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What are the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in the second grade language homework

1, eat "white and eggs"

In the "old" Shanghai, with the dumplings in the same pot **** boiled eggs. Shanghainese call the shelled eggs "white and eggs". But you don't hear that anymore.

This practice has been passed down for many years, saying that if you eat a white boiled egg on that day, your skin will be as bright as the white of an egg. In fact, because of the seasonal changes in May snakes and insects out, people are prone to disease, so choose this time to eat eggs is mainly for tonic and enhance resistance.

2, dragon boat racing

Old times, the old Shanghai is not called dragon boat racing, but called the race. 1948 U.S. "Life" magazine reporter shot a set of old photos, a true record of the Dragon Boat Festival in Shanghai Dragon Boat Festival pomp and circumstance.

Unlike other places, Shanghai's dragon boat races are more elaborate than just the speed of the dragon boats, but also the beauty and history of the dragon boats. The traditional Chinese stories of Nezha, borrowing arrows from a straw boat, and the Eight Immortals crossing the sea are presented one by one on the dragon boats.