Why do you eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival?

Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, also known as Dragon Boat Festival or Duanyang Festival. It is usually celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Eating zongzi is one of the traditional customs of Dragon Boat Festival. There are mainly the following statements:

In memory of Qu Yuan: According to legend, during the Warring States period, the doctor of the State of Chu was driven out by the nobles and threw himself into the river. In memory of him, people threw rice wrapped in bamboo leaves into the river to prevent fish and shrimp from eating his body. Later, people named this rice-wrapped food "Zongzi".

Exorcise evil spirits and avoid plague: Dragon Boat Festival is an important time node in summer and the peak of disease epidemic in a year. Legend has it that zongzi contains herbs such as Puwei leaves and wormwood, which can ward off evil spirits and avoid epidemics and protect the safety and health of family members.

Celebrating Harvest: Dragon Boat Festival is also an important agricultural solar term, which coincides with the maturity of various crops in southern China. Eating zongzi symbolizes "a good harvest in one year" and also expresses gratitude to the land and nature.

In a word, eating zongzi is one of the customs closely related to the Dragon Boat Festival in China traditional culture, which contains strong historical, cultural and folk connotations.