What to eat at the Dragon Boat Festival in the north?

Due to the vast territory and numerous ethnic groups in China, many traditional festivals are endowed with various stories and legends in various regions. So many times, the same festival has different names and eating habits in different regions. What traditional food do you eat during the Dragon Boat Festival in the north?

1, eat ruling cake

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.

Step 2 eat noodles and vermicelli

In Minqin County, Gansu Province, vermicelli is steamed 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.

Step 3 eat cake

Dragon Boat Festival is a grand festival for Korean people in Yanbian, Jilin Province. The most representative food on this day is sweet cake. Caking is to put mugwort and glutinous rice in a big wooden trough carved from a single wood and beat it with a long-handled wooden pestle. This kind of food has national characteristics and can add festive atmosphere.

Step 4 eat garlic eggs

Every Dragon Boat Festival, housewives in rural areas of Henan, Zhejiang and other provinces get up early and make garlic and eggs 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" and is good for health.

Step 5 eat eels

During the Dragon Boat Festival in Jianghan Plain, China, we will eat Monopterus albus. Monopterus albus is also known as eel and long fish. Monopterus albus in Dragon Boat Festival is tender and delicious, rich in nutrition, not only delicious, but also nourishing. Therefore, there is a folk saying that "Monopterus albus participates in the Dragon Boat Festival".