八点最热报 | 每逢喜庆节日，海南人的饭桌上必定少不了一种传统糕点，那就是薏粑，也就是海南俗称的“yi4 bua3”。如今，凡是入伙、孩子满月、新年佳节、拜神等等，海南人都会吃上薏粑，来讨个吉利。别小看小小的一颗薏粑，制作过程可不简单哦！（主播：庄文杰）
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 Before watching the video, let me remind you that there is more content on the Hotpot website.
00:04 [Speaking Chinese]
00:06 [Speaking Chinese]
00:08 [Speaking Chinese]
00:10 [Speaking Chinese]
00:12 [Speaking Chinese]
00:14 [Speaking Chinese]
00:16 [Speaking Chinese]
00:18 [Speaking Chinese]
00:20 <i>to live with a man, Ah Chun.</i>
00:22 <i>Ah Chun went to war when he was 18 years old.</i>
00:25 <i>His mother, Mrs. Zhang, misses their son</i>
00:27 <i>and would make his favourite dough</i>
00:30 <i>to pray for his safety every holiday.</i>
00:32 <i>But Mrs. Zhang waited for more than 30 years.</i>
00:35 <i>When they met again, they were no longer together.</i>
00:38 <i>Ah Chun also took some of his favourite dough from his mother</i>
00:42 <i>and added the "yi" in the beginning</i>
00:44 <i>to make it "yi ba".</i>
00:46 <i>That's a meaning of missing someone.</i>
00:49 <i>Some people later changed the word to "yi" in "yi mi"</i>
00:53 <i>which means "good will".</i>
00:55 <i>In modern life, every time a new year comes,</i>
00:58 <i>a new year's eve, a new year's eve, a new year's bowing ceremony, etc.</i>
01:01 <i>Hainanese people will eat "yi ba" to get good luck.</i>
01:03 <i>It's not easy to make a "yi ba".</i>
01:07 <i>How is the traditional taste of Hainanese made?</i>
01:17 <i>Yi ba is a must-eat Hainanese dish for the New Year.</i>
01:21 <i>However, it's not easy to make a sweet and not sticky "yi ba".</i>
01:25 <i>Today, we are at the Dengjia Tower in Ganma City,</i>
01:28 <i>the Yayi Rennai New Village,</i>
01:29 <i>to have a sneak peek with the Hainanese sisters.</i>
01:33 <i>There are not many ingredients to make "yi ba".</i>
01:39 <i>All you need is glutinous rice flour, ground peanuts,</i>
01:41 <i>coconut shreds fried with sugar and coconut sugar,</i>
01:44 <i>banana leaves and a little oil.</i>
01:47 <i>The most important part of a delicious "yi ba" is the skin.</i>
01:50 <i>The ratio of glutinous rice flour and water</i>
01:52 <i>must be just right</i>
01:54 <i>to make it soft and chewy.</i>
01:56 <i>But how do you know it's well-made?</i>
01:59 <i>You have to feel it with your hands.</i>
02:03 <i>So, it's all about the feeling after years of experience.</i>
02:07 <i>This skill is not something you can learn in a day.</i>
02:11 <i>After preparing the skin of the "yi ba",</i>
02:12 <i>knead it into a small dough,</i>
02:14 <i>then wrap the coconut shreds and ground peanuts in it.</i>
02:18 <i>Coat the banana leaves and steam for 15 minutes.</i>
02:21 <i>After taking it out of the oven,</i>
02:24 <i>put a red dot on the skin that symbolizes good "yi ba"</i>
02:28 <i>and it's done.</i>
02:30 <i>This pair of Hainan sisters said that</i>
02:31 <i>compared to the past,</i>
02:33 <i>the current process is much easier.</i>
02:36 <i>Glutinous rice flour can be bought ready-made,</i>
02:38 <i>coconut shreds can also be used for "bao hao".</i>
02:40 <i>And when they were young,</i>
02:41 <i>kneading rice was their basic skill.</i>
02:45 I used to knead rice a lot when I was young.
02:47 I would keep kneading it.
02:48 <i>You have to knead it twice.</i>
02:49 I would knead it twice.
02:51 I would knead it until I felt sick,
02:52 and then I would continue to knead it.
02:53 I would continue to knead it.
02:55 When I saw it, I would surrender.
02:57 I wouldn't do it.
02:59 The one who kneaded it was the best.
03:01 It was more fragrant.
03:02 The "yi ba" was made very soft.
03:06 It was very flavourful.
03:07 It was the taste of my mother.
03:08 My mother used to knead it,
03:10 and we would wrap it.
03:11 We would wrap it and scold her.
03:13 What did you do with all these things?
03:16 I would wrap it and scold her.
03:17 I would scold her in my heart.
03:19 I wouldn't dare to do it outside.
03:20 I would scold her and hit her.
03:21 I would do it while I was doing it.
03:22 I had no choice.
03:27 <i>Thinking back to the past,</i>
03:28 <i>the two of them had a smile</i> <i>that could not be hidden.</i>
03:31 <i>In the past,</i>
03:33 <i>their family ran a coffee shop.</i>
03:35 <i>And the craft of making "yi ba"</i>
03:37 <i>was learned from their parents</i> <i>when they were young.</i>
03:40 We used to live in a house.
03:41 The house where we were born was behind us.
03:44 Our parents built a room for us
03:48 to watch them do business.
03:49 In the past,
03:51 we would make "yi ba" for our mother.
03:53 Later, there were many people who could make "yi ba" for their children.
03:56 In the past, my mother would borrow 100 to 200 "yi ba".
03:58 She would make a few and then come to our house to order.
04:01 <i>When it comes to the "yi ba"</i> <i>that their mother made,</i>
04:05 <i>the two sisters' eyes are bright.</i>
04:08 <i>To them,</i>
04:09 <i>a small "yi ba"</i>
04:10 <i>is not only a blessing,</i>
04:12 <i>but also a memory</i> <i>that they will never forget.</i>
04:15 <i>Unfortunately, they can no longer</i> <i>eat the "yi ba" that their mother made.</i>
04:19 <i>And their memories of their mother</i>
04:21 <i>can only be left behind</i> <i>in the old photos of them.</i>
04:26 Do you miss your mother?
04:28 Yes, I miss her. Why wouldn't I?
04:30 I don't dare to think about it.
04:32 I really don't dare to think about it.
04:38 I can't help it.
04:40 I must miss my parents.
04:41 I used to think about the wrong things we did.
04:44 We were so good to her, but we still scolded her.
04:47 She told us to do this and that.
04:49 She told us not to do or listen to her.
04:51 We ran around.
04:53 I feel so sorry for my parents.
04:55 We really miss them.
04:58 I feel like crying when you talk about it.
05:00 I can't help it. I can't cry.
05:01 They are our parents.
05:02 We love them.
05:03 We miss them.
05:04 We miss them.
05:05 That's it.
05:06 Who doesn't miss their parents?
05:08 Yes, who doesn't miss their parents?
05:12 Even though Jie Mei Lian is almost 70 years old,
05:15 every time she eats,
05:17 she will inevitably think of her parents,
05:21 the youth that belonged to them.
05:23 When I have my parents, I must be filial to them.
05:26 I love my parents.
05:28 I must listen to them.
05:29 I must love my parents.
05:31 What is more important than my parents?
05:33 No one.
05:34 Many people want to be angry at the people in front of them.
05:38 Like I said before,
05:39 we didn't know how to cook delicious food.
05:41 We wouldn't be angry.
05:42 But later, we realized that it was delicious.
05:44 Our parents have cooked so many dishes.
05:46 When we were young, we would take them back to China.
05:49 When we came back, we would think about how to find the taste.
05:52 It was hard to find.
05:54 Although the taste of the past
05:56 may never be found again,
05:57 but her mother made the most of her life's hard work
06:01 and connected the Hainan sisters tightly.
06:04 This half-century-long brotherhood
06:08 became the best gift her parents could give her.
06:11 (Hainan Sisters)
06:15 (Hainan Sisters)
06:18 (Hainan Sisters)
06:21 [BLANK_AUDIO]