1. Tea eggs
In the Nanchang area of ??Jiangxi Province, boiled tea eggs and salted eggs are eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival. Eggs include chicken eggs, duck eggs, and goose eggs. The eggshells are painted red, packed in colorful mesh bags, and hung around the child's neck, which means to wish the child good luck and safety.
2. Garlic eggs
On the Dragon Boat Festival in rural areas of Henan, Zhejiang and other provinces, housewives get up very early and put the garlic and eggs prepared in advance Boil it and serve it as breakfast for the whole family. In some places, a few pieces of mugwort leaves are added when cooking garlic and eggs. Eat garlic, eggs, and fried steamed buns for breakfast. This method of eating is said to avoid the "five poisons" and is good for health.
3. Jiandui
In Jinjiang, Fujian, every household eats "Jiandui" during the Dragon Boat Festival. The so-called jiandui is made of flour, rice flour or sweet potato flour and other ingredients into a thick paste, and then fried into a large piece in a pan. Legend has it that in ancient times, it was the rainy season in southern Fujian before the Dragon Boat Festival, and it rained continuously. Folks said that God had penetrated a hole and wanted to "repair the sky." After eating "Jiandui" during the Dragon Boat Festival, the rain stopped, and people said that the sky was healed. This food custom comes from this.
4. Yellow wine
"Qing Jia Lu" records: "Grind realgar powder, shavings of Pu root, and drink it with wine, it is called realgar wine." In other words, realgar wine is made from white wine. , blended with realgar. Why is such a simple drink so famous? This is probably related to the story of Bai Niangniang and Xu Xian. Bai Niangniang drank realgar wine on the Dragon Boat Festival and revealed her original snake body. Therefore, people probably believe that poisonous insects such as snakes, scorpions, centipedes, etc. can be detoxified by realgar wine, and drinking realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival can exorcise evil spirits and detoxify.