What food does Guangxi eat on March 3? Food culture of March 3 in Guangxi

Guide: For Guangxi people, the third day of the third lunar month has always been a special day, and people even celebrate it with a two-day holiday. Its various specialties are teasing people's taste buds, but what is the food culture of March 3 in Guangxi? Let's introduce what food Guangxi eats on March 3.

Traditional foods in Guangxi on March 3rd include five-color glutinous rice, chicken manure, boiled eggs with shepherd's purse, bamboo rice, strong zongzi, water chrysanthemum cake, pancake, mugwort cake, wormwood cake and banana leaf cake. In addition, there are She nationality's black rice, fish tea, Shan Lan wine, steamed cakes and other delicacies not to be missed.

1, five-color glutinous rice

Black, red, yellow, white and purple-Five-color glutinous rice is a traditional food in Zhuang area, which is named "black rice" because of its various colors. Zhuang people regard five-color glutinous rice as a symbol of good luck and good harvest.

2. Paederia cristata

Eating chicken manure rattan on the third day of the third lunar month is a traditional custom of local people in Beihai, Guangxi. We mix leaves and rice and grind them into powder, and then make shredded chicken and rattan noodles. The soup made of this noodle is fragrant and sweet, and it is a special snack that locals like. According to legend, the third day of the third lunar month is the birthday of Xuanyuan Huangdi, the ancestor of Chinese culture, and the people of Beihai commemorate this great man.

3, shepherd's purse boiled eggs

The folk proverb says, "On March 3rd, shepherd's purse is a panacea." "On March 3rd, shepherd's purse boiled eggs." Spring is the season to eat shepherd's purse. Eating shepherd's purse in spring is also a long-standing traditional custom in China. On this day, Han people have the custom of eating local vegetables and boiling eggs. It is said that it can remove rheumatism, clear fire, relieve pain in waist and legs, and prevent spring plague.

4. Bamboo rice

In life in Guangxi, you can often see bamboo rice. Lingnan area is rich in bamboo resources, and Pingxiang's climate and environment are very suitable for bamboo growth. Bamboo rice is made by putting rice and water in bamboo seams, sealing and baking. Soft taste, fragrant rice and bamboo, refreshing and delicious, deeply loved by people.

5. Zhuang Zong

Zhuang people call zongzi "Zongba". Ningmingzhuang Zongzi is a big zongzi made of glutinous rice and pork. It is a special traditional food made by Zhuang people on March 3, and it is also a food for ancestor worship. Zhuangzi is much bigger than the zongzi we usually eat. It usually takes several people to eat together to finish eating.

6.water chrysanthemum cake

Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, Taihu County and Anqing Buried Hill have the custom of eating chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemum morifolium, also known as Daqu grass, is a clear dish, a cold dish and a shabu-shabu dish, with tiny head-shaped flowers in April and May. It grows in Yuan Ye, Tiankan and roadside in Central China, East China, South China and Southwest China. In spring, tender stems and leaves can be picked, washed, mixed with glutinous rice flour, steamed or fried. The southwestern provinces are called "Qingming Ba".

7.pancakes

Eating pancakes on the third day of the third lunar month is one of the traditional customs of Tongan people. After Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan Province Province, his son Zheng Jing inherited his father's footsteps, continued to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and sent troops to attack southern Fujian many times. Because of the stubborn resistance of the Qing army, heavy civilian casualties were caused. Under Zheng Jun's counterattack, the Qing army surrendered and Zheng Jun entered the city. While welcoming Zheng Jun, the people made pancakes to sacrifice their dead relatives and friends. Later, people used pancakes to worship their ancestors on the third day of the third lunar month.

8. Ayye Baba

Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, wormwood grows luxuriantly, which is the most tender season. As the third day of the third lunar month approaches Tomb-Sweeping Day, wormwood cakes have become a must-eat food on the third.

9. Haoziba

Eating Artemisia sphaerocephala on March 3 is related to traditional customs. On the third day of March, it was called "Shangsi Festival" in ancient times and "Ghost Festival" in folk. Legend has it that people's souls are easily confused by wandering ghosts on this day. Simple villagers believe that people must eat this kind of wormwood with game in order to "bite" (stick) their souls and not be attacked by evil, so as to make people healthy and not get sick. This beautiful wish has been passed down from generation to generation, which has made this thousand-year-old custom continue to this day and evolved into a local custom of praying for Kang Tai.

10, banana leaf cake

Banana leaf paste is a kind of snack with strong folk flavor, which can be seen everywhere in the streets of Nanning. It is also the choice of daily breakfast for Nanning people. Spread the ground rice paste with sugar evenly, wrap it with banana leaves and steam it in a steamer. The steamed banana leaf paste has a faint fragrance and can be bitten in one bite. Generally, banana leaf paste has peanut stuffing or sesame stuffing, depending on the situation.