Is there a custom of eating duck eggs on Dragon Boat Festival?

There is a custom of eating duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival, and there is a custom of eating "Huang Wu" on the Dragon Boat Festival in Jiangnan, China. "Huang Wu" includes eel, yellow croaker, cucumber, salted duck egg yolk and realgar wine. There are other sayings that salted duck eggs can be replaced by soybeans.

The reason why salted duck egg yolk is eaten is because salted duck egg yolk has the word "yellow", so it is also included in "Huang Wu". Eating salted egg yolk on Dragon Boat Festival represents health and safety!

Dragon boat festival custom

1, roast dragon boat

Dragon boat picking is an important activity of Dragon Boat Festival, a ritual of ancient dragon totem sacrifice and a kind of heritage. According to the first excavation report of Hemudu site, as early as 7000 years ago, ancient ancestors had carved wooden boats out of single wood and rowed them with wooden paddles.

2. Eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival

Zongzi, or "Zongzi Zan", is commonly known as Zongzi. Its main materials are glutinous rice and stuffing, and it is wrapped with Indocalamus leaves (or Hiragi leaves) into various shapes, such as sharp corners and quadrangles. Zongzi has a long history, originally as a tribute to ancestors and gods. After being introduced to the north, it is made of millet (produced in the north), which is called "corn millet". Because of the different eating habits in different places, zongzi has formed a north-south flavor.