The Custom of Eating Zongzi

吃粽子的习俗

It is a tradition to eat zongzi，pyramid-shaped dumplings made of sticky rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves，with different fillings added for interest. According to one popular story,such dumplings were thrown into the river as food for the fish and shrimp¹ to keep them from eating QuYuan's body. These dumplings now are bolted and eaten on the holiday. Suzhou in Jiangsu province and Ningbo and Jiaxin in Zhejiang province are known for their zongzi with date and sweet bean paste,ham,or bacon filling. Beijing is famous for date and preserved fruit fillings. They are made in various shape,three-or-four-cornered,or in the shape of a pillow,ax,ox horn and pagoda². The largest ones may weigh half a kilogram. For more than 2 000 years,people not only in China but also in Southeast Asia,Japan and Vietnam have maintained the tradition of eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival.

吃粽子是一个传统，金字塔形的粽子里面包的是糯米与不同馅料，外面用竹叶或芦苇叶包裹。据一个受欢迎的故事，粽子被扔进河里喂鱼、虾，让它们不吃屈原的身体。这些粽子现在是分开的和在假期食用。江苏苏州和浙江江苏、嘉兴的粽子以其里面包着红枣、豆沙、火腿，熏肉而闻名。北京的粽子以其里面包着红枣和果脯馅而闻名。它们做出不同的形状，三角或四角，或枕头、斧头、牛角和宝塔的形状。最大的可能重达半公斤。超过2000多年，不仅中国人，而且在东南亚，日本和越南也一直保持着在端午吃粽子的传统。