What does it mean to eat five reds on Dragon Boat Festival?

Eating five reds on Dragon Boat Festival means: roast duck, amaranth, duck eggs, lobster and eel.

1, roast duck

Roast duck is one of the favorite foods of northerners, and it is also a necessary food for Dragon Boat Festival. Traditionally, roast duck is roasted with local fat ducks in Beijing in a special stove. Delicious in taste, moderate in oil content and tender in meat, it is an essential food at the Dragon Boat Festival banquet. The five red fingers of roast duck represent the richness of food and the luxury of ingredients.

2. purplish red

Amaranth is also a traditional food in Finger Red. Its branches are soft, its leaves are rich in oxalic acid and its taste is sweet. People like to use amaranth as an appetizing and slightly spicy dish, stir-fry it with garlic, pepper and other condiments, and add rice, which is a delicious dish with good color and flavor. Amaranth five red refers to praying for family health, prosperity and longevity.

3. Duck eggs

Duck eggs play an important role in China people's food culture. They are delicious and nutritious, and they are one of the indispensable delicacies in the Dragon Boat Festival celebration. The five red fingers of duck eggs represent family reunion and good luck.

4.lobster

Lobster is a delicacy on the table in China, and it has also become one of the most important ingredients in the Dragon Boat Festival. Lobster has delicious meat and unique taste, which satisfies people's love for seafood, especially northerners, and is also a symbol of family harmony, reunion, happiness and warmth.

5.Monopterus albus

Monopterus albus is one of the most cultural and historical foods in the Dragon Boat Festival and one of the most traditional foods in the south of the Yangtze River. Because Monopterus albus means "long-term", which symbolizes people's longevity, family happiness and longevity, it is regarded as an auspicious food for the Dragon Boat Festival.