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What traditional Dragon Boat Festival food do you eat this year?

1, Zongzi. Nowadays, almost every household eats zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival, and the types and practices of zongzi are different, and the taste is different. South Zongzi is most famous in Suzhou, Ningbo and Jiaxing, and its fillings are mostly bean paste, ham, bacon and jujube paste. The northern zongzi is represented by jujube zongzi, and the common fillings are jujube and preserved fruit.

2. Eel. Around the Dragon Boat Festival, eel meat is the most tender and nutritious time of the year, which not only tastes good, but also has the best nourishing effect. Therefore, there is a saying among the people that eels participate in the Dragon Boat Festival.

3. Ai Momo. Eating Folium Artemisiae Argyi during the Dragon Boat Festival can sterilize and repel insects, and has inhibitory effects on a variety of bacteria and skin fungi. So in many places, rice flour or flour is fermented and steamed with mugwort, which tastes sweet and soft.