1. Zongzi: Zongzi is a traditional custom in my country during the Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi comes in many shapes and varieties. Generally, there are various shapes such as equilateral triangle, equirectangular, pointed triangle, square, rectangular, etc. . Due to the different flavors in different parts of China, there are mainly two types: sweet and salty. ?
2. Realgar wine: The custom of drinking realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival was extremely popular in the Yangtze River Basin. White wine or rice wine brewed with realgar ground into powder. Realgar can be used as an antidote and insecticide. Therefore, ancient people believed that realgar can restrain snakes, scorpions and other insects. "It is good at killing hundreds of poisons, warding off hundreds of evil spirits, and controlling poisonous poisons. When people wear it, tigers and wolves will lurk when they enter the mountains and forests, and hundreds of poisons will be avoided when entering rivers."
3. Five yellows: There is a custom of eating "five yellows" during the Dragon Boat Festival in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Wuhuang refers to yellow croaker, cucumber, eel, duck egg yolk, and realgar wine (realgar wine is toxic, so people drink ordinary rice wine instead of realgar wine). There are also other opinions that salted duck eggs can be replaced with soybeans. The fifth month of the lunar calendar is called the Five Yellow Moon by people in Jiangnan.
4. Making cakes: The Dragon Boat Festival is a grand festival for the Korean people in Yanbian, Jilin Province. The most representative food on this day is the fragrant cake. Da Gao is a rice cake made by placing mugwort and glutinous rice in a large wooden trough carved from a single log and beating it with a long-handled wood. This kind of food is very ethnic and can add to the festive atmosphere. ?
5. Jian Dui: In Jinjiang, Fujian Province, every household also eats "Jian Dui" during the Dragon Boat Festival, which is fried into a thick paste with flour, rice flour or sweet potato flour and other ingredients. It is said that in ancient times, it was the rainy season in southern Fujian before the Dragon Boat Festival, and it rained continuously. After eating "Jiandui" on the Dragon Boat Festival, the rain stopped, and people said that the sky was repaired.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia--Dragon Boat Festival