Rice-pudding from dragon boat festival, in this day, Chinese people will be eat Rice-pudding, because of to commemorate Qu Yuan.
Introduction of Qu Yuan
According to history book “SHI JI",QU YUAN who is The Spring and Autumn Period minister. Chu Yuan [Qu Yuan ] (340-278 b.c.), the chief poet in the Songs of Chu, was a member of the ruling house, a statesman and diplomat.
Qu yuan was one of the greatest Chinese romantic poets; China is one of the earliest famous poet and a great statesman. But Chu Yuans comet-like success incurred the jealousy of his fellow ministers, who slandered and intrigued against him.
Because the favour of qu yuan's lost king and fired office. After some ups and downs in his career - because he was recalled to every banished, only once again become court rebuffed confounded. During that time, his country is in danger. Failed to heed the advice of Qu yuan, the king's a meeting with the king of chu silly chin (shaanxi), the most powerful military nation, during that time, he held the chin, troops and died in captivity. His son, new king, not revenge death, his fathers and he a humiliating the enemies of peace. However, it did not stop chin aggressive design on, Qu Yuan, he has begun his exile due to his political defeat, live long enough, see his country's capital, rape, ruined his chin the conquering army in 278 b.c. At that time, qu yuan is already a has more than sixty, the old man to fall of the Qu Yuan capital is the final blow his patriotic hope. He does not seem to have long survived his diaster, for the next we hear of him is that he had drowned himself in the river Mi-lo. As the first known great poet in China, Chu Yuan has been called the father of Chinese poetry and has become, in the opinion of some, a national culture hero.
How to make Rice-Pudding
material: Glutinous rice two jins of half, green beans, two jins of about half a catty of wild-pigs, spices, salted duck eggs, mushrooms, dried shrimp five apply adequate amount, dry convoy, Yunnan ham meat is right amount, rice-pudding leaves (leaves) a kilo, which a small salt-water grass.
Another: the preparation with scissors a kitchen
step1: Green bean: cold water to immerse in advance before night, and the next day to rub hands grabbed Green bean, green bean skin will flake. Remove about half of the almost as mung bean skin, add oil, little salt s.
step2:mushroom: hot water, soak overnight in advance when soaking in a hot water into puts a bit of sugar, can take out flavor.
step3: Rice-pudding leaf and salty water grass: early night on pot hot water to boil a weakened was taken, the dumplings, and cute leaves on with a clean cloth a piece of the two sides to wash (words, can be boiled lazy long point, then rinse, but cook together for a long time, also the fresh fragrance the bamboo got didn't), then put cold water soak overnight. Set aside.
step4: Before use wild-pigs: cut with five spice, a little chunk of soy sauce seasoning salt marinate twenty minutes.
step5: Wash eggs: half cooked, with small spoon, cut the meat salted duck eggs dig out, again half-and-half patent.
step6: Rice: washed bubble five minutes, pour out the water, put little salt, little sugar oil.