What are the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in Ningbo?

Eating dumplings, wrapping dumplings, hanging calamus - leaves

Staple food: Ningbo people have to eat "five yellow six white" food customs. "Five yellow" refers to the yellow melon, yellow fish, yellow eel, yellow clams, yellow plums, egg yolks, yellow soybean petals, loquat (skin yellow), soybeans, etc., anyway, it is five kinds of food with a "yellow" character can be. "Six white" refers to tofu, wild rice, cabbage, white fish, white chicken, white meat, white wine, white garlic. Folk believe that eating "five yellow six white" can ward off evil spirits and detoxification.

Supplementary food: mainly dumplings. Ningbo dumplings are generally wrapped with bamboo Ruo shells, called wrapped dumplings, the shape of which is four angular, unlike other places. Raw materials for glutinous rice, auxiliary materials for edible alkali, the old rural areas are also used to dry broad bean shells burned into ash plus water soaked out of the alkali juice, as alkali raw materials, if you want other flavors to add soaked adzuki beans, mung beans, cowpeas, red dates, etc. made of various types of zongzi characteristics of the series.

Snacks: mainly fried Japanese beans (fava beans), fried Japanese beans are generally for children to eat, the children also crutch beans competition. There are also just fried Japanese beans, add savory juice, is also a good dish under the wine.