The custom of cooking eggs with vegetables on March 3rd originated in Hunan

On the third day of the third lunar month, there is a custom of cooking eggs with shepherd's purse. It is said that eating eggs cooked with shepherd's purse will prevent back and leg pains and headaches throughout the year. Ground vegetable also has the effects of clearing heat and stopping bleeding, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, and promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.

The custom of cooking eggs with vegetables on March 3rd originated in Hunan

March 3rd of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival for the Han ethnic group and many ethnic minorities, which falls on the third day of the third month in the lunar calendar. It was called Shangsi Festival in ancient times. According to legend, March 3rd is the birthday of Emperor Huangdi. There is a saying in ancient China that "On February 2nd, the dragon raises its head; on March 3rd, Xuanyuan is born." After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Shangsi Festival was changed to March 3rd, and it was inherited by later generations, thus becoming a festival for the Han people to feast by the water and outing in the suburbs in spring.