What do you mean by "Ciba"

Ciba has become an important preparatory activity before the Chinese New Year. Ciba is made by steaming glutinous rice and stamping it with a special stone trough. It takes a lot of effort to make Ciba by hand, but it is soft and delicate and tastes excellent.

Ciba production method:

1, preparation of glutinous rice

Soak glutinous rice, that is, on the first night of making glutinous rice cake, pick up the selected fine glutinous rice and wash it in the spring well. Then soak in the spring for one night. Glutinous rice turns white and becomes fat after soaking in water. Remove and drain for later use. The soaked glutinous rice will give off a faint glutinous rice flavor and a strong sense of spring.

Step 2 cook glutinous rice

Cooking glutinous rice means putting a wooden steamer on a large iron pot, waiting for the water in the pot to boil, and then pouring the soaked glutinous rice into the wooden steamer.

After the meal is poured, cook it with big firewood first, and then with slow fire. When the "steam" comes, the smell of glutinous rice will fill the whole room and float around, making people feel like they are in a fairyland. When every corner is filled with the breath of happiness after harvest, then you can make Ciba.

Step 3 beat glutinous rice

It is important to control the temperature of cooked glutinous rice. If steamed too well, it will become "dry rice". The glutinous rice cake will break into a pot of porridge when cooked; If the rice is not steamed well, it will become a "half-cooked rice", and the glutinous rice cake is not sticky. Finally, you can hit it directly with a stick.

The Origin and Meaning of Ciba Custom

Mid-Autumn Festival glutinous rice cake originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In memory of Wu Zixu, the general of Chu State, this is a traditional custom that has been passed down to this day.

When making glutinous rice cakes, people will make many large and small circles, indicating that glutinous rice cakes are round and predestined. The glutinous rice cake is tied into a ball, which symbolizes the harmony and unity of the whole family and is closely connected. The sweetness of glutinous rice cake symbolizes people's sweet and happy life.