Customs of the Dragon Boat Festival:

1. Eating rice dumplings: Eating rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival is another traditional custom of the Chinese people. Zongzi is also called "corner millet" and "tube rice dumpling". It has a long history and has many variations. On the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, every family eats rice dumplings to commemorate Qu Yuan. They usually wrap the rice dumplings the day before, cook them at night, and eat them in the morning.

2. Hanging mugwort: Folk proverb says: "Plant willows during the Qingming Festival and mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival." During the Dragon Boat Festival, people regard planting mugwort and calamus as one of the important contents. Every household must sweep the courtyard, insert calamus and moxa sticks in the eyebrows of the door, and hang them in the hall.

Delicious food for the Dragon Boat Festival:

1. Salted duck eggs: As the saying goes: "You have to eat salted egg rice dumplings to get rid of the cold." Because after the Dragon Boat Festival, it heralds a hot summer. During the Spring Festival, animal and plant life activities enter a vigorous stage. Coupled with the humid climate, diseases, insect pests and bacteria are active, which can easily cause many diseases. Eating salted duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival can detoxify and help maintain good health.

2. Moxa buns: In many places during the Dragon Boat Festival, rice flour or flour is fermented and steamed together with mugwort. Moxa contains a variety of volatile oils, which have an aromatic smell, can repel insects and sterilize, and have inhibitory effects on a variety of bacteria and certain skin fungi. Therefore, in ancient times, moxa was indispensable for treating diseases and dispelling plague during the Dragon Boat Festival, whether eaten or used.