我國江漢平原每逢端午節(jié)時，還必食黃鱔。黃鱔又名鱔魚、長魚等。端午時節(jié)的黃鱔，圓肥豐滿，肉嫩鮮美，營養(yǎng)豐富，不僅食味好，而且具有滋補功能。因此，民間有“端午黃鱔賽人參”之說。

Eating eel, on the Dragon Boat Festival in China Jianghan area eat eel. Eel, also known as eel, long fish. Dragon Boat Festival season eel is fat plump and tender delicious, nutritious, not only taste good, but for health function. Therefore the public say "Dragon Boat Festival eel better than ginseng".