rice dumpling （simplified Chinese: 粽子pinyin: zòngzi）A very popular dish during the Dragon Boat festival is zong zi. This tasty dish consists of rice dumplings with meat, peanut, egg yolk, or other fillings wrapped in bamboo leaves. The tradition of zong zi is meant to remind us of the village fishermen scattering rice across the water of the Mi Low river in order to appease the river dragons so that they would not devour Chu Yuan.
History
Eat about the Dragon Boat Festival, Zong origin, saying different. most extensive , most have the saying of influence is for 2000 former great patriotic poet Quyuan commemorate . allegedly pyramid-shaped dumpling input rivers, let Jiao dragon nibble , harm in order to avoid wound throw river die Quyuan.
As holding noon nongovernmental eat Zong customs from when, have no law textual criticism. west enter solicit west general write week say on " on wind notes ": " end noon is entered can Zong, a angle Shu, with Gu Yie Guo glutinous rice( glutinous rice ). " evidently enter , end noon no later to west eat use Ruo Yie Guo the pyramid-shaped dumpling of glutinous rice have already very much been current . have pyramid-shaped dumpling wrap sharp angle shape, so claim " angle Shu ". this and the form of today general pyramid-shaped dumpling similar. up to Tang , Song , the pattern of pyramid-shaped dumpling guadually much, Song generation wish Mu " matter writing kind assemble " in load angle Zong , awl Zong , water caltrop Zong , can Zong, balance hammer Zong, 9 sons Zong wait , this is for shape name . pyramid-shaped dumpling have filling, also seem from Song generation. as Song Ren Wu " in Kui record " in say : " clean out with glutinous rice net, lined jujube , Li, persimmon trunk, ginkgo and red bean, with Jiao Yie Huo Ruo Yie Guo Zhi. " have gone to tomorrow , settle , the kind of pyramid-shaped dumpling is more numerous , has formed the various schools that have characteristic . settle palace in " milk son Zong " most strive for , is with milk cool soak metre after boil.
* 米 mǐ rice
* 肉 ròu meat
* 枣 zǎo Chinese date
* 蛋黄 dànhuáng egg yolk
* 红豆 hóng dòu red bean
* 竹叶 zhú yè bamboo leaves
