What do Hangzhou people eat during the Dragon Boat Festival?

Eat "Huang Wu" transshipment. This is a popular custom in Hangzhou and other places. In May of the lunar calendar, the old Hangzhou people called it "May Yellow Moon", which was named after five kinds of food with the word "yellow" were listed this month.

According to traditional customs, people in Hangzhou must eat realgar wine, Monopterus albus, yellow croaker, cucumber and salted duck egg yolk during the Dragon Boat Festival, which is called "eating Huang Wu". Of course, because realgar is poisonous, ordinary old Hangzhou people will replace realgar with yellow wine produced in Shaoxing.

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Other customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in Hangzhou:

1, hang wormwood to attract wealth and ward off evil spirits

"Holding a banner to attract a hundred blessings, hanging a sword on the door to kill a thousand evils" Hanging a wormwood calamus at the door of the Dragon Boat Festival is like putting a spell on it, which can benefit the old Hangzhou people and avoid harm. Generally, wormwood and calamus are tied into a bundle with red paper and then inserted on the lintel.

2. "Build a dragon boat" to pray for peace

"Dragon Boat Race" is a traditional folk activity of the Dragon Boat Festival in Xixi National Wetland Park. It originated in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of 500 years. Due to the narrow stream of Xixi, the dragon boat race is different from the ordinary dragon boat race. Wuchang Dragon Boat Race pays more attention to rowing skills and the atmosphere of dragon boat race, and residents in this area often change "dragon boat race" to "dragon boat race". During the Dragon Boat Festival, tens of thousands of spectators on both sides of the strait waved flags and shouted, which was very lively.