The beautiful moral of zongzi is four words.

Because the pronunciations of "Zongzi" and "Zong" are similar, eating Zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival means "honoring ancestors", so every household eats Zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival.

2. In memory of Qu Yuan

Qu Yuan was a Chu man in the Warring States Period. Seeing that the country was going to die, Qu Yuan threw himself into the Guluo River and died on May 5th. People rowed boats to salvage Qu Yuan's body and sprinkled rice into the river to prevent fish and shrimp from invading Qu Yuan. So the Dragon Boat Festival has the custom of dragon boat racing and eating zongzi.

3. fame and fortune

Because the sound of "Zongzi" and "Zhong" is similar, it means "in the scenic spot" and it means fame in the ancient bachelor's examination. Usually, ancient imperial examinations are held in autumn, so during the Dragon Boat Festival, people who want to win the first place in fame can be suggested to eat zongzi.

Types of zongzi

Zongzi includes red dates, red beans, red bean paste, bacon, salted eggs and fresh meat. Zongzi also has sweet, salty and alkaline flavors, and has various shapes such as square, long, regular triangle and regular four corners.

Zongzi was originally used to worship ancestors and gods. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, millet soaked in plant ash water. Because the water contains "alkali", millet is wrapped in leaves and boiled into a quadrangle, which is called Guangdong alkaline water zongzi. In the Jin Dynasty, Zongzi was officially designated as the festival food of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Miscellaneous zongzi appeared in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the rice was mixed with animal meat, chestnuts, red dates and red beans. , the variety has increased. Zongzi is also used as a gift for communication. In the Tang Dynasty, the rice used for zongzi was conical and rhombic. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, zongzi became auspicious food; It is said that all the champions who took part in the imperial examination at that time had to eat the "pen zongzi" specially wrapped for them at home before going to the examination room. This kind of zongzi looked like a writing brush, and it was homophonic to win the lottery.