Chinese traditional festival food zongzi Chinese traditional festival food zongzi introduction

1, zongzi, that is, zongzong_, is a kind of _, also known as "corn", "tube zongzong", by zongzhi leaves wrapped in glutinous rice steamed from the traditional Chinese festivals, is one of the food. Zongzi appeared as early as before the Spring and Autumn Period, initially used to worship ancestors and gods. To the Jin Dynasty, the zongzi become the Dragon Boat Festival food. The custom of eating rice dumplings has prevailed in China for thousands of years and has spread to Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.

2, folklore eating zongzi is to commemorate the qu yuan, legend has it that zongzi is to pay tribute to the qu yuan of the river and passed down. Zongzi as China's history and culture is one of the deepest accumulation of traditional food, the spread is also very far. Qu Yuan is the first great patriotic poet in Chinese history, the founder of Chinese Romantic literature, the founder and representative writer of "Chu Rhetoric", opened up the tradition of "Vanilla Beauty", known as "the ancestor of the rhetorics He is known as the "Ancestor of Rhetoric" and "Ancestor of Chinese Poetry".