Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is a unified custom between the north and the south. Before this, there was a controversy about salty and sweet zongzi on the Internet. According to legend, Zongzi is related to Qu Yuan. According to legend, in order not to harm Qu Yuan's health, ordinary people throw rice balls filled with bamboo tubes into the river to feed the fish. Rice balls are the predecessor of zongzi (I know that version). However, it's the first time I've heard of the custom of eating red eggs. I found that there is a custom of eating red eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. Eating red eggs can be safe and successful. Let's further understand the reasons for these two customs.

First, the origin of eating zongzi

There are two ways to eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival. The first version is more humanized, that is, in order to protect the poet Qu Yuan from being damaged, people pour rice balls into the river and let the fish have a full meal, so that the fish will not think of Qu Yuan. To tell the truth, this legend is still very romantic. I feel that people in the past were very simple and kind. When I heard this story, I hated that Chu Huaiwang a little. I didn't pay attention to Qu Yuan, which led to the lonely ending of this great poet. The rice balls thrown into the river at the back have gradually become zongzi that we must eat during the Dragon Boat Festival.

The second version is closer to reality, and the origin of Zongzi is related to meson push. I'm not saying that worshipping Qu Yuan is a human being and worshipping mesons is not a human being. I mean, Zongzi was originally the food of the Cold Food Festival, but later it became a must-eat food for the Dragon Boat Festival. Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is to pay homage to the legend of Qu Yuan, which is more formed by later generations. At present, the folk custom of eating zongzi the day before Qingming Festival is still prevalent in many places.

Second, eat red eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival.

Let's start with personal inference. Because we don't have the custom of eating red eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival here, only when there are life dolls will every family send red eggs to express their joy. In the past, eggs were relatively valuable nutrients. If they are unhappy, who will eat red eggs? It can be inferred that eating red eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival may be because people want to eat something delicious to celebrate during the festival. Let's talk about the origin of eating red eggs after integrating the information.

Eating red eggs on Dragon Boat Festival is related to avoiding disaster. Legend has it that during the Dragon Boat Festival, the god of plague will release the plague to the world. Although he worked hard, people were not happy at all, so someone asked Nu Wa Niangniang for help. After the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is hot, and children get sick easily. So our great Nu Wa Niangniang ran to teach a lesson to the god of plague. Before leaving, she said to athel Loren, "Those who have an egg around their necks are all my people. Stay away when you see them. " Then people will boil eggs or other eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival, put them in a net bag made of thread and hang them around their necks. As a result, athel Loren ran away at once. Therefore, the red egg has also been given the meaning of "peace and prosperity". (In a low voice, this legend is exactly the same as the origin of "Long Summer Egg". Maybe legends and food are the same, they can be mixed together. Didn't the food of the previous Cold Food Festival also become the food of the Dragon Boat Festival? )

This is the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival's two great delicacies, Zongzi and red eggs. As the saying goes, "A hundred miles of different winds, a thousand miles of different customs", the custom of red eggs is a custom in some areas, and it may be more accurate to listen to the origin of the local older generation. Personally, I feel that if these legends are thrown away, these foods will not become unpalatable, but with the blessing of these legends, these foods will have a deeper meaning.