In winter solstice, we not only eat jiaozi, but also play three parent-child activities.
The origin of winter to the sun&; A lecturer in the Department of Infant Nursing at Mingxin University of Science and Technology once said that winter is our traditional cultural solar term, but now many people have forgotten such a day and no longer understand the meaning behind it. In fact, the winter solstice is the most important of the 24 solar terms in a year, and its origin is directly related to the calendar. The date of winter solstice this year is 65438+February 2 1. Because the sun shines directly on the tropic of Capricorn, the days in the northern hemisphere are the shortest and the nights are the longest. After the winter solstice, the sun will gradually move northward, the days will gradually become longer and the nights will gradually become shorter. It is said that in the Han Dynasty, the winter solstice was a public holiday, and officials could take a day off. "Book of the Tang Dynasty" records that "Jacky is at the beginning of the year; The solstice of winter and the recovery of the sun are equally important. It can be seen that the winter solstice and the Lunar New Year are equally important in the Tang Dynasty, so that there is a folk saying that "the winter solstice is as big as a year".
Traditionally, eating glutinous rice balls is the most common in winter solstice; In Taiwan Province, the "Winter Festival Circle" should be red and white. If there are children at home, let them use the dyed dough to shape some animal-shaped gadgets, commonly known as "being a chicken and being a bitch." There is a saying in the old custom that the winter festival circle for ancestor worship will be pasted on doors, windows, chairs, tables, bed cabinets and so on. These winter festivals are dried and given to children, which can bless their safe growth. In addition, there is the so-called "winter supplement". Because the solstice in winter has short days and long nights, people feel the weather is particularly cold. Therefore, traditionally, the whole family will get together to eat medicinal food to keep warm, so it also means "reunion". As the saying goes, "mending winter and hole" means this. Ceng Laoshi also shared that when I was a child, the festive atmosphere was much stronger than now. Around the solstice in winter, there is an atmosphere of Chinese New Year: eating Laba porridge and rubbing jiaozi; When New Year's Eve approaches, I will send a message to God and say goodbye ... Compared with today, these memories are memorable.
Further reading: Mommy & Baby, can you make up in winter? !
3 parent-child activity creativity! Eating jiaozi is a must! But how long has it been since Dad packed jiaozi himself than the mothers? Besides dumplings, there are two other thought-provoking ideas for you!
Idea 1 Thanksgiving Card Because the date of winter solstice is very close to Christmas, the festive atmosphere seems to be replaced by western culture, and the whole society and even schools mainly celebrate Christmas-related activities. Ceng Laoshi also said that apart from absorbing new culture, we should cherish the inheritance of traditional culture. In addition, Christmas and winter solstice both have the meaning of "reunion", and there are always moments of reunion in Chinese and western cultures, so she thought, why not thank God and the people around us at the moment of reunion and share their care? Therefore, she suggested that parents can make Thanksgiving cards with their children at home during the winter solstice, so that Christmas can be linked with the winter solstice, and children can get used to the deep feelings conveyed by handmade items from an early age, so that they will not forget the significance of such festivals in the future and will not be submerged in the mechanical expression in the electronic age.
Matters needing attention in production:
◎ Children belong to big muscle development in muscle development, so it is suggested that children under 2 years old can start with the handprint on the card cover, and the handprint can also represent the anniversary of their first birthday. It is a symbolic item that can be left behind every year! The content part needs mommy or daddy to do first.
◎ Children over 3 years old can start fingerprinting, that is, they can touch ink bottles of different colors with their thumbs to paint. Mommy can make a composition first, and then let her/him design it herself when the child is older.
Children aged 5 or 6 can use scissors flexibly because of their small muscles. At this time, children must be allowed to use round-headed scissors specially for children, not adult scissors, because it is easy for children to get hurt if the force is not correct. When using scissors, you can also teach children the correct way to hold scissors (when handing scissors to each other, the handles are outward).
◎ Compared with crayons, crayons are a painting tool worth recommending to children, because they have various shades of colors and rich color expressions. But remind parents to remember to buy crayons marked "non-toxic"!
Idea 2 Under the concept of winter solstice and Christmas Thanksgiving month, parents and children can also clean up well-preserved things that are no longer needed at home with their babies in advance. By the way, we can educate them and let their children know that there are still a group of children to take care of compared with their current situation, so it is more meaningful to donate well-preserved materials to those in need than to pack things and throw them away meaningless. Ceng Laoshi emphasized that whether making greeting cards or donating money, the most important thing is "the meaning behind it". She suggested that parents should think about their own motives before doing these activities, so that the meaning of the activities themselves can be truly conveyed to their children and the power outside the form can be presented.
Creative Three Traditional Feelings Parent-child Show Ceng Laoshi recalled that there would be temple fairs during the Spring Festival as a child. As a reward, there will not only be a puppet show on the outdoor stage, but also a table where children can eat and watch plays, which has become an important part of childhood holiday memories. As a kindergarten director, Ms. Zeng is very familiar with traditional Christmas plays. She once wondered whether there were any other elements that could enter the celebration besides "joy" in this period. She also believes that when performing on the stage, you don't have to focus on the results, even if you perform happily. So parents and babies can rub jiaozi together first, and when eating jiaozi, children and parents can come to the scene for an instant parent-child show. Such activities can also be extended to the community, so that everyone can have a closer feeling and no longer regard the performance as a perfect result.
Further reading: a great analysis of "wealth" from heavy snow to winter solstice! These four zodiac signs are very careful about the "package" of wealth.
Teacher Cai Biqing, who makes healthy dumplings by hand, said that although glutinous rice tastes good, it is not easy to digest, which may burden children's stomachs. However, she said "no" to the method of making super Q glutinous rice balls circulating on the Internet (the proportion of too much white powder mixed with glutinous rice increased), because too much white powder is mostly synthetic, and children are prone to asthma after eating it, and the calories are three times that of ordinary rice, which not only makes blood sugar soar, but also makes middle-aged people get fat easily, and the elderly are more likely to cause diabetes.
She said that because sweet potatoes can help detoxify, the vitamins A and B contained are good for the eyes; There are also mucus proteins that are rare in other foods, which can form a protective film for the stomach; Calcium-potassium fiber can help the body become alkaline, help delay aging and increase disease resistance. Among them, vitamin C is wrapped by amylase and will not disappear due to heat, thus purifying the gastrointestinal tract, which is also helpful for preventing colorectal cancer and breast cancer and protecting cardiovascular function. Therefore, Teacher Cai Biqing provided a healthy jiaozi recipe with sweet potato as the main ingredient, which also reduced the content of glutinous rice and made parents and babies eat more happily!
Ingredients: appropriate amount of sweet potato (different kinds of sweet potato can be selected according to the number of people), green tea powder (a little is enough, but it will be bitter), medlar, purple rice, red rice and pumpkin.
◎ Water mill glutinous rice flour, potato flour, whole wheat flour.
You can also try to use corn flour or lotus root starch instead of glutinous rice flour, but the taste will be worse.
Exercise a:
When the sweet potato is ripe, add the sweet potato powder, add the whole wheat powder and knead it into balls. You can dip it in soybean powder, black bean powder, sesame, chocolate, peanut powder, brown sugar powder or chocolate sauce to make you enjoy a simple taste.
Practice b:
Stuffing: put the sweet potato in the pot, steam it and knead it into small circles for later use.
Peel: add appropriate amount of boiling water to glutinous rice flour, stir it into dough, then add a small amount of green tea powder and knead it evenly, and then knead it into a small circle of about10g. The outer bag is green tea, sweet potato and jiaozi.
◎ The method of pumpkin skin: steaming and filtering, and other methods are the same as green tea skin.
◎ Method of Lycium barbarum peel: First, soak Lycium barbarum in water, stir evenly with a food conditioner, and filter. Other methods are the same as green tea peel.
◎ The method of purple rice is the same as that of medlar skin.
After completion, sweet potato balls of various flavors are strung into a small string, which is cute in shape, and children will be very happy to eat a few strings. Sweet potato balls can also be put into red bean soup, which is rich in color and delicious!
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Attention! Younger children should eat smaller jiaozi to avoid choking. It is suggested that children pinch jiaozi the size of rice balls themselves, and then let them eat jiaozi by themselves, which is more interesting for children!