Why can’t we give rice dumplings as gifts during the Dragon Boat Festival? When is the best time to send rice dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival?
The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four major traditional festivals in my country. Giving gifts during the Dragon Boat Festival is also quite popular. So, let’s take a look at why we can’t give rice dumplings as gifts during the Dragon Boat Festival? When is the best time to send rice dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival? We bid farewell to early summer in April and usher in midsummer in May. Many people are not ready for the scorching summer, but midsummer has arrived quietly. Pay attention to Shuimo.com’s special topic on May of the Lunar Calendar in 2022 and take a look at more content about May!Why can’t we give rice dumplings as gifts during the Dragon Boat Festival?It is quite common to give rice dumplings as gifts during the Dragon Boat Festival, because giving rice dumplings represents good wishes. There is a kind of rice dumpling called nine-child rice dumpling, and people often give this kind of rice dumpling with the meaning of praying for children. It is often a kind of beautiful expectation given by parents to their daughters and by the in-laws to their daughters-in-law. Also, because the Chinese character for “zongzi” in Chinese and “gaokao gongming” in Chinese have similar pronunciations, sending zongzi means expressing the hope that the other person will pass the imperial examination soon and become a high-ranking scholar.Of course, in some areas of our country, people think it is bad to send rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival. The reason why you can’t send zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival: Because zongzi is the food for commemorating ancestors, it is not appropriate to give it to the living. In addition, "sending zongzi" has the homonym of "sending off the dead", which people believe is unlucky. Therefore, zongzi cannot be given on the Dragon Boat Festival. If there is no local custom against sending rice dumplings, then you can send them. When is the best time to send rice dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival?The best time to send Zongzi during Dragon Boat Festival: one week or three days in advanceThe reason why it is recommended to send rice dumplings in advance is mainly because they can be eaten in advance. There are usually more rice dumplings in a rice dumpling gift box, but it is not advisable to eat too many rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival. Therefore, sending it in advance can allow family members to eat it in advance, and there is no need to eat too much on the Dragon Boat Festival, which will cause physical harm. Why do we eat rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival?Zongzi, also known as "zongzang", is commonly known as zongzi. The main ingredients are glutinous rice and fillings. It is wrapped in reed leaves (or hollyhock leaves) and has various shapes, including pointed and square. Zongzi has a long history and was originally used as an offering to ancestor gods. After being introduced to the north, millet (millet is produced in the north) was used to make rice dumplings, which were called "Jiaoshu". Due to different eating habits in different places, rice dumplings have formed northern and southern flavors; in terms of taste, there are two types of rice dumplings: salty and sweet. The custom of eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival has been popular in China for thousands of years. It has become one of the most influential and widespread folk food customs of the Chinese nation, and has spread to Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries. |
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