Why do you eat salted duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival?

As the saying goes, "You must eat salted eggs first, jiaozi." Because the Dragon Boat Festival indicates that the hot summer is coming, the life activities of animals and plants have entered a vigorous stage, coupled with the humid climate, active pests and bacteria, it is easy to cause many diseases. In ancient times, May was regarded as "poisonous month" and "evil month", and plagues and sores spread, especially on the fifth day of May. Moreover, the shape of an egg is like a heart. Eating an egg can keep the spirit of the heart from being lost.

In the past, eggs eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival were generally salted duck eggs, and there was also a saying that salted duck eggs were eaten.

According to relevant information, salted duck eggs are salty and slightly cold, which can nourish yin and clear lung, and can cure diaphragmatic fever, cough, sore throat, toothache and diarrhea in summer. It was not until modern times that people began to cook fresh eggs and tea eggs to enrich their tastes.

Duck eggs are cold and can clear lung fire. After soaking in salt, the effect is better. Salty taste into the kidney can give full play to the effect of duck eggs nourishing kidney yin. Eating salted duck eggs has a therapeutic effect on children's food accumulation, cough and eczema. For adults, it is also suitable for people with yin deficiency and strong fire constitution to eat regularly, which can nourish yin and reduce fire.