What food do you eat during the Dragon Boat Festival in the north?

1, Zongzi, a steamed food wrapped in glutinous rice leaves, is one of the traditional festival foods of Han nationality in China. Zongzi, as one of the traditional foods with the deepest historical and cultural accumulation in China, is widely spread. The custom of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival has been popular in China for thousands of years, and spread to South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.

2. Cakes, the most representative food of the Dragon Boat Festival is sweet cake. Caking is to put mugwort and glutinous rice in a big wooden trough carved with a single wood and beat it with a long-handled wood. This kind of food has national characteristics and can add festive atmosphere.

3. Noodles Fan, Minqin County, Gansu Province, steamed "noodles fan" during the Dragon Boat Festival. The noodle fan is steamed with hair noodles, which is fan-shaped and has five layers. Each layer is sprinkled with ground cooked peppers, and the surface is kneaded into various patterns and dyed, which is very beautiful. This diet custom is said to have evolved from the custom of making, selling and sending fans on the Dragon Boat Festival.

4, garlic eggs, every Dragon Boat Festival in rural Henan, housewives at home get up very early, cook the garlic eggs prepared in advance and give them to the family for breakfast. In some places, put some mugwort leaves when cooking garlic and eggs. Eating garlic, eggs and fried buns for breakfast is said to avoid the "five poisons".

5. Five poisonous cakes. Around the Dragon Boat Festival, many food stores will sell "Five Poison Cakes", that is, cakes decorated with five poisonous insect patterns. Wudu cake is actually a rose cake, but the images of scorpions, toads, spiders, centipedes and snakes are printed on the outermost layer of the cake.

Udon cake is a special seasonal food in the northern Dragon Boat Festival. Early summer is the time when poison is active, so the ancients would eat Udon cakes in the hope of eliminating diseases and keeping fit.