The origin of eating eggs on March 3
Eating eggs on March 3rd can be said to be a dietary custom. Many people know this custom, and many people have eaten it, but do you know about this custom? Do you know how the custom of eating eggs on March 3rd came about? In the third month of the lunar calendar, light footsteps pass through the soft raindrops, and in the bright smile, the willow branches turn green and the grass becomes green. The Fortune Teller website takes you to understand the third month of the lunar calendar in 2018!The reason for eating eggs on March 3According to ancient legend, headaches were very common among people in Chu because of wind and rain. On the third day of March, Shennong passed by Yunmengze (now Xiaogan) and saw that the villagers were suffering from headaches. He found pheasant eggs and wild vegetables and cooked them for the people to fill their stomachs. After people ate it, their headaches disappeared, and the custom of “Eat boiled eggs and ground vegetables on March 3rd, and you won’t have headaches for the whole year” continues to this day. The third month of the lunar calendar every year is the time when cauliflowers are in full bloom. Every year in the third month of the lunar calendar, people go to pick cauliflowers and cook them with eggs to eat. Over time, it has become a custom.Why do we add ground vegetables to eggs?Ground vegetable is also called shepherd's purse, because the homonym of shepherd's purse is "gathering wealth". According to folk legend, on the third day of March, when offering sacrifices to ancestors, with the help of the ancestors' spirits and wealth, people will wash fresh shepherd's purse, tie it into a small bundle, put in eggs, red dates, and wind balls, and add two or three slices of ginger, cook a big pot, and the whole family will eat a bowl. Eating it can not only bring fortune, but also prevent and treat headaches and dizziness. Over time, it has formed a unique folk dietary therapy custom.As time goes by, the custom of eating cauliflower and boiled eggs on March 3rd is no longer limited to the Hunan area, but has gradually spread to the southern, central and northern regions. |
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