Eating "Dragon Boat Rice" is a big gathering of farmers in the Pearl River Delta, and it is also a continuation of the traditional social day banquet. The main sources of funds for banquet expenses are donations from factories, shops, professional households, self-employed individuals and ordinary villagers in the village, sponsorship from compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao and overseas Chinese, and the proceeds from bidding for dragon boat parts. In order to get off to a good start, the villagers fought for high prices and custody of the dragon head, dragon tail, boat drum or wooden spoke. There is also a new thank-you letter for a cruise to a nearby village when the dragon boat fell into the water. Of course, the prizes won in the competition are all golden pigs, jar wine and so on. As for cooking, a number of amateur cooking experts were selected from the villagers as "waiting pots", cooking utensils and dishes were borrowed from various households, chopping boards were set up and big stoves were set up. Cooking is a big pot of rice, and frying is a big pot of vegetables.
In the evening when the sky is full of rosy clouds, all the villagers will gather in the hall (threshing floor), or sit or squat and set up a banquet. Each table has more than a dozen pots of vegetables (packed in a big pot), and there is also a dish of steamed peppers with garlic to remove the water from the "roasted boy" (rower). In addition, there are wind chestnuts? Duck, barbecued pork, tofu fish, barbecued melon, etc. Although there is no abalone with wings and belly, it is also a big fish and meat, which is quite the pride of Liangshan heroes in Water Margin. The triumphant "Pazai" was dressed in red and covered with flowers, sitting proudly on the table, happily accepting congratulations from villagers and elders. During the dinner, there were entertainment programs: rich families competed to set off firecrackers and compete with each other. At this time, the thunderous firecrackers, the sound of guessing fists and ordering food one after another, merged into a sea of joy and pushed the banquet to a climax. After the banquet, "every family is intoxicated."
Residents in nearby towns are unwilling to be lonely. They all wrap a "Li" (red envelope) for their children to take to the countryside and "beg" for a bowl of "dragon boat rice" to eat at home, hoping that their children can be as strong and vigorous as dragons.