What are the eating customs of Loong Boat Festival? Loong Boat Festival is a very important traditional festival in our country. At this time, most places will eat Zongzi. What are the eating customs of Loong Boat Festival all over the country? Let's talk about the eating customs of Loong Boat Festival. Healthy eating starts from it!
Eating customs on Loong Boat Festival
1. Eat Zongzi
Loong Boat Festival is to commemorate the poet Qu Yuan's habit of eating Zongzi. Nowadays, there are many kinds of Zongzi with different tastes, including fresh meat zongzi, egg yolk zongzi, jujube zongzi, original flavor, etc.
At this time, control the intake of Zongzi according to the actual situation, and don't hurt your body because you are greedy for delicious food. At the same time, remember to heat Zongzi before eating, which is safe and healthy, and reduces the burden of digestion.
2. Eating eggs
Remember to boil eggs in the pot of Zongzi. If possible, you can also boil some duck eggs and goose eggs. After eating sweet zongzi dipped in sugar, you should eat some eggs dipped in salt to "top" it.
It is said that eating boiled eggs in the May dumpling pot will not cause sores in summer; Put the duck eggs and goose eggs cooked in the Zongzi pot in the sun at noon for a while before eating. It will not give you a headache in the summer.
On Loong Boat Festival, Naxi people eat sweet dates and glutinous rice. Glutinous rice can warm and nourish the spleen and lungs, supplement deficiency and cold. Moreover, glutinous rice contains glutinous rice extract, which contains a lot of vitamins, phosphorus, calcium, iron, protein and fat, and can increase the blood in the human body. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the fact that people with diabetes should not eat.
7. Eating Saozi Noodles
Shaanxi people must eat whistle noodles on Loong Boat Festival. Saozi noodles are a Shaanxi style snack with dozens of varieties, among which Qishan Saozi noodles are the most famous.
Acorus calamus wine is a kind of medicinal wine made with Acorus calamus as medicinal material and Baijiu or yellow rice wine as raw wine. Drinking calamus wine on Loong Boat Festival is to ward off evil spirits and avoid poison. Taking it for a long time can cure diseases and strengthen the body.
Delicacies of Loong Boat Festival
1. Eating fried dumplings
In Jinjiang, Fujian, every household has to eat "fried dumpling" on Loong Boat Festival, which is made of flour, Rice noodles or sweet potato flour and other ingredients mixed into a thick paste.
It is said that in ancient times, before the Loong Boat Festival, there was a rainy season in southern Fujian, and the rain continued. People said that the sky had pierced a hole, so they wanted to "mend the sky". The rain stopped after eating "fried heaps" on Loong Boat Festival, and people said that the sky had been mended. This kind of food custom originated from it.
2. Eating leafy buns
Yezibao is an essential delicacy for the people of Yulin, especially during the Dragon Boat Festival and Double Ninth Festival. There are many legends about Ye Zibo that are no longer traceable, but one thing that can be confirmed is that it has a long history. Later on, Yezibao gradually evolved into a popular local traditional snack in Yulin.
6. Eating noodle fan
In Minqin County, Gansu Province, "noodle fans" are steamed on Loong Boat Festival. The noodle fan is made by steaming hair dough and is fan-shaped with 5 layers. Sprinkle finely ground ripe pepper powder on each layer, shape the surface into various patterns, and dye them with colors, which look very beautiful. This food custom is said to have evolved from the custom of controlling, selling and giving fans during the Dragon Boat Festival.
7. Eat Bean paste cake
In many parts of our country, Bean paste cake is the main actor in Loong Boat Festival except Zongzi. It has the characteristics of standardized and neat shape, light yellow color, fine and tight organization, fragrant and soft taste, and non stick teeth.
The raw materials for making Bean paste cake include mung bean powder, pea powder, yellow granulated sugar, osmanthus, etc. It is a good summer snack for clearing heat, detoxifying, protecting liver and kidney.
8. Drinking realgar wine
Eating customs on Loong Boat Festival
As the saying goes, 'Drinking realgar wine will take away all diseases.'. Before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, many areas in southern China have entered the rainy season, and the weather conditions are favorable for the activity and reproduction of mosquitoes, flies, and pests.
And realgar is a traditional Chinese medicine that detoxifies and kills insects, containing toxic arsenic salts. Pests can be poisoned by smelling and eating it, while humans can avoid it by applying it. Many people also drink realgar wine on the Loong Boat Festival. However, since the main component of realgar is arsenic disulfide, it can be decomposed into highly toxic arsenic when heated, so it is not recommended to take it orally.
9. Eating pancakes
In Wenzhou, every family has the custom of eating pancakes on Loong Boat Festival. Pancake is made by mixing refined white flour into a paste, baking it in a large and flat iron frying pan into translucent cakes that resemble a round moon and are as thin as silk. Then, filled with mung bean sprouts, chives, shredded meat, shredded eggs, mushrooms, etc., rolled into a cylindrical shape and bitten off in one bite to taste a variety of flavors.