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What to eat at Putian Dragon Boat Festival?
1, the first cake. The "first cake" means that on the first day of the fifth lunar month, the whole family, men, women and children, will have a bite of cake. This "cake" is mostly Fengting cake or rice cake, indicating that it is getting higher and higher.

2, the next day. Zongzi is a traditional festival food, which appeared as a food for offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, and only became a festival food for Dragon Boat Festival in the Jin Dynasty. According to folklore, eating zongzi is to commemorate Qu Yuan who threw himself into the river.

3, the third grade snail. "Snail on the third day" means that every household eats snails on the third day. Puxian is located along the coast and is rich in seafood. Eating snails can cure short neck and improve eyesight.

4. Ai's fourth day. On the Dragon Boat Festival, people take planting Artemisia argyi and Acorus calamus as one of the important contents. Every household puts calamus and moxa sticks under the lintel and eaves, or hangs them in the hall. Around the Dragon Boat Festival is the high incidence season of infectious diseases in a year. Wise ancients achieved the effect of exorcising evil spirits and avoiding epidemics through these methods, and escorted their own health, which has certain health preservation significance.