On May 5th, Dragon Boat Festival, every family ate jiaozi. And my favorite is to eat zongzi! I secretly tell you that I can eat several zongzi at a time! You must not say that I can only eat but not cook! I can also make zongzi: before making zongzi, I will soak the glutinous rice necessary for making zongzi in water for a while. Wash the collected Indocalamus leaves with clear water, then roll the Indocalamus leaves into a cone and add glutinous rice. Just roll it up and tie the zongzi with thread! If you add a few candied dates to zongzi, it will taste better.
Speaking of Dragon Boat Festival, we can't help thinking of Qu Yuan because of him. This theory originated from the Continued Harmony written by Wu Jun in the Liang Dynasty and the Chronicle of Jingchu in the Southern Dynasty. It is said that after Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River, the local people immediately rowed for rescue, and all the way to Dongting Lake, but Qu Yuan's body was never seen. It was raining at that time, and the boats on the lake gathered at the pavilion on the shore. When people learned that it was to salvage the sage Dr. Qu, they went out in the rain and rushed into the vast Dongting Lake. In order to mourn, people rowed on the river, and later it gradually developed into a dragon boat race. People were afraid that fish in the river would eat his body, so they went home and threw rice balls into the river to prevent fish and shrimp from ruining Qu Yuan's body. Later, eating zongzi became a custom. Eating zongzi and racing dragon boats on the Dragon Boat Festival seems to be related to commemorating Qu Yuan. The young man wore a sachet from his sweetheart, which naturally aroused the discussion of men and women around him and praised the ingenuity of the young man's object. Hanging sachets is also good for your health! The spices in sachets are usually made by crushing and mixing the roots of plants, such as Atractylodes macrocephala and Angelica dahurica. In the past, due to the underdeveloped medicine, these sachets with sterilization function were all carried on children, which played the role of avoiding evil spirits, preventing mosquitoes and preventing the harassment of ominous things. The stuffing of modern sachets has made a breakthrough: lavender, verbena, rosemary and dried flowers can all be used to make sachets.
After reading the above, I believe you like Dragon Boat Festival as much as I do. Because it's fun and delicious. However, South Korea is actually competing with us for the Dragon Boat Festival. What do you think is the reason? But we really don't pay as much attention to this festival as South Korea, so we must pay attention to the traditional festivals in our country.