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What is the
origin of zong zi?
Zong
zi is glutinous rice wrapped in reed leaves.
One story tells about why rice is wrapped
this way. During the Eastern Han Dynasty,
there lived in Changsha a man named Ou Hui,
who one day chanced to meet a man who called
himself the Minister in Charge of the Affairs
of Three Aristocratic Families. This man
told Ou Hui, “It is very good of you
to offer me gifts of rice, but most of them
are stolen and devoured by the river dragon.
In the future, please wrap them up in chinaberry
leaves and tie them up with color threads.
The leaves and threads will scare away the
dragon, and he will never touch them again.”
People did as they were told, and this is
why zong zi is made the way as it is.
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