Chaoshan Dragon Boat Festival custom

The customs of the Chaoshan Dragon Boat Festival include dragon boat racing, eating zongzi, eating gardenia zongzi, inserting moxa bath (drinking) medicinal soup, washing, drinking dragon beard water and so on.

Eating gardenia zongzi (gardenia _) on the Dragon Boat Festival is unique to Chaoshan. It mashes Gardenia (commonly known as yellow branches or branches), soaks to get juice to remove residues, and then infiltrates yellow liquid into Pujiang lye, then into glutinous rice flour pulp, and pours it into bamboo dumplings covered with bare cloth, which can help digestion, stimulate appetite and eliminate epidemics. When eating, cut it into small pieces with yarn, put it in a white porcelain plate and dip it in white sugar. Sweet and refreshing, clear throat and quench thirst, with good color, fragrance and taste.

Eating pearl cauliflower and boiling pig blood soup in Chaoshan Dragon Boat Festival is said to have the effect of removing toxic substances from the abdomen. Children eat scrambled eggs to eliminate malnutrition and drive ascaris. Old people drink cereal lean broth, which has the effect of improving eyesight.