What do five yellows and six whites mean?

"wuhuang" refers to cucumber, yellow croaker, Monopterus albus, yellow clam and Huangmei. It's a little different from place to place. We eat Monopterus albus in the water town, yellow clams in the seashore, and Huangmei in the mountain area. Some of them use yellow mud eggs (salted duck eggs), yellow watercress, loquat (yellow skin) and so on. According to local conditions, it's just five kinds of "yellow" prefix foods. "Liubai" refers to tofu, water bamboo, Chinese cabbage, white striped fish, boiled chicken and boiled meat (or white wine, white garlic, etc.).

The tradition of "wuhuang Six Whites" has faded, but some families in Ninghai, Yuyao and Ningbo still have the custom of eating "wuhuang Six Whites".

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Other customs of Dragon Boat Festival

1. Insert wormwood and hang gourds

In the northeast, before the sun comes out, go out and pick wormwood home, insert wormwood leaves under the eaves and hang colorful paper gourds beside the door. Because the shape of the gourd is very close to Tai Chi Yin and Yang, it can contain unlucky qi, and it is easy to get in and not easy to get out, so the gourd is used to remove the disease and turn it into evil. Beijingers like gourd, because gourd is the homonym of Fulu. Red fringed paper is cut into gourd, and the' Five Poisons' pattern is put in it, which is called gourd flower.

2. Dragon Boat Race

Before the dragon boat race, a grand sacrifice ceremony is usually held. First, the dragon is invited and the gods are sacrificed. For example, Guangdong Dragon Boat Festival, before the Dragon Boat Festival, it is necessary to choose an auspicious day to get out of the water, after offering sacrifices to the gods, install the dragon head and tail, and then prepare for the race. Fujian and Taiwan went to Mazu Tempel to worship.

3. Mulan decoction

In Guangdong, children use bitter herbs or flowers such as wormwood, cattail and magnolia to boil and wash, while teenagers and adult men go to the river to take a shower, which is called dragon boat washing. Hunan, Guangxi and other places also have the custom of boiling herbal water for bathing.

Zhejiang Civilization Network-Ningbo people eat "wuhuang Six Whites" on Dragon Boat Festival.