Wild rice has its origins in ancient times, when village children went in groups to burn wild rice outside the village. The rice is from each family to ask for a hundred rice, dishes can go to any family field to pick broad beans, peas. On the day of Lixia, children go to other families for casual picking, but can not just pick a piece of land, you need to pick separately in different fields, this casual picking is tacitly recognized.

Jiangnan water towns, every summer, we have to eat "wild rice". The "wild rice" is called "wild rice" when children carry a cooking pot to the wild and cook it over a wood fire. The main ingredients used in the rice are wild bamboo shoots and beans, and there are also some condiments such as fava beans and greens, which are picked from the ground of the family or other families.

There are also children who go fishing in the river, while the adults set up pots and gather firewood to cook the rice. And will be ready to put the ingredients together into the pot to cook, there are "grains and fruits" meaning, ancient people also think that eat wild rice, to prevent heatstroke, people will become smarter, more diligent.