Nian gao

Nian gao
rice dish (en) da rice cake (en)
Tarihi
Asali	Sin

Nian gao (Sinanci:年糕), wani lokacin ana fassara shi azaman cake na ko cake na Sabuwar Shekara na kasar Sin, abinci ne da aka shirya daga garin shinkafa mai laushi kuma ana cinye shi a cikin Abincin kasar Sin.^[1] Har ila yau an san shi da "kek na shinkafa".^[2] Duk da yake ana iya cinye shi a duk shekara, a al'adance ya fi shahara a lokacin Sabuwar Shekarar Sinanci. Ana ɗaukar sa'a mai kyau a ci Niyan Gao a wannan lokacin na shekara saboda Niyan Gao (年糕) shine homonym don "shekara mafi girma" ko "girma kowace shekara" (年高), wanda ke nufin "shekarar da ta fi wadata".^[1][2] Halin 年 an fassara shi a zahiri a matsayin "shekara", kuma halin 糕 (gāo) an fassara su a zahiri a zahiri a cikin "keke" kuma daidai yake da sauti da halin 高, ma'ana "tsawo" ko "babban". ^[1] A cikin Mandarin (ko da yake ba duk yarukan Sinanci ba), Nian gao (年糕) kuma daidai ne na "keke mai mannewa" (??), ^[3] halayyar ̆/粘 (nián) ma'anar "mai mannewa".

An yi imanin cewa wannan abincin mai ɗanɗano mai ɗanɗana kyauta ce ga Allah na Kitchen, tare da manufar cewa bakinsa zai makale da kek ɗin mai ɗanɗanuwa, don haka ba zai iya yin mummunar magana da iyalin ɗan adam a gaban Jade Emperor ba. Hakanan ana cinye shi a al'ada a lokacin Sabuwar Shekarar Sinanci.

Asalinsa daga China, ya bazu zuwa ko ya haifar da kekunan shinkafa masu alaƙa a ƙasashen kudu maso gabashin Asiya da Sri Lanka saboda tasirin kasar Sin na ƙasashen waje.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Fong, Mary (2000-01-01). "'Luck Talk' in celebrating the Chinese New Year". Journal of Pragmatics (in Turanci). 32 (2): 219–237. doi:10.1016/S0378-2166(99)00048-X. ISSN 0378-2166.
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