粽子英文版.ppt

Rice dumpling
Like many traditional Chinese foods, the traditional Chinese rice dumpling was created to honor an honorable in China's history
Qu Yuan (340-278 .) - the famous poet of ancient China.
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The origins of rice dumplings are traced to the legend of Qu Yuan, a well-loved poet who drowned himself in a river. To stop the fish from eating his body, people made rice dumplings and threw them into the river.
Another version of the legend states that the rice dumplings were made to placate a dragon that lived in the river.
Generally speaking ,on the Dragon Boat Festival, every family will make rice dumplings at home.
Rice dumpling is delicious and not expensive.
Making Rice Dumplings
Ingredients (材料)
two bamboo leaves lengthwise.   (將兩片粽葉疊在一起)
3. Fold the two bamboo leaves, making a funnel.  (將粽子折成漏斗的形狀)
4. Fill the funnel with soaked sticky rice.   (在漏斗型的粽葉中放入