What to eat on Dragon Boat Festival morning

The Dragon Boat Festival is also a traditional Chinese festival. Due to the importance that countries attach to traditional festivals in modern society, the traditional meaning of the Dragon Boat Festival is becoming stronger and stronger in people’s hearts. There are also many traditional customs to be observed on the Dragon Boat Festival, such as eating rice dumplings and dragon boat racing, which are indispensable traditional customs. In some areas, there are many special things to pay attention to on the morning of Dragon Boat Festival. So what traditional food should you eat when you get up on the morning of Dragon Boat Festival?

What traditional food do you eat during the Dragon Boat Festival?

Eat Zongzi

Eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival is the most widespread and traditional custom. According to historical records, eating rice dumplings originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and people gradually passed it down to commemorate Qu Yuan, a doctor of the State of Chu. However, there are many types of zongzi with very different flavors. There are sweet zongzi with candied dates, salty zongzi with bacon, etc. It is worth noting that you should not overeat because of your greed for deliciousness and hurt your body.

Eat eggs

As the saying goes, "Eating eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival will keep you from suffering from summer heat." The custom of "eating eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival" has a long history. In the early morning, people collect fragrant herbs, calamus, pomegranate branches, peach branches, citrus branches, etc., collectively known as "noon grass". At noon, cook the "noon grass" with eggs and it tastes fragrant. People bathe in water made from boiled eggs, change into new summer clothes after bathing, and each person eats two eggs for good luck.

Eat oil cake

In addition to eating rice dumplings, people also eat fried cakes on the Dragon Boat Festival. Oil cake, also known as fried cake, rice cake and date cake, is one of the most representative local snacks in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. Especially on the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, there will definitely be oil cake on the dinner table.

Eat sauerkraut noodles

In Shaanxi Province, in addition to eating fried cakes in the morning, people must eat shaozi noodles on the Dragon Boat Festival. Saozi noodles are a local snack in Shaanxi. There are dozens of varieties, among which Qishan Saozi noodles are the most famous. They are not only delicious and filling, but also have the effects of nourishing the heart and kidneys, strengthening the spleen and thickening the intestines.

Eat Mahua

The crispy and crunchy fried dough twist is also a must-have food for the Dragon Boat Festival. Because there has always been a saying about the five poisonous creatures during the Dragon Boat Festival, there has been a folk custom of making fried dough twist during the Dragon Boat Festival. Because fried dough twist is also called sesame candy, letting children eat sesame candy on this day will prevent them from saying unlucky words, to ensure their health, and also to wish our lives sweet and beautiful.

Eat five red

Most people eat rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival, but in Nanjing there is a custom of eating the "five reds" during the Dragon Boat Festival. The "five reds" refer to roast duck, amaranth, duck eggs, lobster, and eel. With the changes of history and the development of society, the content of "Five Yellows" gradually evolved into the current "Five Reds", namely "roast duck, amaranth, duck eggs, lobster, and realgar wine." It is said that if you eat the "five reds" and "five yellows" during the Dragon Boat Festival, you can ward off evil spirits and cool off throughout the summer.

Eat pancakes

In southern Fujian, eating pancakes is a festival custom in both urban and rural areas during the Dragon Boat Festival every year. In the Qing Dynasty, a poet wrote a poem about pancakes: "Spring comes to the world as soon as it rolls up", describing the pancake skin as "thin enough to cut into a round moon, soft enough to roll into a thin tube", and the pancake filling as "threads of silk, full of delicious flavor when chewed". "Pancake" is actually not thin. It is made of flour into a round dough, like a cut round paper.