Duanwu Festival to eat rice dumplings is a north-south unification of customs, before the Internet also staged a salty-sweet rice dumplings dispute, Rumor has it that the rice dumplings and qu yuan related. Legend has it that in order to keep Qu Yuan's body from being damaged, the people put rice balls in bamboo tubes into the river to feed the fish, and the rice balls are the predecessors of zongzi (the version I know). But eat red eggs this custom, I still heard for the first time, after consulting the information, found that China's Jiangxi Nanchang Dragon Boat Festival have eaten red eggs custom, eat red eggs can be peaceful and safe, in the event of bad luck . Here we come together to further understand the origin of these two customs.

One, the origin of eating rice dumplings

Duanwu Festival to eat rice dumplings have two versions, the first version of the more humane, is the previous said that the people in order to protect the poet qu yuan's body is not destroyed, and so will be the rice ball poured into the river. Let the fish have a full meal, so that the fish will not hit Qu Yuan's idea. To be honest, this legend is still very romantic, and I feel that people in the past were very simple and kind. When I heard this story, I hated King Huai of Chu a little bit for not paying attention to Qu Yuan, which led to the end of the great poet. The back of the rice ball cast into the river slowly turned into our Dragon Boat Festival must eat dumplings.

The second version is closer to reality, the origin of the dumplings is related to Jie Zi Tui. I'm not saying that honoring Qu Yuan is humane, and honoring Jie Zi Tui isn't, but I am saying that zongzi was originally a food for the Cold Food Festival, and then in the process of spreading the word, it became a must-eat food for the Dragon Boat Festival. Duanwu eat zongzi is to pay homage to the legend of qu yuan, more is attached to the formation of later generations. Now there are also many places, still pass the day before Qingming and Qingming food dumplings folk custom.

Two, the Dragon Boat Festival to eat red eggs

First of all, I would like to say a personal deduction. Because we do not have the custom of eating red eggs at the Dragon Boat Festival here, only who has a baby, will each family send red eggs, to express their joy to everyone. In the past, eggs are also considered more expensive nutrients, if not happy, who would like to eat red eggs ah. From this, we can deduce that eating red eggs at the Dragon Boat Festival is probably because people want to celebrate the festival by eating something delicious. Here's the origin of the red eggs after integrating the information.

The eating of red eggs at the Dragon Boat Festival is related to the avoidance of calamities. Legend has it that on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the God of Plague would run to earth to release the plague. Although he worked very hard, people were not happy at all, so some people asked Nuwa for help. (After the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is hot and children get sick easily.) So our great Mother Nuwa ran off to teach the God of Pestilence a lesson, and before she left, she said to the God of Pestilence, "Anyone who wears an egg around his neck is one of mine, so hide away when you see one." Then people would boil eggs or other eggs on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, put them in a mesh pocket made of thread and hang them around their necks, with the result that the God of Plague ran away when he saw them. Therefore, the red egg is also given to "peace and security, good luck". (In a word, this legend is exactly the same as the origin of the "summer egg", so it is possible to mix the legend with the food. The first cold food festival food is not also become the Dragon Boat Festival food?)

These are the two major delicacies of the Dragon Boat Festival, the dumplings and the origin of the red eggs. As the saying goes, "a hundred miles of different winds, a thousand miles of different customs", the custom of red eggs is some regional customs, listening to the local old generation said the origin, may be more accurate. Personally, I feel that if you throw away these legends and stories, these foods will not become less tasty, but with the support of these legends and stories, these foods will have a deeper meaning.