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, resolving hard mass, warming yang, invigorating spleen, nourishing essence, stopping bleeding, nourishing liver and kidney, expelling wind and dredging collaterals, etc.
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.
Dragon boat festival health principle
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.
Diet can keep fit and prevent diseases.
In ancient times, there was the 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.
Every year to the Dragon Boat Festival, people have the custom of eating zongzi. According to legend, it originated from commemorating the patriotic poet Qu Yuan's martyrdom in the Miluo River on the fifth day of May to express his grief for this patriotic poet. Over time, China people have formed the custom of eating zongzi on the fifth day of May. The glutinous rice dumplings in the north are mainly sweet and cool. In the south, it can be divided into two categories: Soviet-style jiaozi includes jiaozi such as glutinous rice, red beans and bean paste, and jiaozi such as fresh meat and ham; Cantonese dumplings are mostly meat dumplings, such as barbecued egg yolk, lard bean paste, fresh meat egg yolk dumplings and so on.
Although the flavor, characteristics and practices of Zongzi in the north and south of China are different, glutinous rice and Zongzi leaves are the main materials. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that 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.
What's more worth mentioning is that 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.
The Dragon Boat Festival is just too long in summer, so eating zongzi can be balanced and light, balanced and clear, which is really a recipe for timely food supplement and dietotherapy. Of course, you should be temperate when eating, and diabetics, the elderly and children should not eat more.
Exercise regulates qi and blood.
Dragon Boat Festival is the most sunny time in a year, and the weather is rather dull. If the work pressure is high, the human body's physiological qi and blood are not running smoothly, and it is 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.
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.