Mysterious Zongzi The origin of Zongzi has always been a mystery. Among many stories, the most popular one is that Zongzi is made in memory of Qu Yuan. In fact, as early as ancient times, this kind of thing already existed. However, the names are different. At that time, it was called horn millet in the north and barrel millet in the south. In ancient times, the shapes of both corn and rice were too dramatic, because this kind of food was originally used for sacrifice.
Horn millet, which contains an important crop in ancient times (namely yellow millet), is shaped like a horn. Millet is an important crop in ancient times, which occupies an important position in ancient people's diet, so sacrificial occasions are indispensable. The horn shape has a special symbolic meaning in sacrifice, so this kind of tribute is produced, which is made by wrapping millet into a horn shape with water bamboo leaves.
However, the leaves of Zizania latifolia are not sticky, so they can't keep the shape of the horn by their own ability, and they can only keep the shape by binding this external force. Rice is cooked in a bamboo tube. Rice can't grow without water, so in southern rice areas, people worship the water god-Xiaolong. "It is an ancient activity of the Yue people to throw bamboo tubes filled with rice into the river to feed the little dragons during the Dragon Boat Festival, just like the custom of worshipping ancestors in the Northern Zhou Dynasty."
The bookbinding enthusiasts in the food industry, Zongzi and Crab, should be regarded as two bookbinding enthusiasts in the food industry, but Zongzi has more bookbinding methods and more doorways. At present, there are only two kinds of zongzi in our market, one is tied with cotton thread and the other is tied with iris.
Cotton thread is not "traditional" enough, and it does not deserve a name here. We believe that more traditional foods should be original. iris has won the favor of bookbinding enthusiasts in the food industry because of its tough characteristics. Since ancient times, tough iris leaves have been an excellent substitute for ropes. It is very easy to tie vegetables, fish and meat. Crabs are usually tied with irises. Of course, there are zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival.
In fact, it is not the most traditional way to tie zongzi with iris during the Dragon Boat Festival. The most authentic way is to tie zongzi with colored thread. Wu Jun of Nanliang recorded in "Continued Harmony": "Qu Yuan threw the Miluo River on May 5, and the Chu people mourned it. So far, rice has been stored in bamboo tubes and water has been thrown out as a sacrifice. During the Jianwu period of the Han Dynasty, I suddenly saw a scholar in Changsha who called Qu Qu. He said to the doctor, Qu said,' You should let me watch the sacrifice, which is very kind. Stolen by dragons all the year round. If there is any benefit today, it should be stuffed with neem leaves and wrapped in colored silk. These two things are what dragons are afraid of. "QuYi. I made zongzi on May 5 this year, using neem leaves and shredded pork, which is a legacy. "