The tradition of cooking eggs with rapeseed on March 3

The tradition of "cooking eggs with vegetables on March 3" means that on March 3, people cook eggs with shepherd's purse soup.

Shepherd's shepherd's purse, also known as wild shepherd's purse, wild shepherd's purse, buttered grass and chicken heart vegetable, is a whole grass with roots in Cruciferae, which grows in fields, roadsides and courtyards and is cultivated all over the country. It is a traditional good vegetable with the same origin of medicine and food. It is said that it is rich in nutrition, and there is a folk saying that "shepherd's purse is a panacea" and "shepherd's purse is a panacea for spring".

It is said that during the Three Kingdoms period, Hua Tuo took refuge in an old man when it was windy and rainy on the third day of the third lunar month. Seeing that the old man has a headache and dizziness, and the pain is unbearable, give him a diagnosis and treatment, and let the old man eat the shepherd's purse collected on the mountain with boiled eggs. Later, people followed suit and boiled eggs with shepherd's purse on March 3, which has been passed down to this day.

Introduction of "March 3rd" Festival;

The third day of the third lunar month, also known as Shangsi Festival, is a traditional festival of the Chinese nation, with Han, Zhuang, Miao and Yao as typical examples. March 3 is still a grand festival in some minority areas in southwest China.

In the Central Plains of northern China, there is also a "February 2, the dragon looks up; On March 3rd, XuanYuanSheng ". On this day every year, Chinese descendants all over the world go to the hometown of the Yellow Emperor to seek roots and worship their ancestors. In the Analects of Confucius, there were five or six people in late spring, five or six in the crown and six or seven in the boy, who bathed in interpretation, danced in the wind and sang back, while in the Preface to Lanting, Qushui was related to Shangsi Festival.

"March 3rd" is not only a simple traditional song meeting of Zhuang people, but also an important day for Zhuang people to worship their ancestors and ancestors of Pangu and Buluotuo. On March 3rd every year, young men and women of Zhuang nationality gather in the street to sing and hold a banquet by the river. At the same time, "March 3rd of Zhuang Nationality" is not only an important traditional festival of Zhuang nationality, but also a traditional festival of Han, Yao, Dong and Miao nationalities in Guangxi.