The dumplings in the dumplings and Zong harmonic, the moral is the light of the ancestors.

The moral of the dumplings:

1, the ancestors

Because the "dumplings" and "Zong" sound close, so the Dragon Boat Festival to eat rice dumplings moral to take the "ancestors", so every family has to eat rice dumplings, so every family has to eat rice dumplings.

2, in honor of Qu Yuan

Qu Yuan is the warring states of chu people, when qu yuan see the country will die, in the fifth of may cast the bubbler river and die. The people rowed their boats to salvage Qu Yuan's body and scattered rice into the river to prevent fish and shrimp from infesting Qu Yuan. So the Dragon Boat Festival has the custom of dragon boat racing and eating zongzi.

3, merit in

Because the "dumplings" and "in" sound close to the meaning of "merit in", in ancient times means bachelor's exams in the merit. Usually, the ancient imperial examinations were held in the fall, so in the Dragon Boat Festival, the people who want to get the first place in the examination can eat rice dumplings can symbolize a move in the.

Expanded

The historical development of zongzi:

The end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, to grass ash water soaked in corn, because the water contains alkali, with the Mizong leaves wrapped in corn into a quadrangular shape, boiled, known as the Guangdong alkali water zongzi. Jin Dynasty, zongzi was officially designated as the Dragon Boat Festival food. At this time, the package zongzi raw materials in addition to glutinous rice, but also add the Chinese medicine Yizhi Ren, cooked zongzi called "Yizhi zongzi". Rice mixed with rare birds and animals, chestnuts, etc., more varieties.

Tang Dynasty rice dumplings have been "white as jade", the shape of the dumplings appeared conical, diamond-shaped. Song Dynasty, there have been "candied fruit dumplings", that is, fruit into the dumplings. At this time also appeared with zongzi piled up into buildings, pavilions, wooden cars, cows and horses for the advertisement, indicating that the Song Dynasty to eat zongzi has been very fashionable.