1, the origin of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival. According to folklore, after Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, Chu people threw food into the river to prevent fish, shrimp, turtles and crabs from eating Qu Yuan's body. Year after year, in order to commemorate Qu Yuan, on the Dragon Boat Festival, people wrapped glutinous rice with bamboo leaves and jiaozi with a pointed water chestnut, rowed a dragon boat to the Miluo River and threw it into the river to offer sacrifices to Qu Yuan. This is the origin of eating zongzi and rowing dragon boats on the Dragon Boat Festival.

2. Related allusions: Qu Yuan (about 340- 278 BC), a poet of Chu at the end of the Warring States Period, advocated the cultivation of talents and statutes at home, and joined forces with external forces to fight against Qin, but he was repeatedly exiled. After Qin Jun conquered the capital of Chu, he sank into the Miluo River. Masterpieces such as Li Sao. (See Biography of Qu Yuan for details.

Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is one of the holiday customs. Zongzi, or Zongzi, commonly known as Zongzi, is a kind of Zongzi. "Qi" is a tribute to the gods and ancestors in festivals. There are many kinds of qi, and different festivals will make different qi. It is an ancient custom to make Qi sacrifice to gods and ancestors. The main materials of Zongzi are rice, stuffing and bamboo leaves (or Hiragi leaves). Because of the different eating habits in different places, zongzi has formed a north-south flavor; In terms of taste, zongzi can be divided into salty zongzi and sweet zongzi.

4. Influence: The custom of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival has been popular in China for thousands of years, and it has become one of the most influential and widespread folk food customs of the Chinese nation, and spread to North Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.