The fifth day of May is the Dragon Boat Festival, what do people eat ah?

Duanwu Festival can eat zongzi, eel, eggs, cake, fried pile and so on.

1, eat zongzi:

Zongzi, that is, "zongzong", commonly known as zongzi, the main material is glutinous rice, fillings, with Ruo leaves (or Shuu leaf) wrapped into a variety of shapes, there is a sharp corner, four-cornered and so on. Zongzi from a long time ago, initially used to be a tribute to the gods and ancestors. After being introduced to the north, they were made with corn (northern millet) and called "Corn". Due to the different dietary habits of different places, dumplings formed the North and South flavor; from the taste points, dumplings have salty dumplings and sweet dumplings two categories.

2, eat eel:

China's Jianghan Plain every Dragon Boat Festival, but also must eat eel. Eel is also known as eel, long fish and so on. Dragon Boat Festival eel, round fat and plump, tender meat, nutritious, not only good taste, but also has a tonic function. Therefore, the folk have "Dragon Boat Festival eel race ginseng" said.

3, eggs:

Many regions in China have the custom of eating eggs at the Dragon Boat Festival. Tea eggs, salt water eggs, garlic eggs are Dragon Boat Festival flavor.

Eating tea eggs: Nanchang area in Jiangxi Province, the Dragon Boat Festival to cook tea eggs and salt water eggs to eat. There are eggs, duck eggs and goose eggs. The eggshells are painted red and packed in colorful net bags and hung around the necks of small children, meaning to bless the children with good fortune and peace.

Eat garlic eggs: Henan, Zhejiang and other provinces in rural areas every Dragon Boat Festival this day, the housewife got up especially early, will be prepared in advance garlic and eggs cooked together for the family breakfast. Some places, but also in the cooking garlic and eggs put a few pieces of mugwort leaves. Breakfast food garlic, eggs, fried bread, this diet is said to avoid the "five poisons", good health.

4, cake:

Duanwu Festival is a grand festival of the Korean people in Yanbian, Jilin Province. The most representative food on this day is the fragrant cake. Cake, is the wormwood and glutinous rice, placed in a large wood chiseled groove, with a long-handled wooden whip made of rice cakes. This food is very ethnic characteristics, but also can add to the atmosphere of the festival.

5, eat fried piles:

Jinjiang, Fujian area, the Dragon Boat Festival, every family will eat "fried piles", that is, with flour, rice flour or sweet potato flour and other ingredients into a thick paste fried. Legend has it that in ancient times in southern Fujian area before the Dragon Boat Festival is the rainy season, rainy and cloudy, folk say that the sky is wearing a hole, to "make up for the sky". After the Dragon Boat Festival, the rain stops after eating the "fried pile", and people say that the sky is mended. This food custom is derived from this.

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