1. Why do you eat yellow croaker during the Dragon Boat Festival? In Jiangnan area of our country, yellow croaker is eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival. In fact, besides yellow croaker, people also eat eel, cucumber, salted egg yolk and realgar wine. These five foods are called wuhuang. People eat yellow croaker during the Dragon Boat Festival because in Chinese medicine theory, it is considered that the Dragon Boat Festival is the most yang-filled time of the year, so they can eat some yellow croaker at this time to suppress their bad luck. Moreover, yellow croaker is very delicious, with few thorns, tender meat and easy cooking, so many areas in our country will cook some yellow croaker during the Dragon Boat Festival.

2. The origin of eating yellow croaker at the Dragon Boat Festival: It is said that eating yellow croaker at the Dragon Boat Festival is for early adopters. In fact, in addition to this reason, some people think that eating yellow croaker at the Dragon Boat Festival is to remind people to work hard. Others think that eating yellow croaker in Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the King of Wu. In 55 BC, Dongyi entered the country, and the King of Wu went to the battlefield personally. After both sides persisted for a month, there was no food and grass. At this time, the King of Wu burned incense and prayed to heaven. It didn't take long for the officers and men to see the golden Yellow Sea coming. After watching it, it was yellow fish, but there was no fish in Dongyi opposite, so everyone would eat yellow croaker in the Dragon Boat Festival. Some people also think that eating yellow croaker during the Dragon Boat Festival is to reduce disasters. In short, many places will eat yellow croaker during the Dragon Boat Festival, but different places have different opinions.

3. In addition to eating yellow croaker, there are other foods that can be eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival. For example, people can eat eggs, zongzi, five-poison cakes and other foods during the Dragon Boat Festival. Besides eating some food, there are some other specific habits during the Dragon Boat Festival. For example, everyone will hang wormwood, row dragon boats, stick gourd flowers and so on during the Dragon Boat Festival.