1. Zongzi. Eating zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival is the only Dragon Boat Festival custom that most people are familiar with.

Originally created to commemorate Qu Yuan, Zongzi gradually evolved into a popular delicacy.

As soon as the fifth month of the lunar calendar entered, some people in Hefei began to soak glutinous rice, followed by washing rice dumpling leaves and making rice dumplings.

2. Mung bean cake. Older Hefei people all know that in the old days in Hefei there was a saying of "early Dragon Boat Festival and late Mid-Autumn Festival", that is, the Dragon Boat Festival is usually celebrated in the morning and the Mid-Autumn Festival is usually celebrated in the evening.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, you must eat rice dumplings and mung bean cakes when you get up early in the morning.

The reason why I chose mung bean cake is because the temperature in the south is hot and humid, and mung beans have a sweet and cold taste, which is perfect for clearing away heat and detoxifying.

Therefore, eating mung bean cakes during the Dragon Boat Festival not only satisfies people's taste, but is also a realistic choice for disease prevention and fitness to welcome the scorching summer heat.

3. Eel and turtle. In the Hefei area, there is a special food custom of eating eel and turtle during the Dragon Boat Festival, which is called "arrow eel and horseshoe turtle".

In addition, around Chaohu Lake, there is also a popular custom of "hiding at noon", that is, at noon of the Dragon Boat Festival, every household does not raise a fire, but brings rice dumplings and other food to the wild to eat. If the daughter is married, she returns to her parents' home to celebrate the festival.

4. Flower cakes and amaranth. In addition, flower cakes and amaranth are also eaten on the Dragon Boat Festival. Flower cakes are steamed with leavened dough and sugar. They resemble ingots and butterflies and are decorated with red flowers on the surface. They are a favorite seasonal snack for children.

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Amaranth is also an indispensable seasonal vegetable.

It is said that drinking realgar wine can prevent scabies, and eating amaranth can cleanse the abdomen. In the local dialect, it is called "Dalang intestines".

5. Dragon Boat Festival. In addition to eating rice dumplings in Huaining, people also eat "Dragon Boat Festival", which is made of refined flour and fermented wine, put on Qingtong leaves or lotus leaves, fermented and steamed, giving it a sweet and fragrant flavor.

Artemisia cake is also among them.

Artemisia cake is a special delicacy spread in Jianghuai and Jiangnan areas of Anhui Province. It is mainly made of artemisia, rice noodles and bacon as raw materials.