Why do you eat salted duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival?
In many places, there is a custom of eating salted duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival. Although salted duck eggs are a common food in life, it is of special significance to eat salted duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Eating salted duck eggs on Dragon Boat Festival is also a big custom. As the saying goes, "you have to eat salted egg zongzi to send cold." Because the Dragon Boat Festival indicates the arrival of hot summer, the life activities of animals and plants have entered a vigorous stage, coupled with the humid climate and active pests and diseases, it is easy to cause many diseases. Eating salted duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival can detoxify and help to keep healthy.
The implication of eating salted duck eggs on Dragon Boat Festival
1. In ancient times, people thought that the appearance of salted duck eggs looked like a human heart, but when summer came, the weather temperature would get higher, and there was no fan air conditioner at that time, so it was inevitable to be sultry and humid, especially in the southern region, where humidity was high and it was easy to produce various bacteria, thus causing physical discomfort. Eating salted duck eggs on Dragon Boat Festival can protect your body and mind from any harm.
Another way of saying this is to protect children from evil spirits. In many areas, boiled salted duck eggs or eggs are wrapped in net bags during the Dragon Boat Festival, and then colored silk threads are tied outside and hung on the children's chests. It is said that this method can ward off evil spirits and protect children at home from any infringement.
The benefits of eating salted duck eggs
1, duck eggs contain protein, phospholipids, vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin B 1, vitamin D, calcium, potassium, iron, phosphorus and other nutrients;
2. The protein content of duck eggs is the same as that of eggs, which has the function of strengthening the body;
3. The total amount of various minerals in duck eggs is much more than that in eggs, especially salted duck eggs are rich in iron and calcium urgently needed by human body, which is beneficial to bone development and can prevent anemia;
4. Duck eggs contain more vitamin B2, which is one of the ideal foods to supplement B vitamins.
5. In terms of taste, salted duck eggs are tender and delicious. From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, salted duck eggs are cold and cool when they enter the kidney. After curing, they have the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney.
6. Chinese medicine believes that salted duck eggs have better effects of clearing lung fire and reducing yin fire than salted duck eggs, and cooking can cure diarrhea. Among them, salted egg butter has the function of improving eyesight and nourishing eyes, and can also treat children's food accumulation. External use can treat burns and eczema.