【端午节特别节目】听歪果仁讲端午节的10大传统美食,一定有你没听说过的！

10 Dragon Boat Festival delicacies

1. Zongzi 粽子

The most important traditional food for the Dragon Boat Festival is zongzi -- pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed leaves. 

In general, northern Chinese prefer sweet rice dumplings filled with red-bean paste or Chinese dates, while southerners like savory ones with fillings such as egg yolk, pork and mushroom.

2. Realgar Wine 雄黄酒

Realgar wine, or xionghuangjiu, is a Chinese alcoholic drink consisting of fermented cereals and powdered realgar.

There is an old saying: "Drinking realgar wine drives disease and evil away."

In ancient times, people believed that realgar was an antidote for all poisons, and effective for killing insects and driving away evil spirits. 

3. Tea eggs茶叶蛋

It is a custom for people in Central China's Nanchang, Jiangxi province, to eat tea eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival.

The shells of the boiled eggs are then dyed red, put into colorful netted bags, and hung around children's necks, which is believed to bring them good luck.

4. Glutinous rice cake 打糕

Glutinous rice cakes, or dagao, are a popular food for the holiday among the Korean ethnic group, mainly living in Yanbian prefecture in Northeast China's Jilin province. Served with honey or sugar, the cakes are delicious and chewy.

延边朝鲜族人民端午节爱吃打糕。蘸着白糖或蜂蜜一起吃，特别味美有嚼劲。

5.Eel 鳝鱼

The custom of eating eel on the Dragon Boat Festival flourishes in Central China's Hubei province. Eels are probably consumed there simply because they are a seasonal delicacy: fatty and tender, and rich in nutrition.

6.Fried cake 煎堆

Jiandui is a kind of fried round cake made of wheat and rice flour along with something to sweeten them. In East China's Fujian province, every family eats jiandui on the Dragon Boat Festival.

7.Salted duck eggs 咸鸭蛋

Salted duck eggs have a briny aroma, a very liquid egg white and a firm-textured, round yolk that looks as orange as crab roe. 

Food from ducks is considered to have a cold nature in China's culinary culture. Thus, salted duck eggs may help with heat stroke, sore throats and toothaches. 

8.Thin pancake 薄饼

In East China's Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, every family eats a kind of thin pancake during the Dragon Boat Festival.

The pancake is made of refined white flour fried in a flat skillet. Bean sprouts, Chinese chives, shredded meat and mushrooms are later placed on the pancake, which is then rolled up and eaten as a wrap. 

9.Sanzi  馓子

Sanzi is a kind of wheat-based food shaped like a fan. Eating sanzi at the festival is especially popular in Northwest China's Gansu province. 

The fan-shaped food is made up of five layers, with each layer covered with sprinkles of pepper powder. The custom is said to trace back to the tradition of making and selling fans during the Dragon Boat Festival in ancient times.

10.Eggs with garlic 大蒜蛋

In rural areas of Central China's Henan province and East China's Zhejiang province, people eat eggs with garlic on Dragon Boat Festival. 

The eggs are steamed with garlic and then shared with families as breakfast. The food is believed to be beneficial to your health.