Strong country banquet menu allegorical name

1, chicken shit vine. The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar to eat chicken shit vine, is a traditional custom of the local people of Beihai, Guangxi, we will mix the leaves with rice and grind it into powder, and then made into a piece of chicken wire vine noodles, with this kind of noodle made of chicken wire vine kuey teow soup, the taste of the sweet and refreshing, it is the local people love the special snacks. According to legend, the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar is the birth anniversary of Regulus, the humanistic founder of the Chinese nation, and the people of Beihai use it to commemorate this great man.

2, the shepherd's purse boiled eggs. Folk proverb says: "March 3, shepherd's purse when the elixir." "March 3, shepherd's purse boiled eggs." Spring is the season to pick and eat chestnuts. Spring food shepherd's purse is also China's folk long traditional custom. Han Chinese people in this day have to eat the ground (chestnut) vegetables boiled egg custom. It is said that it can remove rheumatism, clear fire, no pain in the waist and legs, but also to prevent spring fever.

3, five-color glutinous rice. Black, red, yellow, white, purple - five-color glutinous rice is a traditional food in the Zhuang region, because the glutinous rice is a variety of colors and named, also known as "rice". The Zhuang family sees the five-color glutinous rice as a symbol of good luck and good harvest.

4, artemisia. March 3 to eat artemisia, and traditional customs. The third of March is known as the ancient "on the Si Festival", also known as the folk "Ghost Festival". Legend has it that on this day, the human soul is easy to be wandering around the ghosts confused, simple and honest villagers believe that you must eat this kind of artemisia with wild flavor, in order to put the human soul "poi" (sticky), not for the invasion of evil, people can be healthy, do not get sick. This beautiful wish passed from generation to generation, so that this thousand-year-old custom continues to this day, evolved into a local custom of praying for health and prosperity.