What are the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in China?

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The origin of eating zongzi at the Dragon Boat Festival

Here is an interesting legend. In 340 BC, the patriotic poet, Chu state doctor Qu Yuan, faced with the pain of the death of the country, on May 5, grief and indignation in the arms of a large stone thrown into the Buro River, in order not to make the fish and shrimp damage to his body, people have to use a bamboo tube loaded with rice into the river. Later, in order to show respect and remembrance of Qu Yuan, every day, people will use bamboo tubes loaded with rice, throw the river to pay homage, which is China's earliest zongzi - "tube zongzi" origin.

Why later with mugwort leaves or reed leaves, lotus leaves package zongzi? So, people will be "Mushroom leaves wrapped in millet", made of "corn", passed down from generation to generation, and gradually developed into China's Dragon Boat Festival food.

The Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong, Dragon Boat Festival in the palace ate nine dumplings, the dragon's face was delighted, praised, pleased to write a poem: "the four times the flower is clever, nine dumplings compete with the new."

Nine dumplings is a kind of dumplings, that is, for the nine dumplings connected to a string, large and small, large in the upper, small in the lower, different shapes, very good-looking, and with nine colors of silk thread tied, colorful. Nine rice dumplings are mostly used as gifts for friends and relatives, such as mothers to married daughters, mothers-in-law to the newlywed daughter-in-law's gift. Because the "dumplings" harmonic "in the son", folk have eaten "dumplings" can get the son of the saying.

The Qing Dynasty poet Wu Man-yun also wrote a poem in praise of the nine rice dumplings: "Wrapped even tube rice hosting spring, nine colorful strands of tie heavy, green mushroom faded out of the cloud skin white, laughingly said that the cook lotus root is loose again."

The dumplings are not only a lot of shapes, varieties, and the flavor of each place is also different, mainly sweet, salty two kinds. Sweet water dumplings, red bean dumplings, broad bean dumplings, date dumplings, rose dumplings, melon dumplings, bean paste lard dumplings, date mud lard dumplings and so on. Savory flavor has pork rice dumplings, ham rice dumplings, sausage rice dumplings, shrimp rice dumplings, diced meat rice dumplings, etc., but to pork rice dumplings more. In addition, there are southern flavors of the assorted rice dumplings, bean paste rice dumplings, mushroom rice dumplings, etc., as well as a head of sweet and a head of salty, a rice dumplings, two flavors of the "double spelling rice dumplings". These dumplings are to Zao dumplings of different flavors, making the dumplings family colorful.

Because of the spread of food culture, as early as in ancient times, China's production of rice dumplings technology has been transmitted to foreign countries, and thus many countries around the world also have the custom of eating rice dumplings.

Peruvians eat rice dumplings on Christmas Day, the whole family sits together, while celebrating Christmas, while eating rice dumplings, and even some of the daughters who have been married, in this day also want to rush back to her mother's home, and then taste her mother's handmade rice dumplings.

The Burmese also love rice dumplings. On the Dragon Boat Festival, they use glutinous rice as the main ingredient and ripe bananas and coconut as the filling, and these rice dumplings have an enticing aroma, are soft and sweet, and have a distinctive flavor.

Japan's Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth month of the solar calendar, and the main ingredient of their dumplings is rice flour, which is shaped like a bell.

Malaysian dumplings, shaped like the dumplings in Guangdong, China, which is characterized by a larger head, in addition to fresh meat dumplings, ham dumplings, there are bean paste dumplings and coconut dumplings, eating very tasty.

Philippine dumplings are long, flavor and our country zhejiang east of the same dumplings. Dumplings are also an essential food for Filipinos at Christmas.

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