In memory of Qu Yuan. Why did Si Mao, who got the wrong name, ask his dad to make rice dumplings for the Mid-Autumn Festival? But I answered that it was to commemorate Qu Yuan. The Mid-Autumn Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, the patriotic poet in ancient China. Zongzi is the traditional food of the Dragon Boat Festival. Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it has been popular among the people. There are rice dumplings, which originated from the saying that people paid homage to Qu Yuan. It is said that after Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River, the people all lamented and mourned. The ambitious Qu Zi left the Chu State like this, which was a real loss to the country. Therefore, in order to prevent fish and shrimp from eating Quzi, the people threw rice grains into the river one after another, hoping that the fish and shrimp would only eat the rice grains without damaging Quzi's body.