The origin of eating zongzi

The origin of eating zongzi: According to legend, after the death of Qu Yuan, the people of Chu were so sad that they flocked to the Miluo River to pay homage to Qu Yuan. The fisherman paddled the boat and fished for his real body back and forth on the river. A fisherman took out rice balls, eggs and other foods prepared for Qu Yuan and threw them into the river "plop, plop", saying that ichthyosaurs, shrimps and crabs would not bite Dr. Qu's body when they were full, and people followed suit.

An old doctor took an altar of realgar wine and poured it into the river, saying that he would stun the dragon water beast with medicine so as not to hurt Dr. Qu. Later, people were afraid that rice balls would be eaten by dragons, so they came up with a way to develop zongzi by wrapping rice with neem leaves and wrapping it with colored silk. Later, on the fifth day of May every year, there were customs such as dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

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Dietary taboos:

1, Zongzi should not be eaten cold, but must be eaten hot. The main component of zongzi is glutinous rice with high amylopectin content. After heating glutinous rice, amylopectin will gelatinize, which is beneficial to be decomposed by digestive enzymes and easier to digest; Once cooled, starch will age and grow again, and the cohesion between molecules will be strengthened, so it is not easy to be digested.

When eating zongzi, it is best to drink tea and water at the same time to help swallowing and digestion. Eat less, eat less at a time. You can choose mini zongzi.

3. When eating jiaozi, it should be accompanied by cool vegetables and fruit salad to relieve gastrointestinal discomfort.

4, jiaozi should be fully heated, boiled soft before eating.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-zongzi