Why do you want to eat boiled eggs under leeks and wild vegetables on March 3? Thank you for your questions.
I want to eat shepherd's purse and boiled eggs on March 3. There is a reason for this: the first story is that every year on the third day of the third lunar month, it is the day when Han people 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.