Eggs are eaten on the third day of the third lunar month because it is said that in Chu, people have headaches due to wind and rain. On the third day of March, Shennong passed Yunmengze (now Xiaogan) and saw that the villagers had a terrible headache. He found wild eggs and vegetables and cooked them to satisfy people's hunger. People eat their heads and the pain stops. The custom of "eating vegetables and boiling eggs on March 3, a year without headaches" continues to this day.
The legend of eating eggs on March 3.
The first story is that every year on the third day of the third lunar month, it is a day for Han people to greet their ancestors' souls and mourn their ancestors by eating eggs, hoping to get some aura.
The second story is about the communication custom of young men and women in Song City on March 3rd of Zhuang nationality: touching eggs. Eggs are things that dye boiled eggs in various colors to convey feelings. The young man held an egg in the song market to touch the egg in the girl's hand; If the girl doesn't want to, don't touch the egg. If it's urgent, let the boys touch it. After the egg cracked, they ate the egg, which sowed the seeds of love.
Others say that March 3 is an ancient festival, which evolved from the "Shangji Festival" in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, there was no fixed date for this festival, usually in early March. "Ji" is the stem position in the earthly branch. In previous years, there were 60 daily necessities, that is, the cross of "A, B, C, D, E, G, N, N" in the sky, and the twelve characters of "Zi Chou Chen failed to apply for the afternoon to keep the sea" in the ground branch. Sixty combinations were formed through mathematical combination to record the diary year. Episode I was named Episode I because it appeared on the first day of March. In the past, on this day, people went for an outing. Young men and women have been completely liberated on this day, and they can communicate freely without being bound by ethics. By the time of the Qin Dynasty, the activities of "Episode I Festival" were officially scheduled for the third day of March. On this day, people will swing, fly kites and watch the scenery in the suburbs near the water. Young men and women express their feelings about songs and enjoy them. By the Tang Dynasty, this trend had been circulating, and even the heavily guarded royal court opened its doors to let concubines and ladies spend a day in the suburbs. The poet Du Fu wrote when describing Yang Yuhuan, the favorite concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and his sisters having an outing outside Chang 'an: "On March 3rd, it was a beautiful day, and there were many beauties by the Chang 'an River". The festival of March 3 has gradually faded away in people's lives. Even in some places where this custom still exists, the content has changed greatly, and it has gradually become a festival for rest, entertainment and market trade activities. But here, there is no such thing as a travel break. Eat a "boiled egg" and it will be March 3.
How to eat eggs on March 3?
Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, people in China have the custom of eating local dishes and boiling eggs. Shepherd's purse, a local dish, can be seen everywhere on the roadside or in the wild. It is not only nutritious, but also can treat many diseases. There is not only a folk proverb that "shepherd's purse is a panacea on March 3", but also a saying that "eating shepherd's purse in spring is an elixir". It can be seen that shepherd's purse is not only a delicacy, but also a panacea. In traditional Chinese medicine, shepherd's purse has a wide range of medicinal value and is known as "licorice in vegetables". Chinese medicine believes that shepherd's purse is sweet in taste and cool in nature, and belongs to liver, spleen and kidney meridians, which has the effects of harmonizing spleen, promoting diuresis, stopping bleeding and improving eyesight.
Eating habits on March 3 rd
1, shepherd's purse boiled eggs
The folk proverb says, "On March 3rd, shepherd's purse is a panacea." "On March 3rd, shepherd's purse boiled eggs." Spring is the season to eat shepherd's purse. Eating shepherd's purse in spring is also a long-standing traditional custom in China. On this day, Han people have the custom of eating local vegetables and boiling eggs.
Because the homonym of shepherd's purse is "amassing wealth", according to folklore, on the third day of March, at the time of ancestor worship, people will use the gods and wealth of their ancestors to wash fresh shepherd's purse, tie it into small bundles, add eggs, red dates, balloons and two or three slices of ginger to cook a big pot, and the whole family will eat a bowl and have a good time. It is said that it can remove rheumatism, clear fire, relieve pain in waist and legs, and prevent spring plague.
2, five-color glutinous rice
Black, red, yellow, white and purple-Five-color glutinous rice is a traditional food in Zhuang area, which is named "black rice" because of its various colors. Zhuang people regard five-color glutinous rice as a symbol of good luck and good harvest.
Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a young man named Tenong in Zhuangjia Village who always took glutinous rice with him when he went out to work. Monkeys on the mountain always take glutinous rice away. Once, the tenon pulled the maple leaf to drive away the monkey, only to find that his hand holding the maple leaf was dyed black. He had a brainwave. When he got home, he soaked the maple leaves in glutinous rice and cooked them to make black glutinous rice. The monkey saw a mass of black things, thought it was poison, and dared not touch it. After eating black glutinous rice, Tenon felt dry and tired, but he felt full of energy. Later, the dealer learned to cook black glutinous rice with tenon, and then gradually made yellow, red and purple glutinous rice with gardenia and red and blue grass.
3. Haoziba
Eating Artemisia sphaerocephala on March 3 is related to traditional customs. On the third day of March, it was called "Shangsi Festival" in ancient times and "Ghost Festival" in folk. Legend has it that people's souls are easily confused by wandering ghosts on this day. Simple villagers believe that you must eat this kind of wormwood cake with game in order to "lick" people's souls.