What is the history of China Zongzi?

Zongzi has a long history. In the spring and autumn period, millet was wrapped in mushroom, water and bamboo leaves into a horn shape, which was called "horn millet". Rice packed in bamboo tubes is sealed and baked, which is called "tube zongzi". During the Warring States Period, after San Lv, a doctor of Chu State, and Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet, committed suicide by throwing themselves into the Miluo River, people put rice in bamboo tubes to let the fish eat rice instead of biting Qu Yuan's body.

On the other hand, it is a sacrifice to Qu Yuan. Zongzi has always been an indispensable food for the Dragon Boat Festival. In addition to commemorating Qu Yuan, Zongzi is also considered to be related to Wu Zixu belief in Jiangsu and other places. According to local chronicles, "It is not Qu Yuan who serves Dr. Wu with zongzi in the afternoon."

"Local Customs of the Western Jin Dynasty" wrote: "Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, cooking corn." The Book of Qi Yao Min (Volume 9) quoted local custom records to describe Zongzi as "obscuring the image when Yin and Yang are still in the same phase".

During the Southern Liang Dynasty, jiaozi was wrapped on May 5th, and the jiaozi was stamped with neem leaves and wrapped with colorful silk thread. According to the legend that "harmony is different from the continuation of Qi", in the middle of the Jianwu period of Guangwu Emperor, there was a man in Changsha who called himself "Doctor San Lv" and said, "It is very kind to see a gentleman as a sacrifice. Stolen by dragons all the year round. If there is any benefit today, it should be stuffed with neem leaves and wrapped in colored silk. These two things are what Xiaolong is afraid of. "