1. Canned peaches: In folklore, March 3rd is the birthday of the Queen Mother. In Chinese mythology, the Queen Mother is the head of the female fairies, the goddess of immortality who is responsible for punishing evil and warning of disasters. She possesses the elixir of immortality.
There are also people who eat flat peaches that can prolong life and bring blessings, children, and avoid dangers and disasters.
However, in the human world, the peach blossoms just bloom on March 3, and it is not the season for peaches to mature yet, so people will eat canned peaches to seek good luck, hoping that they will be safe and have good luck with peach blossoms.
2. Boiled eggs with shepherd's purse: Legend has it that one day, Hua Tuo encountered heavy rain while collecting medicine. He went to an old man's house to take shelter from the rain. He found that the old man was suffering from severe headaches, so he pulled a few shepherd's purses and eggs next to the old man's vegetable patch.
After eating it, the old man no longer had a headache, and it happened to be March 3rd.
Later, this way of eating spread among the people, and boiling eggs with shepherd's purse became one of the customs on March 3. I hope that I and my family will be safe, healthy and not sick.
3. Colorful glutinous rice: March 3rd is the Guangxi Zhuang Folk Song Festival, and colorful glutinous rice is the main delicacy.
Boil the liquidambar leaves, hematoxylin, Buddleia japonica, and purple indigo grass in hot water until they are tender, filter out the branches and leaves, soak the glutinous rice for about 6 hours for coloring, and steam the dyed glutinous rice.
Eating colored glutinous rice symbolizes a prosperous penis and a strong body.
4. Chicken vine vine syrup: In Guangxi and Hainan and other places, there is a custom of eating chicken vine vine syrup.
Chicken shit vine is a herbaceous plant. When the leaves are crushed, you can smell a smell similar to chicken shit, so it is called chicken shit vine.
Squeeze fresh chicken vines into juice, then put it into a pot and boil it. After boiling, the green juice will turn black, then mix it with rice flour to form a dough, knead it into strips and cut it into sections, steam it and then
Boil it into sugar water and eat it.
5. Artemisia cake: In Liu'an, Anhui, the third day of March is the Ghost Festival. According to legend, will-o'-wisps and ghosts will appear on this night. You must eat this sticky delicacy, Artemisia cake, to stick to your soul and prevent it from being sucked away.
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Artemisia cake is made by removing the old leaves from picked Artemisia seeds, washing them, kneading out the juice, adding glutinous rice flour and fried bacon, pressing them into palm-sized cakes with your hands, and steaming or frying them.
6. Black rice: Every family of the She people makes black rice, which is a meal for the whole family and is given as gifts to relatives and friends to celebrate the "Black Rice Festival".
Legend has it that Lei Wanxing, a hero of the She nationality in the Tang Dynasty, led a rebel army to resist the encirclement and suppression by the official army. He used Wu Ning fruit to satisfy his hunger and the army became more powerful. On March 3, he successfully broke through the encirclement and won consecutive battles.
To commemorate this event, She people eat black rice and gather in antiphonal songs on March 3rd every year.