The folk custom of the Dragon Boat Festival is that the five sons refer to rice dumplings, garlic, chickens (eggs), kouzi (steamed bamboo shoots), and steamed buns, which symbolize the success of the five sons. There are also places where you can eat Wuhuang. Eat Wuhuang to stay healthy and enhance vitality.

According to the tradition of Jiangnan people, the Dragon Boat Festival includes eating "Five Huangzhi" (eel), yellow saury, cucumber, salted egg yolk and realgar wine (realgar wine is poisonous, so ordinary rice wine is usually used instead of realgar wine). In addition, some people say that salted duck eggs can be replaced with soybeans.

Introduction to the Five Folk Customs of the Dragon Boat Festival

1. Zongzi

Zongzi are generally in the shape of a quadrangular pyramid. The main filling material is glutinous rice. Depending on the condiments, Zongzi can be divided into bacon rice dumplings, peanut rice dumplings, black bean rice dumplings, chestnut rice dumplings, etc.

2. Garlic

Garlic is just garlic, and the way to eat it is simple. Usually, you peel off the garlic and chew it one by one. The taste is spicy.

3. Chicken

Chicken refers to eggs. There are many ways to eat eggs, including braised, stir-fried, steamed, boiled, etc. But the chickens during the Dragon Boat Festival refer specifically to boiled round eggs.

4. Kouzi

Kouzi is another name for the locust head. It is a wild vegetable that grows on barren slopes. It is easy to grow and can be made into sweet and sour, salty, sweet, sour and spicy flavors according to personal preferences.

5. Steamed buns

Baozi is a traditional pasta in southern Hunan, usually made from fermented flour. Commonly used fillings are pork, mutton, bean paste, leeks, egg yolks, etc.