1, according to folklore, eating eggs gives birth to the heart. Because the egg is shaped like a heart, it is generally believed that eating duck eggs can keep the spirit from losing money. On the one hand, eating salted duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival is for good luck and praying not to get sick for a year, on the other hand, it is for improving life. There is a legend about eating salted duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival.

According to legend, a long time ago, there was a god of plague in the sky. Every Dragon Boat Festival, he always sneaks into the people to spread the epidemic. Most of the victims are children, ranging from fever and anorexia to bedridden. Mothers are very distressed about this, so they go to Nu Wa Niangniang Temple to burn incense and kowtow, begging her to eliminate disasters and bless future generations.

When Nu Wa learned about this, she went to the God of plague and said, "You will never be allowed to hurt my first child again." Knowing that Nu Wa had magical powers, God of plague dared not object, so he asked, "I wonder how many first-class children there are in the lower bound of the Empress." Nu Wa smiled and said, "I have many children. To tell you the truth, I ordered my first-grade children to hang an egg bag in front of their skirts every Dragon Boat Festival. You are not allowed to fool around with any children with egg bags. "

This year's Dragon Boat Festival, the plague god went down again, only to see a small net bag with boiled salted duck eggs hanging on the children's chest. The god of plague thinks that they are all children of Nu Wa, so they dare not hurt anyone. In this way, the custom of eating salted duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival gradually spread.