1. It is said that our ancestors will go home to visit their relatives and cross the Naihe bridge today. You can't cross without a boat. What can you do? So we sent some ducks down so that they could swim and bring them back;

2.听说中元节吃鸭子才能驱魔辟 邪；

2. It's said that eating ducks on Zhongyuan Festival can exorcise evil spirits;

当然以上纯属民间风俗传说

Of course, the above is pure folklore

并非科学依据，

It's not scientific,

以娱乐的心态看就好

It's good to have an entertainment attitude

另外，还有两个说法是比较客观的：

In addition, there are two more objective statements

在农村种稻谷之前

Before planting rice in the countryside

每户人家都会买上一些鸭子回来养

Every family will buy some ducks to raise

在割完稻谷后，

After cutting the rice,

他们通常把鸭子放到稻田里

They usually put ducks in rice fields

让鸭子吃掉田里的谷子和蚯蚓

Let the ducks eat the millet and earthworms in the field
          

种晚稻的时候

When planting late rice

农民为了犒劳自己，

In order to reward themselves,

开始杀鸭子过节

Start killing ducks for the festival

随着时间的推移，

as time goes on,

人们就习惯在这天吃鸭子了

People are used to eating ducks on this day

中元节正值鸭子当季，正好用来祭祀

Zhongyuan Festival is the duck season, which is used for sacrifice

以前，人们是开春时候，即三、四月份开始养鸭子

In the past, people started raising ducks in spring, that is, March and April

大约四至五个月后

About four to five months later

也就是“中元节”这段时间是鸭子成长的季节

That is, the period of "Zhongyuan Festival" is the season for ducks to grow up

由于古代人生活比较贫苦

Because ancient people lived in poverty

只有到了节日才舍得杀鸭子吃

Only when it comes to festivals can we be willing to kill ducks

于是一到鬼节家家户户就都杀鸭子、吃鸭子

So when it comes to the ghost festival, every family will kill and eat ducks

久而久之也形成了传统

Over time, tradition has also formed

但无论哪种说法

But either way

都挡不住香喷喷鸭肉的诱惑滴

Can't resist the temptation of delicious duck

或白切

Or white cut

或做成烧鸭。

Or roast duck.