The Dragon Boat Festival this holiday in the traditional Chinese folk festivals have a lot of weight, and the Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival can be comparable to the Troika. In the countryside, the young man with the object to the stage of marriage, in the Dragon Boat Festival is to send a gift to the future mother-in-law. The so-called "send festival", that is, when the festival comes, son-in-law-to-be to the mother-in-law's home to send a gift, such as cigarettes and wine, chicken, ducks, fish and meat, etc. Unrestricted, according to the situation and customs, can not be generalized. But "send festival" is not a festival to send, only the Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival these three festivals to send, which shows that the Dragon Boat Festival of the status of the noble. Folk over the Dragon Boat Festival has a long history, as said over the Dragon Boat Festival dumplings is to commemorate his old man Qu Yuan, that is only in the Qu Yuan threw himself into the river after more than seven hundred years, a creation of the story of the people write out, and Qu Yuan is really no relationship at all. In spite of this, this custom always sends people a little bit of goodwill, it is not necessary to go too far to investigate. Customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, not too different across the country, just drink some xionghuang wine, the door inserted a few leaves, and then boil some calamus water bath or something. When I was a child, my mother cooked a big pot of moxa leaves and calamus water early in the day, and the whole family bathed in turn. It turns out that I read classical vernacular novels, often see the word "fragrant soup bath", always get not quite understand, also thought that the princes and noble relatives luxury to the table to drink the soup is also used to bathe in the Dragon Boat Festival after this bath, is really understand what is called "fragrant soup bath! The only way to really understand what is called "fragrant soup bath" is to take this bath in the Dragon Boat Festival. Until now, when it comes to the Dragon Boat Festival seems to be able to smell the leaves and calamus that light fragrance, but unfortunately this place to seek and can not be obtained, do not use the leaves and calamus water "fragrant broth bath" has been many years ...... Speaking of the Dragon Boat Festival can not help but talk about eating, China has always been to eat to China has always been to eat to measure the importance of a thing, big things to eat, small things to eat, to the Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, two or five gatherings, in the aspect of eating to get out of a five pattern to, so, "five sons of Dengke" came into being. As for this five, I'm afraid there are a variety of different versions around, but how different versions do not matter, should be considered genuine. In my hometown, the "five seeds" are dumplings, garlic, buns, chicken and duck. Why are these five rather than other five, I think this is probably related to the seasons of the composition of the majority of it. The Dragon Boat Festival is the beginning of summer, the winter vegetables have been exhausted, this year's fresh vegetables made a grand entrance. Last winter's garlic this time has fallen root and stem into garlic, and after the May sunshine exposure, it is possible to store in the warehouse storage time, so, garlic will be just into the list of five. I think, another important reason to eat garlic at Dragon Boat Festival may be to enter the summer, the weather is warmer every day, all kinds of insects and snakes have come out of their holes, therefore, in addition to drinking xionghuang wine, but also ate a little bit of garlic can be found everywhere to prevent disease and disaster prevention. Didn't the pharmacopoeia say that eating garlic can prevent colds? I guess it makes sense. Next is the chicken, chicken that is the egg of the common saying, this time of year is the peak of the hens laying eggs, do not eat eggs to eat what? Not to mention that we have been eating from the beginning of summer will come. Then there are buns. Where does this cause come from, what is the palm, I'm not quite sure, maybe with the ancient people to this day to bring the bag of incense related? I dare not say. Ancient saying, "Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, is knowing." I will be a wise man, not to say it. The custom of eating ducks at the Dragon Boat Festival, I think it is also about the season. In the past, the countryside raising ducks is not like now, now is specialized ducks, year-round farmers market at any time to sell, when you want to eat when to eat. But in the past it is not so convenient, usually have to wait until the spring after the ducks laid eggs, let the hen hatch out the ducklings to, day by day looking forward to the ducks grow up, if there is no plague and foxes and what not, the Dragon Boat Festival will be able to eat the ducks. In the past is the local method of raising ducks, in addition to feeding it to eat, without any artificial intervention, therefore, the duck's growth period is slow, but when the duck grows up, the flavor of today's so-called "suit duck" can not be compared. The original family raised ducks, have to wait until the ducks on the wings of the long feathers have grown, and can cross each other together, before slaughtering to eat, according to the old man said, eat the ducks did not grow wings hair, people are going to be sick, I do not know whether it is true or not. Dragon Boat Festival is of course the most solemn is to eat dumplings. I think the Dragon Boat Festival to eat rice dumplings is still about the season. At this time, the hill new Ruo leaves are entering the maturity period, if picked before this Ruo leaves, one is too small leaves can not pack rice, two is too tender leaves easy to break, and after this season, the leaves on the old, less of a fragrance. The main raw material of rice dumplings is of course, and must be glutinous rice, only soft and tasty, I have not heard of who purely with japonica rice to package dumplings, glutinous rice is best mixed with a little red beans, or bean paste, or ham, a thousand variations to have eaten. Glutinous rice should be soaked for one night, the next morning you can sit down together with the family to pack rice dumplings, encountered a large number of families, the kind of the whole family size on the scene is also spectacular. I know two ways to pack rice dumplings, one is called "sharp corner of the rice dumplings", a large head, a small head, sharp edges, showing that the small and delicate mold, very beautiful. Another called "pillow dumplings", really and a flat pillow almost. Package zongzi rope with torn into strips of palm tree leaves is the most appropriate, the taste of palm tree leaves cooked into the zongzi, adding an aroma, and green Ruo leaves in the color is also a perfect blend. Now many people with cotton rope or even with the popular packaging tape tie dumplings, that model is too bad. Package zongzi is also to be a bit of technology, package too loose will be scattered, under the pot of rice into a pot of rice, zongzi has nowhere to be found. Packed too tightly rice can not turn around, not easy to cook. Cooking rice dumplings, but also put a little alkali, it is really colorful and fragrant