1, 340 BC, patriotic poet, Chu state doctor Qu Yuan, faced with the pain of the death of the country, on May 5, grief and indignation in the arms of a large stone thrown into the Bioluo River. In order not to make the fish and shrimp damage his body, people have put the bamboo tube filled with rice into the river. Later, in order to show respect and remembrance of Qu Yuan, every day, people will be bamboo tube loaded with rice, into the sacrifice, which is China's earliest zongzi - "tube zongzi" origin.

2, why later and then use mugwort leaves or reed leaves, lotus leaves package zongzi? So, people will be "Mushroom leaves wrapped in millet", made "corn". Passed down from generation to generation, and gradually developed into our Dragon Boat Festival food.