The northern Dragon Boat Festival to eat what dishes northern Dragon Boat Festival food which are

1, five poisonous cakes, before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, many food stores will sell "five poisonous cakes", that is, five kinds of poisonous insects patterned as the decoration of the cake. In fact, the five poison cake is a rose cake, but its outer layer of puff pastry children printed with scorpions, toads, spiders, centipedes, snakes, the "five poison" image only. Five poisons cake is the northern Dragon Boat Festival unique seasonal food, early summer is the breeding of poisonous active time, so the ancients will eat "five poisons cake" wishing to eliminate disease, pray for health.

2, garlic eggs, Henan, Zhejiang and other provinces in rural areas every Dragon Boat Festival this day, the housewife got up especially early, will be prepared in advance of the garlic and eggs cooked together for the family to eat breakfast. Some places, but also in the cooking garlic and eggs put a few pieces of mugwort leaves. Breakfast food garlic, eggs, fried bread, this diet is said to avoid the "five poisons", good health.

3, eel, China's Jianghan Plain every Dragon Boat Festival, must also eat eel. Eel is also known as eel, long fish. Dragon Boat Festival eel, round fat and plump, tender meat, nutritious, not only good taste, but also has a tonic function. Therefore, the folk have "Dragon Boat Festival eel race ginseng" said.

4, cake, Dragon Boat Festival is a grand festival of the Korean people in Yanbian, Jilin Province. The most representative food on this day is the fragrant cake. Cake, is the wormwood and glutinous rice, placed in a large wooden groove chiseled in a single tree, with a long-handled wooden whip made of rice cakes. This food is very ethnic characteristics, but also can add to the atmosphere of the festival.

5, noodle fan, Minqin County, Gansu Province, around the Dragon Boat Festival this day are steamed "noodle fan". Noodle fan steamed with flour, fan-shaped, with five layers. Each layer is sprinkled with finely ground cooked pepper, the surface pinched into a variety of patterns, dyed colors, very nice. This food custom is said to have evolved from the Dragon Boat Festival fan production, selling fans, gift fan custom.