The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the 5th month of the Chinese lunar calendar. This usually falls in early June.
The festival pays tribute to Qu Yuan, Chu was a poet and high official of the state. There are several variants of the story, but all end with Qu Yuan drowned in the river on Miluo 5 5, 278 BC
It is said that Qu Yuan was passionate versions of social reform, but these disturbing more conservativeMembers of the Court. They talked the king into exile, Qu Yuan, a punishment that has been accepted to be able or not.
Another version says that you can ignore the threat of a neighboring state just experienced. When the leaders and attacked the capital, took a last poem he wrote before committing suicide.
The festival was created as his fellow Dragon Boat honored the memory of Qu Yuan by the Racing to the site of his supposed drowning. They threw Specialpyramid-shaped sticky rice cake wrapped in leaves in water to nourish his soul. This Zongzi now form an essential part of any Dragon Boat Festival.
Some say that the rice cakes were made of it to feed the fish so as not to eat his body. Others say that the fishermen Qu Yuan appeared in a dream complaining that their initial offers were made by a local dragon, hence the need for packaging lily leaf.
Whatever the story is true, it is interestinghave a symbolism of food, and nice to see a patriot to be honored, even if a bit 'too late.
Zongzi are sticky or glutinous rice and the shape of a pyramid. Over time the style of packaging and content have evolved to adapt to local conditions in China.
Zongzi hours often include bean or nut paste in the middle (peanuts and walnuts to your favorites), or eggs or meat.
The pack is generally from all main local paper. bamboo leaves are used forSouth, corn and other similar sheets to the north.
The Zongzi are steamed or boiled for hours trying to infiltrate into the content and taste of the leaves in rice, the production of a series of snacks rather than a single dish.
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