What traditional food to eat during the Dragon Boat Festival? The first thing that comes to mind, no matter who it is, should be zongzi. Before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, eating zongzi can be said to be a habit in many regions of the north and south of the river. In some areas, zongzi have become a signature feature, such as the steamed zongzi in Zhaoqing.
Of course, in addition to the Dragon Boat Festival custom of zongzi, which is common throughout the country, each region also has its own customs, and some places will eat oil cakes, such as Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia; There are also places where pancakes are eaten, such as the Wenzhou area; In the Jinjiang area of Fujian, every household has to eat "fried dumplings" during the Dragon Boat Festival.
From the perspective of ethnicity, in addition to zongzi, many ethnic groups have the tradition of eating mung bean cake and drinking realgar wine. In addition to the Han nationality, there are also ethnic minorities such as Miao, Zhuang, Dong, Li, Tujia, Hani, Yao, Hezhe and She.
Coupled with the eating habits that have not yet been recorded by the official and non-governmental organizations, there are even more types of traditional foods eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival. For example, in my hometown, during the Dragon Boat Festival, a kind of "bean flour glutinous rice cake" is made to eat, which is actually rice flour steamed with a certain proportion of water, and then sprinkled with "bean flour" mixed with crushed fried peanuts, fried sesame seeds and white sugar.
With the passage of time, the things that will be eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival will definitely produce new content, and it will become a fixed food for the Dragon Boat Festival when the pumpkin pie or roast chicken is not guaranteed.