Shepherd's Purse Boiled Egg
by Jie Ma's Gourmet
Favorite
Shepherd's purse egg (folk snack)
March Yangchun game Tatiantou shepherd's purse field Lian nest outing on the way to cook eggs, herbal lingdan to fight diseases
The third month of the third month of the lunar calendar was called "Shangsi Festival" in ancient times, and it is a traditional folk festival in our country. Legend has it that March 3 is the birthday of the Yellow Emperor, and there is a saying that "On February 2, the dragon raises its head; March 3, Xuanyuan is born." The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: "It is the month before, and the officials and people are on the east flowing water. It is said to wash away the scum, go to the dirt and stubborn, for the great 絜." There are different folk customs in various places, because of the book Sheng Wang Xizhi's day. In Shaoxing Lanting Qushuiliu is repaired, so it is also called "Calligraphy Festival".
On March 3, there is a folk custom of eating shepherd's purse and boiled eggs. It is said that "shepherd's purse is used as a pill on March 3 in Yangchun." Shepherd’s purse is also known as local vegetables, ground vegetables, protective grass, Qingming vegetables, etc., and it is a favorite edible wild vegetable. It has high nutritional value, various eating methods, and high medicinal value. It has the effects of harmonizing the spleen, diuresis, hemostasis, improving eyesight, lowering blood pressure, and anti-inflammatory. It is known as "a good vegetable with both food and medicine. Good medicine". The local folk proverb: "March 3, climb the mountains, local cauliflower, and eggs." Spring is in Xitou shepherd's purse flowers, it is the day, people climb the mountain, along the way pick shepherd's purse, boil it with the eggs, for shepherd's purse eggs, there is heat annealing , In addition to diarrhea, detoxification and other effects. It is also said that March 3 is the birthday of shepherd's purse flowers, and the folk song says: "On March 3, shepherd's purse flowers compete with peony. Women don’t wear it, but they have no money. Women wear granary when they wear it."