The custom of zongzi

1. Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom in China. Hiragi leaves, Indocalamus leaves or reed leaves are mainly used to make zongzi, which are collectively called zongzi leaves. The traditional form of zongzi is a triangle, which is generally named after the inner pulp.

2. Zongzi has many shapes, which reflect different regional characteristics. Zongzi not only has many shapes, but also has different varieties. Due to the different tastes in different parts of China, there are mainly two kinds: sweet and salty. Sweet dumplings include white dumplings, red bean dumplings, broad bean dumplings, red date dumplings, rose dumplings, melon seeds dumplings, red bean paste lard dumplings, jujube paste lard dumplings and so on. Salty taste: pork jiaozi, ham jiaozi, sausage jiaozi, shrimp dumplings, diced pork jiaozi, etc. But there are more pork dumplings.

3. There are Hiragi leaves and egg yolk, jiaozi (Hainan), assorted jiaozi, jiaozi with bean paste, mushrooms, etc. With southern flavor; There is also a sweet and salty "double dumpling". These zongzi all have different tastes.

Extended information Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival is a festival founded by the ancestors of Baiyue in ancient times to worship their ancestors. It is said that Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period, jumped into the Miluo River on May 5th and committed suicide. Later, people also took the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. There are also sayings in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E and meson push.

Generally speaking, the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the auspicious day when the ancestors of Baiyue in the south chose "Dragon Ascending to Heaven" to worship the dragon ancestors, and injected the seasonal fashion of "eliminating diseases and preventing epidemics" in summer. Dragon Boat Festival is considered as an "evil moon day", which originated in the northern part of the Central Plains to commemorate Qu Yuan and other historical figures. The formation of the Dragon Boat Festival custom can be said to be the product of the integration of North and South customs.

Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. Dragon Boat Festival culture has a wide influence in the world, and some countries and regions in the world also celebrate it. In May 2006, the State Council listed it in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; Since 2008, it has been listed as a national statutory holiday.

In September, 2009, UNESCO officially approved its inclusion in the representative list of intangible cultural heritage of mankind, and the Dragon Boat Festival became the first festival in China to be selected as a world intangible heritage.

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