Food for Dragon Boat Festival
1. Zongzi
Zongzi: It was called "Jiaoshu" in ancient times. Zongzi with real written records can be found in the records of local customs in Jin and Zhou Dynasties. And spread in an orderly manner. There are many shapes and varieties of zongzi, such as regular triangle, regular quadrangle, pointed triangle, square and strip. Due to the different flavors in different parts of China, there are mainly two kinds: sweet and salty.
2. realgar wine
The custom of drinking realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival is very popular in the Yangtze River valley. White wine or yellow wine brewed from ground realgar. Realgar can be used as an antidote and insecticide. Therefore, the ancients believed that realgar could inhibit snakes, scorpions and other pests. "Good can kill all poisons, eliminate all evils and cure all poisons. When a man turns his horse upside down, the tiger and the wolf crouch in the mountains, and all kinds of poisons enter the Sichuan water to avoid it. "
Make a cake.
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.
deep-fry
In Jinjiang, Fujian, every household will eat "fried piles" during the Dragon Boat Festival, which are made into thick paste with flour, rice flour or sweet potato powder. 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.
5.Monopterus albus
Dragon Boat Festival is not only the time to eat zongzi, but also the most tender and nutritious time of eel meat in a year, so there is a saying that "the eel competes for ginseng in Dragon Boat Festival". Monopterus albus has always been a popular kind of freshwater aquatic products because of its soft and smooth taste, especially for children and the elderly, and it is a good tonic. Monopterus albus is warm and sweet, and enters the liver, spleen and kidney meridians. Has the effects of invigorating middle warmer, invigorating qi, nourishing blood, invigorating spleen, nourishing essence, stopping bleeding, nourishing liver and kidney, expelling wind and dredging collaterals.
6. Duck eggs
In addition to commemorating Qu Yuan, the Dragon Boat Festival is also to avoid the five poisons, because the legendary five poisons will be harmful to human beings on the Dragon Boat Festival. These five poisons are snake, centipede, spider, gecko and scorpion. People use five kinds of red plates to symbolize the blood of these five poisons. Eating these dishes will scare away the five poisons, that is, eating five reds, namely roast duck, amaranth, duck eggs with red oil and lobster.
7. Ai Momo
Many places also use rice flour or flour to ferment steamed mugwort buns during the Dragon Boat Festival. Folium Artemisiae Argyi contains a variety of volatile oils, which are fragrant, can repel insects and sterilize, and have inhibitory effects on a variety of bacteria and certain skin fungi. Therefore, in ancient times, mugwort was essential for the Dragon Boat Festival, whether it was eaten or used.
8. Garlic eggs
Every Dragon Boat Festival, housewives in rural areas of Henan, Zhejiang and other provinces get up early and make garlic and eggs 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.
Tea eggs
In Nanchang, Jiangxi, tea eggs and salted eggs are boiled 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.
10. Noodles and vermicelli
For the surrounding areas of Minqin County, Gansu Province, the Dragon Boat Festival has the habit of eating noodles and vermicelli. The main raw material of noodle vermicelli here is flour, which is steamed after being made. The steamed noodles look like a fan, with five layers and many patterns on the surface, which looks good and tastes good.
Health skills of Dragon Boat Festival
Realgar is a traditional Chinese medicine that blindly detoxifies and kills insects. It contains toxic arsenic salt, which can be poisoned by pests after smelling it, and people can avoid it by smearing it. Many people drink realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival, but it is not recommended to take it orally because the main component of realgar is arsenic disulfide, which can be decomposed into highly toxic arsenic trioxide when heated.
Yellow rice wine made of glutinous rice is generally low in alcohol content and can be used as a medicine guide in traditional Chinese medicine. People who usually take drugs can drink a small amount of yellow wine, which can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. In addition, the Huangmei season is about to enter, and the humidity is aggravated. Usually, a small amount of yellow wine can warm meridians and dredge collaterals, remove moisture from the body and prevent colds.
There is a folk saying that "Monopterus albus participates in summer", which means that Monopterus albus is the fattest, tender, delicious and nutritious at this time. The Dragon Boat Festival is before the light summer. Although it is not the best time for eels to eat, eel meat is rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, phosphorus, calcium and iron. Eating eel can properly supplement vitamins, dispel wind and remove dampness.
The spawning period of yellow croaker is around the Dragon Boat Festival. At this time, the yellow croaker has accumulated a lot of fat and nutrients, and the increase of glutamic acid content makes the fish delicious and sweet. The contents of protein and inorganic salts such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and iodine in fresh fish are high, and the fish tissues are soft and easy to digest and absorb.
There is a folk saying that eating salted egg yolk in summer does not cause heatstroke. Salted egg yolk has certain heatstroke prevention and appetizing effects. In summer, people sweat easily, and salted egg yolk can also supplement the salt that people lack.
At this time, cucumber is on the market, which has the functions of dehumidification, diuresis, lipid reduction, analgesia and digestion promotion. In particular, the cellulose contained in cucumber can promote the excretion of spoiled food in the intestine, while propanol, ethanol and propanedioic acid contained in cucumber can also inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat, which is beneficial to obese people and patients with hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
However, eating "Huang Wu" is not completely scientific. Salted egg yolk has high cholesterol and is not suitable for cardiovascular patients. The chemical composition of realgar is arsenic disulfide, which becomes highly toxic arsenic trioxide when heated. Therefore, the custom of drinking realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival will not continue.
Besides "Huang Wu", there is also the saying of preventing "five poisons", which refers to poisonous snakes, centipedes, spiders, geckos and toads. In the ancient north, every Dragon Boat Festival, people painted realgar wine and hung colorful silk on their hands, feet and wrists to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters.
What gifts will you receive on Dragon Boat Festival?
Send a box of zongzi
Since it is the Dragon Boat Festival, it is certainly suitable for sending zongzi. After all, eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival is very popular in most parts of China. Therefore, during the Dragon Boat Festival, children can send a box of zongzi to their parents, and it is best to choose a big brand with strong taste, quality and safety. Of course, children can also personally wrap some zongzi for their parents, and then give them as their own Dragon Boat Festival gifts, so that they can taste the delicious food made by their own children.
Send a dress
Most parents born in 1980s and 1990s have stepped into the ranks of middle-aged and elderly people, and their living habits are relatively simple. A piece of clothing may take several years to wear. So on the Dragon Boat Festival or other festivals, children can buy fashionable clothes for their parents. You can break through your parents' previous dressing style and buy a more fashionable and temperament big brand dress. I believe that parents will be radiant when they put on the clothes their children gave them.
Blessing telephone
For various reasons, many wanderers can't go home to accompany their parents during the Dragon Boat Festival. Then, during the Dragon Boat Festival, you might as well call your parents who are far away from home. Tell them they can't go home to spend the holidays with them, but they should always pay attention to their parents' health. For parents, the company of children is obviously the most important, but they support their children to work and live in peace outside, and a holiday greeting phone can make them feel at ease.
Dragon boat festival tourism
Although it is early summer, the weather during the Dragon Boat Festival is not too hot, and it is still relatively cool in the morning and evening. So it is very suitable for the Dragon Boat Festival. You can also take your parents out to play during the holidays and enjoy the rare holiday time.