In memory of Qu Yuan.

During the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan, an official of the Chu State, was patriotic and serving the people. He was slandered and threw himself into the Miluo River on the fifth day of May in 278 BC.

People of Chu State searched hard for Qu Yuan along the river, and were afraid that river fish would eat Qu Yuan, so they packed rice in bamboo tubes and threw them into the river to pay homage. This is the origin of the earliest rice dumplings in my country - Tong Zong.

From this tradition, people throw rice dumplings into the river on the fifth day of May every year to commemorate Qu Yuan.

In the "Xu Qi Xie Ji" written by Wu Jun of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, it is recorded that after Qu Yuan committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, the people of Chu State mourned him, so they used bamboo tubes to store rice and threw it into the water to pay tribute every Dragon Boat Festival.

Zongzi was officially designated as the Dragon Boat Festival food in the Jin Dynasty; by the Tang Dynasty, zongzi had become a festival and folk snack that appeared in the market in all seasons; in the Ming and Qing dynasties, zongzi became an auspicious food.

Zongzi has been popular for thousands of years. Together with glutinous rice balls in the first month and mooncakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival, it has become a symbol of folk culture and food culture inheritance. It still has endless charm in people's hearts.

Extended information: Other customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival 1. Guessing riddles. Many lanterns are hung in public places on the night of the full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival. People gather together to guess the riddles written on the lanterns, because it is a favorite activity of most young men and women. At the same time,

Love stories are also spread at these activities, so Mid-Autumn Festival lantern riddle guessing has also been derived as a form of love between men and women.

?2. Eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Appreciating the moon and eating mooncakes are essential customs for the Mid-Autumn Festival in various parts of China. As the saying goes: "August and fifteenth are full, and Mid-Autumn mooncakes are fragrant and sweet."

The term mooncake originated from "Meng Liang Lu" written by Wu Zimu in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, it was just a snack food.

Later, people gradually combined moon appreciation with moon cakes, which symbolized family reunion and expressed their thoughts. 3. Appreciating osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine. People often eat moon cakes and enjoy osmanthus during the Mid-Autumn Festival. They also eat various foods made from osmanthus, including pastries and candies.

Common.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, looking up at the osmanthus in the middle of the moon, smelling the fragrance of osmanthus, drinking a glass of osmanthus honey wine, and celebrating the sweetness of the family has become a beautiful enjoyment of the festival.

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