In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

Time passed quickly and before I knew it, it was New Year's Day. After New Year's Day it was Minor Cold. After Minor Cold, Mingxu's boxing match would be approaching.

The earliest origin of New Year's Day can be traced back to ancient China. In ancient times, New Year's Day referred to the first day of the first lunar month, which is now the Spring Festival. Later, with the change of the calendar, New Year's Day gradually became January 1st of the Gregorian calendar. Since it was incorporated into China, the New Year also came after the Spring Festival, and the original New Year was changed to New Year's Day.

It was a holiday, not to mention that there was a New Year's Eve party in the evening! Guangzhi also learned some new customs from Mingxu last night, and planned to play stilts with the children today. Meiya also planned to make glutinous rice balls and dumplings as meals for today. Mingxu agreed with this, and so did Xiaoxin.

Guangzhi also felt a little emotional. Ever since Mingxu could read and talk, the customs and festivals in the family seemed to have increased a lot. However, most of them were from the capital, which he originally didn't know much about. Xiaoxu was really interested in these.

Mingxu was actually very happy too. What was it like to have a pair of parents who would not spoil the fun? Guangzhi and Meiya had never spoiled the fun. He wanted to follow the traditions of the festival, and they would try their best to help him fulfill his wish.

"Xiao Xu, Xiao Xin, come out and prepare to make stilts." Guangzhi shouted into the house holding a few bamboos.

"Coming." "Coming~" Mingxu and Xiaoxin's voices came from inside the house, and the two ran out wearing thick cotton clothes and pants.

"Come to think of it, the stilts you mentioned, Xiaoxu, are pretty similar to the original stilts." Guangzhi said as he looked at a picture of stilts in his hand.

"Some things are indeed very similar. Stilt walking is one of the traditional folk activities of the Han nationality, and is also a popular mass skill performance among the Chinese people. It is one of the ancient Chinese operas and has appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. The earliest introduction to stilts in China was in the "Shuo Fu" chapter of "Liezi": "In Song there was a man named Lan Zi, who used his skills to compete with Song and Yuan. Song and Yuan summoned him to see his skills." Mingxu gave the two some popular science introductions about stilts.

"So there is a difference between the two, but the difference is actually not that big. It's just that the usage of the stilts that were popular in the past and the stilts now are a little different, right?" Guangzhi listened to what Mingxu said, and then recalled the stilts he had heard his father talk about in the past. After comparing them, he found some differences in usage.

"Yes, for traditional culture, we should take the essence and discard the dross. Good culture should not be lost." Mingxu nodded and said seriously.

"I agree!" Xiaoxin rarely acted naughty, but listened to Mingxu very seriously.

"The production of stilts is actually different. The books I read said that the main pole is made of bamboo with a diameter of about 5 to 7 centimeters and a length of about 3 to 3.5 meters. You should choose bamboo of good quality and not easy to break. Peel off the bamboo skin and process the end of the bamboo into a sharp quadrilateral so that it can be inserted into the base of the stilts.

The base of the stilts is made of wood, about 0.6-0.8 meters long, 0.3-0.4 meters wide, and 30-40 centimeters high. Drill four holes in the base and fix the bamboo with screws so that it can bear the weight of the body. "After a pause, Mingxu continued: "And the stilts that my father used to make should be made of bamboo: use locally produced bamboo, select bamboo with a hard texture and no pests and diseases as the material.

Bamboo peeling: Peel off the outer skin of the bamboo and leave the core part.

Cut the bamboo: Cut the bamboo core into strips of certain lengths to serve as the footrests for the stilts.

Drilling: Drill holes on the bamboo strips to make it easier to tie them to the feet.

Straps: Use straps to tie the stilt footrests to the performer's feet.

Make handles: Install handles on the bamboo strips to make it easier for performers to hold the stilts and walk.

Finally, some people will add some decorations to the bamboo strips, such as ribbons, flowers, etc., to increase the beauty. It sounds complicated, but in the end the two are actually roughly the same. "

"Yes, Xiaoxu is right." Guangzhi nodded. He was not surprised at all that Mingxu knew all this. You have to know that the room on the second floor was originally reserved for Guangzhi to be used as a study. Now the books piled in it have basically been read by Mingxu, and it seems that he is still piling more books in it. Guangzhi is even considering making a bookcase next door for Mingxu to store his books.

"What are we waiting for? Let's make stilts!" Xiaoxin waved his hand, Mingxu and Guangzhi responded with a smile, and the three of them divided the work and worked together, happily making stilts.

While the three of them were making stilts, Meiya in the house was not idle either. She promised to make glutinous rice balls and dumplings for her family, and was now kneading the dough to make the skin. The dough needed to make glutinous rice flour is required, and the two kinds of doughs are being made in an orderly manner.

The two kinds of dough require fillings, one is green onion and pork filling for dumplings, the other is black sesame and peanut filling for glutinous rice balls. The ingredients are placed aside. Mingxu and others also agreed to help make dumplings, which is also a good way to increase family atmosphere.

Soon the stilts outside the house were completed. Guangzhi watched the two brothers standing on the stilts and playing, while he stood aside with his hands open, ready to catch the children at any time. Looking at the two playing, Guangzhi also smiled, after all, they were just children.

After several people had played until their faces turned red, Meiya's voice came from inside the house: "The skin and fillings are ready, everyone come in and make glutinous rice balls and dumplings!"

"Come on~"*3 The three of them answered, smiled at each other, and happily ran into the house. After taking off their heavy clothes and washing their hands, Guangzhi and Meisai stood together, Xiaoxin and Mingxu stood on chairs, and the family began to wrap up.

Unlike dumplings, glutinous rice balls only require you to put the fillings into the dough and then roll it into a ball, but dumplings can be wrapped into different shapes: round, ingot-shaped, fan-shaped, semicircular, fish-shaped, triangle, heart-shaped, butterfly-shaped, etc. It depends on the region and your preference. As long as you can do it, what shape can't you make?

Xiaoxin and Mingxu had a lot of fun, making dumplings in various shapes. Guangzhi and Meiya looked at the children with a smile, their hands moving non-stop, making traditional dumplings one by one.

Time passed little by little as the family worked hard. After putting the food into the pot, fireworks outside the house began to bloom.

"The new year is here, Xiaoxin, Xiaoxu, you are five years old now." Guangzhi and the two children stood beside Xiaobai and watched the fireworks blooming in the sky. Xiaobai also watched with bright eyes. This year is the happiest year for him! Because he met a very good family!

"The dumplings are ready, everyone come in and eat! The glutinous rice balls will take a while." Meiya brought out a large plate of dumplings and shouted to the father and his two sons outside the house.

"I'm coming."

"Xiaobai, wait a minute, I'll get it for you." Mingxu said, touching Xiaobai's head.

"Woof~" Xiaobai looked at Mingxu and called out happily.

Mingxu picked out some of the dumplings and put them on a plate, then poured them into Xiaobai's bowl: "Xiaobai, Happy New Year."

"Woof woof woof~" Xiaobai also called.

"Eat it." Xiaobai started eating after hearing Mingxu say that. Xiaoxin stood beside Mingxu, biting the dumpling in his mouth: "Xiaoxu, it's delicious."

"Yes, it's delicious." Mingxu nodded. He really liked this one.

I turned on the TV and the New Year’s Eve party just started. The whole family watched the show, ate, and had a great time. The new year arrived quietly.