Eating chicken manure vine on the third day of the third lunar month is a traditional custom of local people in Beihai, Guangxi. We mix leaves and rice and grind them into powder, and then make shredded chicken and rattan noodles. The shredded chicken and rattan soup made from this noodle is fragrant and sweet, and it is a special snack that locals like. According to legend, the third day of the third lunar month is the birthday of Xuanyuan Huangdi, the ancestor of Chinese culture, and the people of Beihai commemorate this great man.
On the third day of the third lunar month, every household in Jiangmen, the hometown of overseas Chinese, has the custom of eating "chicken vine" cake. Wash its leaves first, grind them with glutinous rice, mix them with boiled sugar water, rub them into powder balls and press them into cakes. Some will also be printed with auspicious words such as "Fu, Lu and Shou". The cakes made from the leaves of Paederia are sweet, cool, delicious and have a unique flavor. After eating, they can clear away heat and detoxify.
2, shepherd's purse boiled eggs.
The folk proverb says, "On March 3rd, shepherd's purse is a panacea." "On March 3rd, shepherd's purse boiled eggs." Spring is the season to eat shepherd's purse. Eating shepherd's purse in spring is also a long-standing traditional custom in China. On this day, Han people have the custom of eating local vegetables and boiling eggs.
Because the homonym of shepherd's purse is "amassing wealth", according to folklore, on the third day of March, at the time of ancestor worship, people will use the gods and wealth of their ancestors to wash fresh shepherd's purse, tie it into small bundles, add eggs, red dates, balloons and two or three slices of ginger to cook a big pot, and the whole family will eat a bowl and have a good time. It is said that it can remove rheumatism, clear fire, relieve pain in waist and legs, and prevent spring plague.
3, five-color glutinous rice.
Black, red, yellow, white and purple-Five-color glutinous rice is a traditional food in Zhuang area, which is named "black rice" because of its various colors. Zhuang people regard five-color glutinous rice as a symbol of good luck and good harvest.
Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a young man named Tenong in Zhuangjia Village who always took glutinous rice with him when he went out to work. Monkeys on the mountain always take glutinous rice away. Once, the tenon pulled the maple leaf to drive away the monkey, only to find that his hand holding the maple leaf was dyed black. He had a brainwave. When he got home, he soaked the maple leaves in glutinous rice and cooked them to make black glutinous rice. The monkey saw a mass of black things, thought it was poison, and dared not touch it. After eating black glutinous rice, Tenon felt dry and tired, but he felt full of energy. Later, the dealer learned to cook black glutinous rice with tenon, and then gradually made yellow, red and purple glutinous rice with gardenia and red and blue grass.
4, Hao Ziba.
Eating Artemisia sphaerocephala on March 3 is related to traditional customs. On the third day of March, it was called "Shangsi Festival" in ancient times and "Ghost Festival" in folk. Legend has it that people's souls are easily confused by wandering ghosts on this day. Simple villagers believe that people must eat this kind of wormwood with game in order to "bite" (stick) their souls and not be attacked by evil, so as to make people healthy and not get sick. This beautiful wish has been passed down from generation to generation, which has made this thousand-year-old custom continue to this day and evolved into a local custom of praying for Kang Tai.
Artemisia annua, the common name of Artemisia annua, also known as Artemisia annua, a biennial herb of Compositae, is an edible wild natural plant. In spring, the breeze is warm and everything recovers. According to medical records, Artemisia sphaerocephala seeds have the effects of clearing away heat and purging fire, promoting diuresis to relieve summer heat, calming the liver and calming the nerves. It seems that although the "soul" of Artemisia sphaerocephala is a legend, it is not empty to get rid of illness and strengthen the body.
5. Pancakes.
Eating pancakes on the third day of the third lunar month is one of the traditional customs of Tongan people. After Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan Province Province, his son Zheng Jing inherited his father's footsteps, continued to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and sent troops to attack Minnan many times. Due to the stubborn resistance of the Qing army, heavy casualties were caused among the people. Under Zheng Jun's counterattack, the Qing army surrendered and Zheng Jun entered the city. While welcoming Zheng Jun, the people made pancakes to sacrifice their dead relatives and friends. Later, people used pancakes to worship their ancestors on the third day of the third lunar month.
It is enough to cook pancakes for a long time, and more importantly, it needs pancake skin as support. The pancake skin should be thin and strong, so that the filling is not easy to break. When eating, put the stuffing on the pancake skin and roll it into a bamboo tube, which is very delicious. Many people like to eat pancake skin alone because the quality of pancake skin is very high.