On March 3rd, there are chicken dung, shepherd's purse boiled eggs, five-color glutinous rice, wormwood cake and spring cakes.

1. Chicken dung vine

Eating chicken dung vine on the third day of the third lunar month is a traditional custom of local people in Beihai, Guangxi. Leaves and rice are mixed and ground into powder, and then pieces of shredded chicken vine noodles are made. The soup made of this noodles is fragrant and sweet, and it is a special snack that local people like. According to legend, the third day of the third lunar month is the birthday of Xuanyuan Huangdi, the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation, and Beihai people commemorate this great man.

2. Boiled eggs with shepherd's purse

A 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 among Chinese people. On this day, the Han people have the custom of eating local vegetables and boiling eggs.

3. Five-color glutinous rice

Black, red, yellow, white and purple glutinous rice is a traditional food in Zhuang area, which is named after its various colors, also known as "black rice". The Zhuang family regards the five-color glutinous rice as a symbol of good luck and good harvest.

4. Artemisiae Scopari

Eating Artemisiae Scopari on March 3rd is related to traditional customs. The third day of March is called "Shangsi Festival" in ancient times and "Ghost Festival" among the people. Legend has it that on this day, people's souls are easily confused by wandering ghosts. Simple and honest villagers believe that people must eat this kind of wormwood with game to "snap" (stick) their souls and not be invaded by evil, so that people can be 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 Kangtai.

5. Spring Cake

On the third day of March and the last day, there is also a food custom, that is, eating "Spring Cake", making noodles into thin cakes, cooking eggs, peeling them and mashing them. Some people even add garlic paste and roll up pancakes to eat. In some places, it is warm early, and they already have shallots, so they roll them with spring cakes to eat.