The customs of Zhenjiang:

1, the Dragon Boat Festival when Zhenjiang people eat brown but also eat "twelve red"

"Twelve red" is in fact a general term, not necessarily to make up the full twelve samples, but a "few red" essential:

(1) fried amaranth - a folk proverb "May purple amaranth fresh, Dragon Boat Festival to taste the new. "several red" essential:

(1) fried amaranth - Zhenjiang folk proverb "May purple amaranth fresh, Dragon Boat Festival to taste the new", fried amaranth, soup was red, plus garlic cloves, red and white, fragrant and clean. The red and white color of the soup is red, and the garlic clove is added.

(2) boiled yellowtail - Zhenjiang folk proverb "Dragon Boat Festival yellowtail is the most beautiful, the flavor is better than the fish back to the fish fresh", the fish is smooth, tender and delicate, eat in the mouth a unique flavor.

(3) salted duck eggs - Zhenjiang children's song "Ba Ba Palm hit the May 5, dumplings and salted eggs over the Dragon Boat Festival", the Dragon Boat Festival of salted duck eggs, newly cured soon, white as jade, yolks moist, light salty flavor, delicious.

2, Dragon Boat Festival drinking Xionghuang wine

Drinking Xionghuang wine, is one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. Xionghuang wine, used to drive away insects to solve the five poisons, children coated in the forehead, ears and nose, hands and feet heart, and sprinkled between the walls, in order to law of the poisons. Originally from Zhenjiang "White Snake", that is, to the male yellow wine to solve the venomous snakes, and now the white snake in its original form.

The Xionghuang wine of the past should now evolve into the Hengshun old wine of Zhenjiang.

3, the first month of "on the Jinshan, pick up gold"

Old Zhenjiang has "on the Jinshan, pick up gold", along the Xijindu that full of rutting of the ancient street, donkey ride on the Jinshan, naturally, there is a lot of fun. According to legend, in the old days, there is also to the temple of the God of Wealth in Yuntai Mountain incense custom. In addition, you can also see the street full of "welcome the god of wealth" folkloric performances.

4, the first day of the new year to eat jujube tea and dumplings

On the first day of the first month of the new year, many people in Zhenjiang are used to eating jujube tea and boiled dumplings for breakfast, that is, to take the "early hair", "Yuan Tong" meaning. Dumplings are generally rolled with glutinous rice flour, filling with grease and sugar, date paste, bean paste, vegetables and meat, and so on. The first day of the year to the second, generally do not cook raw food, but to eat overnight rice, take the meaning of "the next year Chen".

5, ancestor worship

Ancestor worship that folk say "on the grave". Zhenjiang has "early Qingming, late winter, July half of the dead, etc. not in the" saying, meaning that Qingming to sweep the graves as early as possible. Qingming people have to go to the graves of their loved ones who have passed away to fill the earth, pressure paper, incense, burning paper money.

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