The meanings of eating rice dumplings are to seek a son, to honor one's ancestors, and to gain fame and fortune.
1, the meaning of the son: the Dragon Boat Festival, people will give each other nine son of zongzi symbolizing the son. Nine son of rice dumplings are mostly as a gift to friends and relatives, because "rice dumplings" harmonic "in the son", folk have eaten "rice dumplings" can get the son of the custom. "Zongzi" is the "son" of the harmonic, implying that the prosperity of the people.
2, the ancestors: because "zong" and "zong" sound close, so the Dragon Boat Festival to eat zongzi symbolizes to take the "ancestors", so every family in the Dragon Boat Festival time to eat on the zongzi. When eating rice dumplings.
3, merit in: because the "dumplings" and "in" sound close to the meaning of "merit in". Usually the ancient imperial examinations are in the fall, so in the Dragon Boat Festival, to get the merit in the first person to eat zongzi can mean a move in the.
Different zongzi around the difference
Because of the different regions, from the material to the zongzi leaves, there is a big difference, and even the shape of the "package", there are also very different, such as the early people prevalent in the cow's horns to sacrifice to the sky, so the zongzi of the Han and Jin dynasties, made into a horn shape, as one of the ancestor worship supplies. As one of the ancestral supplies. In addition, there are generally positive triangular, positive quadrangular, pointed triangular, square, long and other various shapes.
Because of the different dietary habits around the world, zongzi formed a north-south flavor, which is more famous zongzi Beijing zongzi, is the representative varieties of the northern zongzi, Beijing zongzi head is larger, for the diagonal quadrangular or triangular.
Most of the market supply is glutinous rice dumplings. In the countryside, it is still customary to eat rhubarb rice dumplings. Sticky and fragrant, distinctive flavor, Beijing dumplings are mostly stuffed with red dates, bean paste, and a few also use dried fruit as filling.