Video tutorial on making zongzi with clay

The process of making zongzi with clay is as follows:

On the traditional festival Dragon Boat Festival, we often eat delicious zongzi. What I want to share with you today is how to make a lovely model of zongzi with clay. Let's have a look!

Materials:

Yellow clam shell clay, green clam shell clay, red and yellow reed plasticine, marking tools, scissors.

Steps:

1. First, we need to prepare yellow and green flip clay. Knead two colors of clay into small balls, and then flatten them into ellipses with the palm of your hand.

2. Then, we need to butt the middle of two ellipses to make them stick together. This forms a herringbone structure. Next, fold the corners of both sides to the center to make them into triangles.

3. Now, we need to flatten the triangle again to make it thinner. Then fold it back and make it into a long strip.

4. Next, we need to choose red and yellow reed leaves plasticine to imitate the tying rope on zongzi. Knead plasticine into a slender line and wrap it around the Dorobou from both ends to make it look like zongzi tied with a belt.

Finally, we need to carve the reed leaf shape, rice grains and meat of Zongzi on clay with line carving tools. Such a lovely model of zongzi has been made!

Summary:

After reading the above tutorial, I believe everyone has mastered the method of making zongzi with clay. The manufacturing process is relatively simple and does not require too much material. Whether we do it ourselves or teach our children to do it, we can have a deeper understanding of the traditional Dragon Boat Festival and increase the fun of the festival. I hope you can try this interesting handicraft project!

Expand one's knowledge

Zongzi, a steamed food made by wrapping glutinous rice with Zongzi leaves, is one of the traditional festival foods in China. Zongzi, as one of the traditional foods with the deepest historical and cultural accumulation in China, is widely spread. The custom of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival has been popular in China for thousands of years, and even spread to East Asian countries.

Zongzi, or Zongzi Zan, is made of glutinous rice and stuffing and wrapped with bamboo leaves (or Hiragi leaves, bamboo leaves, etc.). ) and has various shapes such as sharp corners and quadrangles. Zongzi has a long history, originally as a tribute to ancestors and gods. North and South have different names. Millet is produced in the north, and glutinous rice is made into zongzi, which is angular. In ancient north, it was called "corn millet".