What are the delicacies for the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5th?

What are the delicacies for the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5th?
The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar is my country's traditional Dragon Boat Festival. There are many legends about the Dragon Boat Festival. Some say it is to commemorate Qu Yuan, some say it is to commemorate Wu Zixu, and there are endless various versions. For people nowadays, what they look forward to more is nothing more than the annual Dragon Boat Festival holiday and the various Dragon Boat Festival specialties. Chinese cuisine is famous around the world for its color, aroma and taste. So what are the special foods for the Dragon Boat Festival? Let’s find out together. The most famous thing about the Dragon Boat Festival is "Zongzi". As a special Chinese food, Zongzi also has many fans in foreign countries. Zongzi is also called "jiaoshu" and "tongzong". The custom of eating zongzi in China has a long history. The most widely circulated saying is that after the patriotic poet Qu Yuan committed suicide by jumping into the river out of pain of the loss of his country, people salvaged him overnight. In order to prevent fish and shrimp in the river from eating his body, every household put rice in bamboo tubes and put them into their homes. From then on, every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people would throw zongzi into the river and row dragon boats to commemorate this great patriotic poet. The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the month when everything regains its vitality. The legendary five poisonous monsters (snakes, centipedes, spiders, geckos and scorpions) will harm the world during the Dragon Boat Festival, so the ancients tried every means to get rid of the "five poisons." The most common folk method is to eat five red dishes (roast duck, amaranth, red oil duck eggs, lobster, realgar wine) to symbolize the blood of the five poisons. When eating these dishes, the five poisonous monsters will be scared away. Eating these five reds during the Dragon Boat Festival can ward off evil spirits and avoid the heat throughout the summer. Hanging mugwort on the door during the Dragon Boat Festival is a custom in many places. According to legend, it can ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters. In addition to being used for other purposes, it is also indispensable for eating. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, many places would use fermented rice flour or flour and mugwort to steam steamed buns. The aromatic smell of mugwort adds to the deliciousness of the food. In addition, mugwort can also repel insects and kill bacteria in medicine. Therefore, this dish was very popular among people in ancient times. With the development of society, mung bean cake can now be eaten anytime and anywhere. Although mung bean cake was not rare in ancient times, ordinary people could only eat it during festivals. In ancient times, the most popular Dragon Boat Festival delicacy besides rice dumplings was mung bean cake, which was fragrant, soft and non-sticky, and was loved by children at that time. Moreover, the main ingredient for making mung bean cake is mung bean powder, which has a good effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, protecting the liver and benefiting the kidneys. It is the most suitable snack for the Dragon Boat Festival as we have entered midsummer.

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