Do you know the origin of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival?

Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is a custom of unification between North and South. Before this, there was a dispute about salty and sweet zongzi on the Internet. According to legend, Zongzi is related to Qu Yuan. According to legend, in order not to damage Qu Yuan's health, ordinary people threw rice balls filled with bamboo tubes into the river to feed the fish. Rice balls are the predecessor of zongzi (I know the version). However, it's the first time I've heard of the custom of eating red eggs. After consulting the information, it is found that there is a custom of eating red eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. Eating red eggs can be safe and successful. Let's take a closer look at the causes of these two customs.

First, the origin of eating zongzi

There are two versions of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival. The first version is more humanized, in order to protect the poet Qu Yuan's body from being destroyed. People pour rice balls into the river and let the fish have a full meal, so that the fish will not think of Qu Yuan. To tell the truth, this legend is still very romantic. I feel that people in the past were very simple and kind. When I heard this story, I hated that Chu Huaiwang a little. I didn't pay attention to Qu Yuan, which led to the lonely ending of this great poet. The rice balls thrown into the river at the back have gradually become zongzi that must be eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival.

The second version is closer to reality, and the origin of Zongzi is related to meson push. I'm not saying that paying homage to Qu Yuan is a human being, and paying homage to mesons is not a human being. I mean, Zongzi was originally a food for the Cold Food Festival, but later it became a must-eat food for the Dragon Boat Festival. Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is a legend to pay homage to Qu Yuan, which is more formed by later generations. At present, the folk custom of eating zongzi the day before Qingming Festival is still prevalent in many places.

Second, eat red eggs on Dragon Boat Festival.

Let's start with personal inference. Because we don't have the custom of eating red eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival here, only when there are life dolls will families send red eggs to show their joy. In the past, eggs were relatively valuable nutrients. If they are unhappy, who will eat red eggs? It can be inferred that eating red eggs on Dragon Boat Festival may be because people want to eat something delicious to celebrate. Let's integrate the information first and then talk about the origin of eating red eggs.

Eating red eggs on Dragon Boat Festival is related to avoiding disaster. Legend has it that during the Dragon Boat Festival, the god of plague will release the plague to the world. Although he worked hard, people were not happy at all, so someone turned to Nu Wa Niangniang for help. After the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is hot and children are prone to get sick. So our great Nu Wa Empress went to teach athel Loren a lesson. Before leaving, she said to the god of plague, "Those who wear an egg around their necks are all my people. Stay away when you see them. " Then people will boil eggs or other eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival, put them in a net bag made of thread and hang them around their necks. As a result, athel Loren ran away as soon as he saw it. Therefore, the red egg has also been endowed with the meaning of "peace and prosperity". (whispering, this legend is exactly the same as the origin of "Long Summer Egg". Perhaps legends, like food, can be mixed and eaten. Didn't the food of the previous Cold Food Festival become the food of the Dragon Boat Festival? )

This is the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival's two great delicacies, Zongzi and red eggs. As the saying goes, "A hundred miles of different winds, a thousand miles of different customs", the custom of red eggs is a custom in some areas, and it may be more accurate to listen to the origin of the local older generation. Personally, I feel that if these legends are thrown away, these foods will not become unpalatable, but with the blessing of these legends, these foods will have a deeper meaning.