Where is the custom of boiled eggs with shepherd's purse flowers on March 3?

It is a custom in Hunan to boil eggs with shepherd's purse flowers on March 3. On March 3, it is a common saying to cook eggs with local dishes, which is also a traditional custom in Jiangnan. There is also a folk saying that on March 3, local food is a panacea, and spring food is an elixir. Ground vegetables are a kind of wild vegetables, also called shepherd's purse. When tender, you can fry, cook in hot pot and mix. In the north, they are also used to wrap jiaozi, which is very delicious.

By the third day of the third lunar month, the local dishes have grown very mature, with small white flowers. At this time, you can use them to cook eggs, eat eggs and drink soup. Because it is a traditional festival of the Han nationality, according to folklore, people cook fresh shepherd's purse flowers and eggs together on March 3.

The origin of boiled eggs with shepherd's purse flowers

In ancient times, every year on the third day of the third lunar month, people would go to the river for a picnic. Some people put their glasses in slow water and let them run down, while those who wait not far downstream pick them up from the water and drink them all at once. This is called "meandering water flowing". Some put boiled eggs into the water, and they go down the river like wine glasses, while people waiting downstream take them out of the water.

Then peel it and eat it. This is called "floating eggs in curved water". Some put red dates in the pool and pick them up like eggs. This is called "Qu Shui Fu Jiang Zao". This custom is very popular in some areas and ethnic minorities in China. Brothers Zhuang and Dong have the custom of eating eggs on March 3rd.