In China, there are various unique folk customs, and eating eggs on the third day of the third lunar month is one of them. So why do people eat eggs on the third day of the third lunar month? What is the origin of this custom? Let us bring you the latest information from Huayi Network. The third lunar month is a beautiful month, a time when spring turns into early summer and all things are full of new vitality. The beautiful scenery appears in the third lunar month. Huayi Destiny Network will interpret March 2019 in the lunar calendar with you.

Why do people eat eggs on the third day of the third lunar month? What is the origin of eating eggs on the third day of the third lunar month?

There has always been a saying that on the third day of the third lunar month, people eat eggs. The most common way is to cook eggs with field vegetables. The belief is that eating field vegetable boiled eggs will prevent headaches. It is said that in the Chuci area, people suffered from headaches due to wind and rain. On the third day of the third lunar month, Shen Nong passed through Yunmengze (now Xiaogan), saw villagers suffering from headaches, and brought wild eggs and field vegetables to cook for them. After eating, their headaches disappeared, and the custom of "On the third day of the third lunar month, eat field vegetable boiled eggs, and be headache-free for a year" has continued until now. Field vegetables, also known as field vegetables or field greens, are a kind of wild vegetable growing at the edges of fields. Although it is a wild vegetable, it is delicious and nutritious. A folk proverb says: "On the third day of the third lunar month, field vegetables are like magic pills." "On the third day of the third lunar month, boil eggs with field vegetables." Spring is the season for picking and eating field vegetables. Eating field vegetables in spring is a traditional custom that has existed in Chinese folk culture for a long time. The Book of Songs has the line "its sweetness is like field vegetables"; Xin Qiji also wrote the poem "The peach and plum blossoms in the city worry about wind and rain, but spring lies in the field vegetables blooming by the stream."

What is the origin of eating eggs on the third day of the third lunar month?

The first story is that every year on the third day of the third lunar month, it is the day when Han people welcome the souls of their ancestors. People eat eggs to mourn their ancestors and hope to gain some spiritual blessings. The second story is about the social customs of young men and women in the Zhuang ethnic group's third day of the third lunar month song fair: touching colored eggs. Colored eggs are cooked eggs dyed in colorful colors used as a means of expressing affection. Young men hold colored eggs and touch the eggs held by girls; if the girl is not willing, she holds the egg tightly so that it cannot be touched. If she is in a hurry, she allows the young man to touch it. When the eggs crack, the two share the colored eggs, which sows the seeds of love.