Traditional cuisine of Dragon Boat Festival
1 Zongzi
Zongzi is fragrant during the Dragon Boat Festival. According to legend, during the Dragon Boat Festival in 278 BC, Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet exiled to the Miluo River, learned that the capital of Chu had fallen, and in desperation, he threw a big stone into the Miluo River and committed suicide. Therefore, it is said that the "Dragon Boat Festival" is a day to commemorate Qu Yuan, and eating zongzi and racing dragon boats on the Dragon Boat Festival has also become a traditional custom in China to commemorate Qu Yuan. From ancient times to the present, the Dragon Boat Festival carries people's feelings about life: missing, gratitude, yearning and praying.
2. Tea eggs
Many people may not know the custom of eating tea eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival, but it is practiced in Jiangxi, China. As long as it is the Dragon Boat Festival, every household will cook a large pot of tea eggs. After cooking, they will dye the tea eggshell red, put it in a net bag and hang it around the child's neck. Then someone must break the tea egg, which will bring them good luck.
Step 3 make a cake
Making cakes is a must-eat food for people in northeast China during the Dragon Boat Festival. Pastry in Yanbian area of China is a very traditional food. When eating this kind of cake, it is chewy and especially delicious with honey and sugar.
4. Eel
Eating Monopterus albus on holidays is very popular in Hubei, and there is no special explanation. Because Monopterus albus is delicious this season, they especially like to eat Monopterus albus on Dragon Boat Festival.
6. salted duck eggs
Eating salted duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival is a saying, but it is still inconclusive. One saying is that eating salted duck eggs can protect people's minds from damage. There is also a saying that salted duck eggs have the function of nourishing yin and clearing away lung heat, and eating salted duck eggs in summer can prevent these diseases.
Health care points of Dragon Boat Festival
Exercise regulates qi and blood.
Dragon Boat Festival is the time of year when the sun is at its peak. The weather is stuffy, easy to be agitated and depressed, palpitations and chest tightness. Emotional changes will affect the function of zang-fu organs, and also lead to mental diseases, such as happiness and sadness, anger hurting the liver, sadness and spleen. Health preservation in summer should make the spleen, stomach, heart and lungs unobstructed. Therefore, besides medicine, diet and peace of mind, we should also strengthen exercise at the same time. The smooth operation of qi and blood in the whole body can enhance the cardiopulmonary function, regulate the metabolism of spleen and stomach, regulate the circulation of qi and blood, and the melancholy mood will also melt away.
Diet can keep fit and prevent diseases.
In ancient times, there was a custom of drinking realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival. The medicinal properties of realgar have long been recorded in Materia Medica. Realgar is pungent and warm, and has the efficacy of killing insects, eliminating dampness and killing insects. Because of the high temperature season after the Dragon Boat Festival, all kinds of germs breed with the increase of temperature. At this time, it is most timely to use realgar to kill insects, detoxify and prevent diseases.
Zongzi is mainly made of glutinous rice and zongzi leaves. Glutinous rice is a good food and has a good therapeutic effect. According to the analysis of medicinal properties in Materia Medica, glutinous rice is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the functions of invigorating qi and spleen, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion. The ingredients of zongzi also have a good health care function. Such as jujube, red beans, mung beans and so on. It has the effects of enriching blood, calming nerves, diuresis and detoxification, while ham, duck egg yolk and fresh meat are all nutritious foods. The leaves used to wrap zongzi are more delicate. Reed leaves are mostly used in the north, and bamboo leaves or lotus leaves are mostly used in the south. These leaves have good medicinal functions. For example, reed leaves can clear away heat and promote fluid production, remove troubles and quench thirst; Bamboo leaves can clear away heat, relieve annoyance, induce diuresis and detoxify; Lotus leaf can clear away heat, induce diuresis and regulate stomach.
Chinese herbal medicines avoid toxic pathogens.
I have to say wormwood during the Dragon Boat Festival. It is a medicinal plant with bitter taste, mild nature and no toxicity, and has the functions of warming qi and blood, dispelling cold and dampness, and avoiding filth with fragrance. It is said that there is a folk custom of "hanging Ai people, wearing, drinking Ai wine, eating Ai cake and smoking". Some people still hang wormwood in halls, bedside and other places. During the Dragon Boat Festival, the air is moist and the mugwort leaves are fragrant, which can remove toxic gases, remove dirt, purify the air, keep the room clean and sanitary, and play a role in disinfection and disease prevention. There is a saying among the people: wormwood can cure all diseases and invite blessings. Hanging on the door can get rid of all kinds of poisons and make people healthy. Therefore, the ancients said that "Ai" can "ward off evil spirits". So far, there is a saying that "the family has Ai for three years, and the doctor doesn't have to come."
In addition, the Chinese herbal medicines commonly used in the Dragon Boat Festival include Acorus calamus, Artemisia annua, citronella and pomelo leaves. After being decocted in water, it can be drunk as tea or soaked in wine, which has a good health care function and can prevent diseases.
What are the folk customs of Dragon Boat Festival?
1, eat zongzi
Speaking of Dragon Boat Festival, I believe the first thing that comes to mind is eating zongzi. Every Dragon Boat Festival, every family will eat jiaozi. Whether it's jiaozi with bean paste or jiaozi with minced meat, every flavor is deeply loved by everyone.
2. Dragon Boat Race
During the Dragon Boat Festival, as long as conditions permit, many places will organize dragon boat races. Teams will wear uniforms and row dragon boats while shouting slogans. Uniform movements will attract many people to watch.
3. Hanging Acorus calamus and Artemisia argyi
During the Dragon Boat Festival, many people hang calamus or mugwort leaves on the eaves or windows, which means to ward off evil spirits.
Step 4 wear a sachet
During the Dragon Boat Festival, many people will wear sachets, which are either wrapped with colored silk thread or spliced with cloth to pray for family harmony and good health. Young women can also show their love by getting sachets.
Step 5 drink realgar wine
Drinking realgar wine on Dragon Boat Festival is very popular in many places. Realgar wine has the function of expelling insects and also means ward off evil spirits.
6, travel all diseases
It is a kind of holiday behavior in some places to eliminate diseases through sightseeing during the Dragon Boat Festival. Men, women and children go out for a walk during the day and take a bath when they come back at night, which can eliminate all diseases and make them healthy in the future.
7. tie five-color silk thread
During the Dragon Boat Festival, people in many places will wear bracelets made of five-color silk threads, which are not only beautiful, but also have the meaning of ward off evil spirits.