1. Spring Cake

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

2. mugwort zanba

Around the Qingming Festival, mugwort grows luxuriantly and is the most tender season. As March 3rd of the lunar calendar is near Tomb-Sweeping Day, mugwort zanba has become a must-eat food on March 3rd.

Wash the picked Folium Artemisiae Argyi, boil it, chop it, mix it with glutinous rice flour and yellow sugar, and knead it into dark green oblate Ciba. Finally, put banana leaves at the bottom and steam them in a steamer to make soft and sweet wormwood. The stuffing in wormwood can be salty and sweet.

3. Black rice

She people, every family cooks black rice, and the whole family has a meal as a gift to relatives and friends to celebrate the "Black Rice Festival". Legend has it that Lei Wanxing, a hero of the She nationality in the Tang Dynasty, led a rebel army to fight against the encirclement and suppression of the government troops, and his military power was greatly boosted by the fruit of black barnyard grass. On March 3, he broke through successfully, and Lien Chan won even victories. To commemorate this event, she people eat black rice and gather to sing songs on March 3 every year. On the third day of the third lunar month, Wuzhou also has the custom of eating black rice.

Black rice can dispel evil spirits, strengthen the body and warm the stomach. With its unique maple flavor and bright black color, it is cooked together with fried and mashed peanuts and sausages. It tastes delicious and is a traditional food favored by the public.

4. Zhuang Zongzi

Ningming Zhuang Zongzi is a big zongzi cooked with glutinous rice, pork, etc. It is a traditional food specially made by the Zhuang people on March 3rd.

Zhuangjia Zongzi originated in the Song Dynasty and is called "Feng Mo". It's an extra-large zongba. On New Year's Eve, the girls fished the cooked "Feng Mo" out of the iron pot for the first month. On the fifteenth day of the first month, all married girls have to go back to their parents' homes to have a meal, and their parents open the meal and distribute it to the whole family. Children must eat all the wind to show their filial piety and pray for their parents' longevity.

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Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, there is a custom of drinking chrysanthemum in Taihu County and Qianshan Mountain in Anqing. Chrysanthemum morifolium, also known as Daqu grass, is a clear dish, a cold dish, and a shabu dish, with tiny head-shaped flowers in April and May. It grows in Yuan Ye, Tiankan and roadside in Central China, East China, South China and Southwest China. In spring, you can pick tender stems and leaves, wash them, mix them into glutinous rice noodles, steam them or fry them for eating. Southwest provinces are called "Qingming Ba".