Method for make zongzi handicraft

The making method of zongzi handicraft is as follows:

Handmade materials and tools: cardboard, glue and scissors.

1. Cut off about one third of the width of the square cardboard to form a rectangle, as shown below.

2. Fold a small side inward on one side of the long side, as shown below.

3. Fold a small edge inward on the opposite side, as shown in the figure below.

4. As shown in the figure below, apply a strip of glue to the edge.

5. Pull the opposite side and stick it where it just stuck. After gluing, it will be cylindrical, as shown in the figure below.

6. Apply a circle of glue to one edge of the cylinder, as shown below.

7. Glue the opposite sides together, as shown in the figure below.

8. Apply a circle of glue to the other edge, as shown below.

9. Stick it in the direction perpendicular to the other side, as shown in the figure below. The shape of zongzi is ready.

10, cut two small tissues, as shown in the figure below.

1 1. Stick a piece of paper around the zongzi, as shown below.

12. Another piece of paper is also glued to the zongzi, as shown below. Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival will be ready.

The following is a detailed description of the meaning of Zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival:

1. symbolizes harvest and blessing.

In the traditional culture of China, Zongzi, as an important traditional food, is one of the indispensable symbols of the Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi is made of glutinous rice and other materials, cooked and eaten. Its shape is triangular or rectangular, which means praying for good harvest and good luck. During the harvest season of Dragon Boat Festival, people eat zongzi to pray for a bumper harvest, family and beauty, and good luck.

2. The meaning of exorcism

Traditionally, the Dragon Boat Festival is also regarded as the most dangerous day of the year, so people will take various ways to exorcise evil spirits. Zongzi, as a kind of food, is considered to have the effect of avoiding evil spirits. According to legend, Qu Yuan was a great writer and patriotic poet in ancient China. After he committed suicide and threw himself into the river on the Dragon Boat Festival, people wrapped him in sticky rice to drive away evil fish and shrimp in order to prevent aquatic animals such as fish and shrimp from hurting his body.

Since then, people have steamed rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves, and eating rice dumplings means driving away evil spirits.

3. Sacrificing ancestors and commemorating Qu Yuan

Zongzi is also closely related to offering sacrifices to ancestors and commemorating Qu Yuan. Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet in ancient times, and also to pay tribute to our ancestors. On the Dragon Boat Festival, people will prepare some zongzi as sacrifices to their ancestors to show their respect and gratitude. This is also the embodiment of traditional customs and cultural heritage.