The origin of zongzi

According to folklore, Zongzi is eaten to commemorate Qu Yuan, and it is said that Zongzi was handed down to commemorate Qu Yuan who threw himself into the river. Zongzi, as one of the traditional foods with the deepest historical and cultural accumulation in China, is widely spread.

It is said that after Qu Yuan entered the Miluo River, the people all sighed and mourned, and Qu Zi, whose ambition was not rewarded, left the State of Chu in this way, which was really a national disaster. Therefore, in order to prevent fish and shrimp from eroding Qu Zi, people throw rice into the river one after another, hoping that fish and shrimp will only eat these rice grains without damaging Qu Zi's body. ?

In Jin Dynasty, Zongzi was officially designated as Dragon Boat Festival food. At this time, in addition to glutinous rice, jiaozi also added Alpinia oxyphylla, and the boiled jiaozi was called "Yizhi jiaozi". Rice is mixed with the meat of rare animals, chestnuts and so on. And there are more and more varieties. Zongzi is also used as a gift for communication.

Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and other places where Chinese people live together also have the custom of eating zongzi.

Extended data:

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.

Zongzi should be eaten while it is hot. Zongzi with oil, meat and egg yolk should not be eaten raw, especially for people with poor digestion. Some poor quality glutinous rice will harden after cold, and the retrogradation of miscellaneous grains zongzi is more obvious after cold.

Zongzi is the staple food, you can eat it for three meals, and breakfast is more suitable. Because breakfast generally has a bad appetite and a small appetite, fragrant and warm zongzi is very convenient to eat.

References:

Zongzi-Baidu Encyclopedia