On the fifth of May, it is Duanyang; eating rice dumplings, hanging sachets; door insertion of wormwood, incense full of halls... It is almost the Dragon Boat Festival, eating rice dumplings and hanging sachets is our tradition of the festival. At the Huilian Commercial Building in Xujiahui Business District, the Zongzi stalls and sachet stalls specially set up for the Dragon Boat Festival are particularly popular, and many customers are looking for childhood memories to purchase.
Despite the rain, on the morning of June 10, there was a queue in front of the Wufangzhai stall of Huilian Commercial Building, and the classic flavors of large meat dumplings, egg yolk meat dumplings, red bean dumplings, and bean paste dumplings were still the main force in sales. Many customers have booked gift boxes in advance to facilitate gifts during the festival. There are also many customers who come from other places to buy and go home to eat rice dumplings with their families for the Dragon Boat Festival.
Qiao Jiazha next door launched the "handmade dumplings", which is characterized by abandoning assembly line production, pure handmade, cooking for more than 4 hours, just like the "taste of mother". And two innovative flavors were introduced: "Double Egg Yolk Giant Meat Dumpling" with two egg yolks and "Lard Sandwich Dumpling" with burned lard plate oil, which were very popular. This year, the overall sales of rice dumplings in shopping malls have also increased greatly.
According to the staff of the mall, this year, Huilian Commercial Building rebuilt a Chinese-style dim sum street, gathering well-known long-established Zongzi brands in Shanghai in order to update and better experience customers, and Zongzi sales increased by about 50% year-on-year.
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Of course, the Dragon Boat Festival is also indispensable to sachets. Following the aroma of Chinese herbal medicine, you can find the Dragon Boat Sachet Culture Booth not far away. The sachet is made of 16 kinds of incense powder, which has the effect of "aromatic insect avoidance" and "refreshing the mind", and contains the beautiful meaning of "auspicious peace" and "avoiding evil spirits and driving away plague". Some customers are picking their favorite sachet styles. Smelling the familiar scent, I found the memories of my childhood.
Also selling well is Cangshu Baizhi smoker, which is mainly composed of Chinese medicinal materials such as Cangshu, Baizhi, and Mugwort, and contains a special flavor of aromatic oil, which has the effect of repelling insects and disinfecting. Generally, the weather turns hot around the Dragon Boat Festival, and mosquitoes begin to breed, which is the season of frequent epidemic diseases and spread. Since ancient times, people have been accustomed to burning "Cangshu Baizhi" around the Dragon Boat Festival to ward off insects and avoid evil spirits, and it is also one of the thousand-year customs of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival.
There are two kinds of usage, you can pour the smoker into the iron container, ignite it and let it scatter the smoke, generally smoked for more than two hours. When using, close the doors and windows first, and remove flammable items around, avoid burning in the open fire state, people leave the house, smoke is completed, and the pot is removed to prevent the dark fire from rekindling. You can also put a certain amount of "Cangshu Baizhi" in a cloth bag with breathability, place it in the corner of the house, the window, so that the aroma of Traditional Chinese medicine is naturally emitted, which also plays a role in repelling insects and avoiding evil.