Anyuan Mugwort Eggs

Anyuan Mugwort Eggs

　　Anyuan Mugwort Eggs. In Anyuan, Jiangxi Province, the Dragon Boat Festival, along with the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese New Year, is regarded as one of the three major traditional festivals of the year. Key activities include making zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), hanging mugwort leaves on doors, and taking herbal baths. During this time, the streets are packed with people—mostly those buying bamboo leaves for wrapping zongzi, locally called zongruo; there are also vendors selling mugwort leaves, which are used not only for door decoration but also to make mugwort rice cakes, known locally as aiban, as well as mugwort soup or to boil mugwort eggs, which have a very fragrant aroma.