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What does zongzi mean?

What does zongzi mean?

Zongzi has the meaning of celebrating Dragon Boat Festival, commemorating Qu Yuan, praying for fame, paying homage to ancestors and remembering ancestors. Zongzi is one of the traditional festival foods of the Chinese nation. It appeared before the Spring and Autumn Period and was originally used to worship ancestors and gods. In addition, Zongzi also means zombies, evil spirits and other unclean things.

What does zongzi mean?

The main materials of Zongzi are glutinous rice, stuffing and bamboo leaves (or Hiragi leaves). Because of the different eating habits in different places, zongzi has formed a north-south flavor; In terms of taste, zongzi can be divided into salty zongzi and sweet zongzi. The custom of eating zongzi, for thousands of years, every year on the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people in China have to soak glutinous rice, wash zongzi leaves and make zongzi. Zongzi, as one of the traditional foods with the deepest historical and cultural accumulation in China, is widely spread.

And "Zongzi" is still a code word circulating among grave robbers, which refers to the relatively well-preserved bodies in the tomb, not rotting, but being transformed. It is difficult to touch zongzi, which refers to unclean things such as zombies and evil spirits, and comes from the novel of the author of "Ghost Blowing Lights". Novels such as "Ghost Blowing Lights" and "Notes on Grave Robbery" all mention that black donkey hooves can be used for restraint. Zhang Qiling's blood can be used for restraint, but it is a personal factor.