On the occasion of the Dragon Boat Festival every year, many areas in China have the custom of eating salted duck eggs and zongzi, but why eat these two kinds of food? Maybe many people don't know, let's take a look.
Details 0 1 There is another saying about the reason for eating salted duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival. That is, ancient Chinese medicine believed that salted duck eggs can not only nourish yin and clear lung, but also treat diseases such as heat insulation, cough, sore throat and diarrhea caused by high temperature in summer. These diseases are very common in May, so many people eat salted duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival to treat and prevent these diseases.
As the saying goes, "you have to eat salted egg zongzi to send cold." Because the Dragon Boat Festival indicates that the hot summer is coming, the life activities of animals and plants have entered a vigorous stage, coupled with the humid climate, active pests and bacteria, it is easy to cause many diseases. In ancient times, May was regarded as "poisonous month" and "evil month", and plagues and sores spread, especially on the fifth day of May.
Duck eggs are between cold and warm, belonging to flat food, suitable for general physique, and people with cold and heat diseases can choose. The content of protein in duck eggs is equivalent to that of eggs, but the total mineral content is far superior to that of eggs, especially the iron and calcium content is extremely rich, which can prevent anemia and promote bone development. Salted duck eggs are rich in many minerals, especially iron and calcium, which are urgently needed in the body, which is beneficial to bone development and can prevent anemia.
On Dragon Boat Festival, housewives usually get up very early and cook fresh eggs and salted duck eggs for breakfast with "grass soup" made of Huang Jinshan, Lonicera japonica Thunb, Huamai Kidney, wormwood and other volatile Chinese herbal medicines 10.
In 340 BC, Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet and doctor of Chu, faced the pain of national subjugation. On May 5th, he threw a big stone into Guluo River with grief and indignation. In order to prevent fish and shrimp from damaging his body, people throw rice into the river with bamboo tubes. In the future, people will put rice in bamboo tubes and throw it into the river to pay homage to Qu Yuan. This is the origin of China's earliest Zongzi-"Tongzong".