Five-color glutinous rice, commonly known as five-color rice, is also called green rice or flower rice. It is named after the five colors of glutinous rice: black, red, yellow, purple and white. It is a kind of glutinous rice cooked by every household of the Wuming Zhuang people during the Qingming Festival and the "March 3rd" festival in the lunar calendar. It is a traditional food used by the Zhuang family to entertain guests. This custom has been followed for a long time. The "Wuyuan County Illustrated Book" of the Qing Dynasty records: "On March 3, rice is soaked in maple leaves and dyed black, which is called Qingjing Rice." Legend has it that there was a strong man named Waite who was extremely intelligent. Gui, served as a minister under the Tu Emperor. One year there was a severe drought. In order to relieve the suffering of the people, he invited the emperor to visit Zhuang Township in person, and used a trick to make the emperor exempt from the imperial grain. The Tu emperor later discovered that he had been deceived and regarded Te Gui as a thorn in his side and ordered him to be captured and brought to justice. When the people of Zhuang Township heard about it, they sent Tegui up the mountain to hide overnight. The imperial soldiers couldn't catch him, so they set fire to the mountain. That day happened to be the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar. After the imperial soldiers left, the villagers found Tegui's body in the hole of a big maple tree and buried him with tears next to the maple tree. From then on, every year on March 3rd, Zhuang people would use the juice of maple leaves and other plants to dye the glutinous rice into red, yellow, purple, black and other colors. After steaming it, they would take it to the mountain to offer sacrifices to Tegui. There is another interesting legend about the origin of five-color glutinous rice. In ancient times, there was a young man named Tenon in Zhuangjia Village. His father had passed away long ago, and he only depended on his mother who was paralyzed in bed. Tenon was very filial to his mother. He was afraid that her mother would be bored at home alone, so sometimes she would go with her on her back when going to the mountains to chop firewood or go to the fields to plant rice. And every time, he brought a big bag of his mother's favorite glutinous rice beside him, so that her mother could eat it at any time when she was hungry. This move of Tenon and her son was noticed by a monkey on the mountain. Once, while Tenon was cutting firewood on the other side of the mountain, the monkey quietly sneaked up to his mother and snatched away a large bag of steaming glutinous rice. The mother couldn't move and could only watch helplessly as the monkey snatched away the glutinous rice. This happened several times in a row, and Tenon was a little helpless. Looking at his extremely hungry mother, Tenon casually pulled the maple leaf beside him, thinking about how to prevent the monkeys from taking away the glutinous rice. Suddenly, Tenon found that his hands pinching maple leaves were dyed black. He suddenly had an idea and immediately cut the maple leaves from the tree and took them home. After mashing them, soak them in water to get the black juice, and then put the glutinous rice in the black. Soaked in juice. The next day, I scooped up the black glutinous rice and steamed it, and a fragrance suddenly filled the whole house. My mother shouted in the room, "What smells so good!" Tenon said excitedly, Dahme (mother in Zhuang language), this is black glutinous rice, so fragrant and sweet! This day is the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar. In the early morning, Tenon took his mother up the mountain to cut firewood. He wrapped the black glutinous rice in banana leaves, deliberately revealing a little bit of the dark color. When the monkey saw such a large group of black things, it thought that Tenon was using some poison to lure it, so it didn't dare to touch it, so it ran away. On this day, Tenon ate black glutinous rice. His mouth was not dry or tired, but he felt full of energy and could get more firewood. From then on, when Tenon and his mother went up the mountain to chop firewood, they brought black glutinous rice with them, so they didn’t have to worry about monkeys taking away the glutinous rice. Later, all the Zhuang people learned to make black glutinous rice, and then gradually made yellow, red, and purple glutinous rice using yellow gardenia, red blue grass, etc., which gradually evolved into today's five-color glutinous rice. It has become one of the Zhuang family’s favorite flavored foods. Making five-color glutinous rice requires more skills. Black glutinous rice is made from the skin of maple leaves and their tender stems, mashed in a mortar, slightly air-dried and then immersed in a certain amount of water. After soaking for a day and night, the leaf residue is taken out and filtered to obtain the black dye liquid. The black dye juice should be boiled in a pot of boiled water until it reaches 50 to 60 degrees, and then the glutinous rice should be immersed in it. Yellow dye can be extracted from yellow flower juice (called "Huamai" in Zhuang), fruits and tubers of yellow gardenia, yellow Qiang and other plants. Boil the yellow flower juice, or mash the gardenia and soak it in water to get a yellow-green dye solution. You can also mash the yellow qiang and mix it with the glutinous rice and rub it vigorously to get yellow glutinous rice (you can steam it directly, no need to soak). Red dye and purple dye are made from the same variety of red and blue grass (called gogyaemq in Zhuang) with different leaf shapes, which are boiled in water. The leaves are slightly longer and the color is slightly darker. The cooked color is thicker and the soaked rice will be purple. The leaves are rounder and the color is lighter. The cooked color is lighter and the soaked rice will be bright red. After extracting the four kinds of liquid, put different amounts of rice into it and soak it. After it is colored, put it into a steamer and steam it for about an hour. Then you can steam out black, red, yellow, purple and white (the original color of glutinous rice). Five colors of sticky rice. The five-color glutinous rice produced in this way is bright, colorful, crystal clear, moist, soft, delicious, mellow and mild, and slightly sweet. It is really unforgettable to eat. The five-color glutinous rice dyed with natural plants is not only beautiful and delicious, but also has certain medicinal value. Red orchid grass has the effect of producing blood. "Lushantang Leibian" of the Qing Dynasty said: "Safflower is red in color and juicy, and it can produce blood and promote blood circulation." "Huanghua rice" or gardenia has the effect of clearing away heat and cooling blood. "Compendium" says that maple leaves "stop diarrhea and improve sleep, strengthen muscles and strengthen qi, and take it for a long time to lighten the body and last for a long time." It is also said that the green rice cooked with maple leaves can "strengthen muscles and bones, benefit the intestines and stomach, improve walking ability, and replenish the marrow." ".
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