What are the specialties during Qingming Festival in Pubei, Qinzhou, Guangxi?

The specialties of Qingming Festival in Pubei, Qinzhou, Guangxi include five-color glutinous rice and moxa leaf glutinous rice cake.

Every year on the third day of the third lunar month or the Qingming Festival, people of all ethnic groups in Guangxi generally make five-color glutinous rice. The Zhuang family loves five-color glutinous rice very much and regards it as a symbol of good luck and good harvests. Five-color glutinous rice is colorful, bright and attractive; the natural pigments are beneficial and harmless to the human body, and each has its own fragrance and unique flavor. Five-color glutinous rice has good color, aroma and taste. It is also nutritious, fitness, medical and beauty.

Moxa leaf glutinous rice cake is also a traditional food during the Qingming Festival in many places in Guangxi. Two are usually brought to the tombs to honor ancestors. The moxa leaf glutinous rice cake that has just come out of the pot is a bit too sticky. After the water vapor evaporates after cooling for a while, it will become soft and glutinous. Eat it cold, it is fragrant and delicious, and the flavor is not reduced. It is said that mugwort leaves grow best around the Qingming Festival, and become rare around September and October. The weather changes around Qingming. It is generally believed that eating moxa leaf glutinous rice cake can dispel cold and dehumidify to a certain extent.