The Significance and Traditional Culture of Zongzi

The significance and traditional culture of Zongzi are as follows:

Significance of Zongzi: Zongzi is a kind of food to celebrate the traditional Chinese festival Dragon Boat Festival. It has the meaning of ancestor worship, and it has also been given the meaning of commemorating Qu Yuan, a doctor of Chu State.

Traditional culture: The earliest record of Zongzi is The Story of the Wind written by Zhou Chu, the prefect of Xinping in the Western Jin Dynasty: "Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, cooking corn." Later, Wu Jun, a Southern Liang writer, wrote in The Story of Continuation: "Qu Yuan died in Miluo on May 5, and the Chu people mourned it, so they stored rice in bamboo tubes and sacrificed it with water."