Eating Monopterus albus During the Dragon Boat Festival in Jianghan Plain of China, we will eat Monopterus albus. Monopterus albus is also known as eel and long fish. Monopterus albus in Dragon Boat Festival is tender and delicious, rich in nutrition, not only delicious, but also nourishing. Therefore, there is a folk saying that "Monopterus albus participates in the Dragon Boat Festival".
Eat noodles vermicelli, steamed noodles vermicelli on Dragon Boat Festival in Minqin County, Gansu Province. The noodle fan is steamed with hair noodles, which is fan-shaped and has five layers. Each layer is sprinkled with ground cooked peppers, and the surface is kneaded into various patterns and dyed, which is very beautiful. This diet custom is said to have evolved from the custom of making, selling and sending fans on the Dragon Boat Festival.
Eat tea eggs in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and make tea eggs and salted eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival. Eggs include eggs, duck eggs and goose eggs. The eggshell is painted red, packed in colorful net bags and hung around the child's neck, which means wishing the child good luck and safety.
Eating Garlic Eggs Every Dragon Boat Festival, in rural areas of Henan, Zhejiang and other provinces, housewives at home get up early and make garlic and eggs prepared in advance for breakfast. In some places, put some mugwort leaves when cooking garlic and eggs. Eating garlic, eggs and fried buns for breakfast is said to avoid the "five poisons" and is good for health.
Dragon Boat Festival is a grand festival for Korean people in Yanbian, Jilin Province. The most representative food on this day is sweet cake. Caking is to put mugwort and glutinous rice in a big wooden trough carved from a single wood and beat it with a long-handled wooden pestle. This kind of food has national characteristics and can add festive atmosphere.
Eating fried piles in Jinjiang, Fujian, every household will eat "fried piles" during the Dragon Boat Festival. The so-called fried pile is made of flour, rice flour or sweet potato powder into a thick paste and fried into a large piece in an oil pan. According to legend, in ancient times, it was the rainy season in southern Fujian before the Dragon Boat Festival, with continuous rain. People say that God has pierced a hole to "mend the sky". The rain stopped after eating fried piles on the Dragon Boat Festival. People say that the sky has been mended. This diet custom comes from this.
Eating pancakes In Wenzhou, every household still has the custom of eating pancakes during the Dragon Boat Festival. Pancakes are made of white flour into a paste, baked in a large flat iron frying pan into a full moon-shaped, silky translucent cake, stuffed with mung bean sprouts, leeks, shredded pork, shredded eggs and mushrooms, rolled into a tube, and bitten in one bite, which can taste a variety of flavors.