"Five grains provide nourishment" - the combination of grains and beans nurtures young children
In the Chinese diet, the primary focus is on grains. Since the "Huangdi Neijing" put forward the teaching that "five grains are the basis of nourishment", for thousands of years, grains and beans have been the basic reason for the dietary structure of the Chinese nation. Ancient people observed the weather conditions and the strength of the land, and matched millet, millet, rice, sorghum, wheat and beetroot with each other. This not only conforms to the number of "nine grains" in "The Rites of Zhou", but also secretly conforms to the health-preserving philosophy of "Unity of Man and Nature". The basic part of what modern nutrition calls the "pyramid" coincides with ancient teachings. The daily diet of 400 to 500 grams of grains and beans should follow the method of mixing ten portions of grains with one portion of beans. This is an extension of the wisdom recorded in "Essentials for Qi Min" that "cooking beans and grains together will make the taste more mellow." When mothers prepare the main food for their young children, can they refer to the method called "Eight Treasure Soup" in the water towns of the south of the Yangtze River, and the method called "Bean Noodle Wotou" in the Central Plains, so that the whole grains can be transformed into wonderful drinks that can nourish young children in the curling smoke.
"Five vegetables as supplement" - seasonal vegetables to adjust yin and yang
The "Book of Songs·Bin Feng" has the chant "Eat melons in the seventh month and cut off the pots in the eighth month", which exemplifies the ancestors' tradition of eating according to the season. Vegetables, melons and fruits account for 30% of the weight of the diet. According to the daily intake of 300 to 400 grams, eight portions of vegetables should be paired with one portion of fruit as the standard. This is in line with the "Book of Rites·Nei Principles" that "the jujube honey is sweetened. The essence of the combination of "Cordyceps, tart and elm is smooth", the shepherd's purse wonton in spring, the lotus leaf and winter melon soup in summer, the lotus root and lily cup in autumn, and the cabbage and tofu pot in winter are all in line with the four seasons. Famous delicacies such as "Bijian Soup" and "Lily Noodles" recorded in Lin Hong's "Shan Jia Qing Gong" in the Song Dynasty are actually dietary models that teach people to use seasonal fruits and vegetables according to the season.
"Five animals are beneficial" - meat and vegetables complement each other to grow muscles and bones
"Book of Rites: Kingship" mentions that "sixty years are not full of meat", which illustrates the importance of meat food for growth and development. The milk, eggs, and poultry meat on the third and fourth floors of the tower are just like what "Yinshan Zhengyao" said in "Yinshan Zhengyao", "nourishing to suit the needs." Two hundred to three hundred grams of dairy products combined with one hundred grams of poultry and fish eggs every day not only adopts the ancient method of calcium supplementation of the nomadic people in the north of Saibei, "making cheese into pulp", but also captures the true meaning of nourishment in the "land of fish and rice" in the Jiangnan water town. The sea cucumber roasted with green onions from Qilu nourishes kidney qi, the old duck with tangerine peel in Lingnan soup warms the body and strengthens the spleen, and the steamed anchovies from Wuyue region replenishes qi and replenishes qi. These are all vivid interpretations of regional food culture on parenting wisdom.
"Five Flavors Harmony" - thin salt, less sweetness and neutrality
According to Yi Yin's "Lü Shi Chun Qiu·Original Flavor", when blending, you must use the sweet, sour, bitter, pungent and salty flavors, and there is a certain order and amount of use. At the top of the pagoda, the proportion of oil, salt, and sugar is only 5%, which is in line with the exquisite principle of golden mean that "the five flavors cannot be tasted, and the changes of the five flavors are indescribable." The "spicy lychee flavor" among the twenty-four flavors of Sichuan cuisine, the "original flavor and freshness" of Huaiyang cuisine, and the "salty, fresh and delicious" flavor of Shandong cuisine all tell the story of the ultimate pursuit of "harmony" in Chinese cooking. When preparing meals for children, one should especially follow the "Ordinary home dishes, not rare and rare" advocated by "Yang Xiaolu", and use five colors of ingredients - red adzuki beans, green pine nuts, white yam, black fungus, and red carrots to draw the colors on the plate, which is in line with the secret of the five colors of traditional Chinese medicine corresponding to the maintenance of the five internal organs.
"Eating in moderation" - Morning and dusk determine the province and the way of heaven
"Qian Jin Yao Prescription" emphasizes that "eat first when hungry, drink first when thirsty". Eight cups of clear spring water every day is almost 1,500 milliliters. Coupled with outdoor play, this happens to be the health practice of "water is life and movement is yang" in "Eight Notes for Complying with Life". Taking the Youth League when going for an outing during the Qingming Festival, eating corn millet after the Dragon Boat Festival, tasting lotus root cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and eating wontons around the stove during the Winter Solstice. These food customs are full of solar term culture, allowing children to feel the flow of the years while chewing. When mothers use bamboo chopsticks as pens and soup soup as ink to write thousands of years of food civilization on their children's taste buds, what they nourish is not only a strong body, but also the genetic inheritance of Chinese food aesthetics.
In this way, preparing meals according to ancient methods and feeding according to the seasonal order not only captures the key points of modern nutrition, but also inherits the spiritual essence of Chinese food culture. Young children eat whole grains during the day and drink something like the stars and the moon at night. They can naturally grow into Chinese children like Zhilan Yushu in the atmosphere of rising smoke.
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