, and they didn't officially start eating until they had eaten half.

Some places will prepare more than 12 dishes. The menu of Minnan wedding banquet still pays attention to "perfection" and "completeness", so it is not only the name of the dish, but also the ingredients and weight that like to draw the lottery. And because of the coastal reasons, seafood is also the highlight, but also a festive seafood feast.

? The banquet in the menu of Minnan wedding banquet begins with "red circle", that is, glutinous rice and some other rice are made into powder and then processed into food, which means festive and lively. Ginger slices will be added to its soup, or kumquat with auspicious meaning will be used as seasoning. The taste is sweet, representing sweetness and happiness.

At the end of the banquet, four fruit soup, which is unique to Minnan people, can be lotus seeds, wax gourd, red dates and sugar water, so it is called "four fruits", which means auspiciousness. Of course, with the development of this Minnan snack, the selectivity is becoming wider and wider. You can put seasonal fruits, raisins, red beans and barley, and you can also put the "stone flower paste" with Minnan characteristics, in which the sugar water can also be replaced by honey water.