蒋大女儿
Wu Zixu was a native of Chu, and later fled to Wu because Chu wanted to destroy his family. Later, he and Sun Wu became good friends, almost destroyed the state of Chu, and excavated the corpse of King Chu Ping to whip the corpse.
After the death of King Helu, Wu Wang-fuchai assumed the throne. In the struggle for hegemony between Wu and Yue, Wu Jun defeated Yue, and Gou Jian, king of Yue, asked for peace.
Wu Zixu suggested that the grass be cut down and eradicated, but the husband almost agreed to the agreement. Subsequently, Yue used alienation tactics to buy up traitors and eventually his husband sent Wu Zixu to death.
Before he died, Wu Zixu said, "After I died, I dug out my eyes and put them on the east gate of the capital to see the Vietnamese army destroy Wu.
Fucha was so angry that he put Wu Zixu's body in a leather bag and threw it into the river on the fifth day of May. Later generations commemorated Wu Zixu on the Dragon Boat Festival.
中文翻译：
伍子胥是楚国人，后来因为楚国要将他全家灭掉，伍子胥就逃到了吴国。后来和孙武成为好朋友，差点灭掉了楚国，并将楚平王尸体挖掘出来鞭尸。
吴王阖庐死后，吴王夫差即位。在吴越争霸之中，吴军击败越国，越王勾践请和。伍子胥建议，斩草除根，但夫差一意孤行同意议和。随后，越国使用离间计，收买奸臣，最终夫差赐死伍子胥。
死前，伍子胥说：我死后把我眼睛挖出来，放在都城东门上，看越军灭吴。夫差大怒，将伍子胥尸体装在皮革袋子里，在五月初五投入大江。后人由此端午纪念伍子胥。
蒙古无双皇帝
A very popular dish during the Dragon Boat festival is tzung tzu. This tasty dish consists of rice dumplings with meat, peanut, egg yolk, or other fillings wrapped in bamboo leaves. The tradition of tzung tzu is meant to remind us of the village fishermen scattering rice across the water of the Mi Low river in order to appease the river dragons so that they would not devour Chu Yuan.
Elaine暖阳
Zong Zi - a glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves - is no exception. It is meant to honor Qu Yuan (340-278 BC.), the pioneer poet of ancient China.Qu Yuan was a famous poet who was also concerned about the fate of his government. Unfortunately his stature aroused the jealousy of the king, who banished him to a remote area. The poet despaired of the government and its policies. When the state's capital was captured by enemies, he committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River (on May 5th according to the Chinese lunar calendar). The Chinese people felt this loss deeply, as he was a much beloved poet. Local folk searched for him in the river, meanwhile dropping dumplings of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves into the river in order to keep the fishes from attacking Qu Yuan's body.Since that time, it has been customary on this day to enjoy Zong Zi dumplings as a memorial to the patriotic poet. In addition, there is also a festival called the Duan Wu or Dragon Boat Festival. If you ever visit China during the Dragon Boat Festival, you can't miss the nationwide custom of enjoying Zong Zi. You are sure to be impressed with the delicacy of this snack, and with the faint scent of the leaves imprinted on the skin of the dumplings.I still remember making and enjoying Zong Zi as a child. Along with my brothers and sisters I hovered around the stove, begging to have a taste, unable to wait until they were cooked. We were very eager since the food was made only once a year on May 5th. But now it is quite different. The Chinese Zong Zi is not only made for the Duan Wu Festival. It is available at any time of the year. And local areas have developed their own styles and varieties of dumpling.The main ingredient of Zong Zi is the glutinous rice. The next most important ingredient is the bamboo or reed leaves which form the wrapping and make Zong Zi distinct from other types of Chinese dumplings. The filling often contains either dates or sweetened red bean paste. These are the ones I once had in my family. I like them much more than the ones with meat but my brother doesn't. He says the meat ones are terrific.The leading place for the food is Jia Xing, an ancient town in Zhejiang province. Many different types of Zong Zi are made here. At Wu Fang Zhai, a monopolistic food processor, you'll find all the ingredients you need: the dumplings with meat, sweetened bean paste and chestnuts, lotus seeds, dates, and yolk of egg.If the materials are available to you, it is quite possible for you to make Chinese Zong Zi at home; both for pleasure and maybe also to honor the great poet, Qu Yuan. By the way, in the year 2006 the Dragon Boat Festival happens to fall on May 31st, according to the solar calendar. You'd better prepare a net for the fish.
