What cities or regions have the custom of topping eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival?

The Dragon Boat Festival top egg custom; top egg is the north, mainly in the northeast area derived from a custom, because before and after the Dragon Boat Festival this time of year, it is the hen high production of a season, the family eggs are surplus, catch the Dragon Boat Festival on the side of the eggs to celebrate, and the continuation of the long term. Eating eggs, top eggs have become a custom of the Dragon Boat Festival in the north, such as Wenzhou, Fujian, Harbin and other places. And give some folklore, but also on the Dragon Boat Festival ride, there is a Dragon Boat Festival Ding egg custom.

Top egg custom is also believed by some to have originated in the south, but not the Dragon Boat Festival custom, but the Qingming custom. However, the Northeast gave it to the Dragon Boat Festival, bringing a lot of fun to the Dragon Boat Festival. Eggs are generally a favorite part of the Dragon Boat Festival game for children, is to take the parents boiled eggs and other small children's eggs against, whose first broken, who will lose. Why let small children play this way, guess in ancient times eggs are very precious, is to delay the speed of the children eat eggs, play a little more, let eat eggs this process elongate some time, save the eggs and prolong the joy of eating eggs. Although the egg is fragile, but, let the children take it as a competition tool, it will add to the festive atmosphere. It will also add to the joy of the holidays.

Eat eggs, top eggs in the northeast, to the Dragon Boat Festival, families will cook tea eggs or boiled eggs, and some will cook goose eggs, duck eggs, salted duck eggs. Before eating eggs, children will also take out their parents boiled eggs than the size of some parents will be boiled chicken, duck and goose eggs on the belly of small children rolling, and then peeled for children to eat, it is said that this can be done to avoid children's stomach pain. Some places also in the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, boiled a lot of eggs, with colorful rope, woven egg bag, and will be boiled eggs, put into the egg bag, hanging on the neck of the children to signify "good luck" after the crash eggs.

Folk custom is: eat the egg can make the spirit of the heart not to lose. Dragon Boat Festival to eat eggs, one is to figure auspicious, pray for a year without illness, another reason Dragon Boat Festival to eat eggs on behalf of: the good wishes of endless life, legend has it that eating hard-boiled eggs before the game of bumping eggs, very auspicious, the winner will usher in good luck.

Eat zongzi Dragon Boat Festival customs, in the first place, the northeast of the zongzi generally have two kinds of white jujube rice zongzi, there is a yellow yellow rice jujube rice zongzi is the traditional zongzi in the northeast, there are also northeastern people tube zongzi called "Earners", implying that in the coming year you can earn more money. In short, the Dragon Boat Festival has a lot of good meaning, Dragon Boat Festival is also a popular traditional folk festival , partners, your hometown over the Dragon Boat Festival have any special customs? Welcome to publish special Dragon Boat Festival customs in the comments section!