Zvizhinji zvekudya zveChinese zvinotarisirwa kuremekedza vamwe vanamwari kana vanhu vanobva kuna Mwari munhoroondo. Zong Zi - gorosi rakagadzirwa nemupunga rakaputirwa mumasango kana mashizha emasango - hazvina kudaro. Inoreva kuremekedza Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), munyori wepayenzi weChina yekare.
Qu Yuan aiva mudetembi akakurumbira uyo ainyanya kufunga nezvekuguma kwehurumende yake. Zvinosuruvarisa kuti chimiro chake chakamutsa godo ramambo, uyo akamudzinga kune imwe nzvimbo iri kure.
Munyori wenhau akatadza hurumende nemitemo yayo. Apo guta guru rehurumende rakabatwa nevavengi, akazviuraya nokuzviwisira muRwizi rwaMiluo (musi waMay 5 zvichienderana neKendendari yegore yeChina). Vanhu vechiChinese vakaona kurasikirwa uku zvakanyanya, sezvo aive mudetembi anodikamwa zvikuru. Vanhu vomunharaunda vakatsvaga iye murwizi, panguva iyo vachidonha dumplings yemucheka wakakoswa wakavharwa mumasango kana mashizha mumutsara kuitira kuti hove dzirege kurwisa muviri waQuanan.
Kubvira panguva iyoyo, yakange iri tsika mazuva ano kufara Zong Zi dumplings sechiyeuchidzo mudetembi wekuda nyika. Mukuwedzera, kunewo mutambo unonzi Duan Wu kana Dragon Boat Festival. Kana iwe ukazomboshanyira China munguva yeSara Boat Boat Festival, iwe haungagoni kupotsa tsika yose yenyika yekufarira Zong Zi. Iwe unofunga kuti unofadzwa nekunakidza kwezvinonaka izvi, uye nekunhuhwirira kwakanyanya kwemashizha akaiswa paganda re dumplings.
Ndichiri kuyeuka ndichiita uye ndinonakidzwa naZong Zi achiri mwana. Pamwe chete nehanzvadzi nehanzvadzi dzangu ndakatarisa pedo nechitofu, ndichikumbira kuti ndive nekutora, ndisingakwanisi kumirira kusvikira yaigadzirwa. Takanga tichida zvikuru sezvo chikafu chacho chakaitwa kamwe chete pagore musi waMay 5. Asi iye zvino zvakasiyana chaizvo. Zita Chinese Zong Zi haisi kungoitirwa Mutambo weDuan Wu.
Inowanika chero nguva yegore. Uye nzvimbo dzomunharaunda dzakagadzira mararamiro avo nemhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzemarara.
Chinhu chikuru chikuru cheZong Zi ndiro rizi rinokudzwa . Chinhu chinotevera chinonyanya kukosha ndeye mashizha kana mashizha mashizha anoita kuvhara uye kuita Zong Zi zvakasiyana nemamwe marudzi eChinese dumplings. Kuzadza kunowanzova nemisi kana kuti inotapira mutsvuku. Ava ndivo vandaimbova navo mumhuri mangu. Ndinovada ivo vakawanda kupfuura avo vane nyama asi hama yangu haiti. Anoti nyama iyo inotyisa.
Nzvimbo inotungamira yezvokudya ndeye Jia Xing, guta rekare mujinga reZhejiang. Mhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzeZong Zi dzinoitwa pano. PaWu Fang Zhai, zvokudya zvinogadziriswa zvekudya, iwe uchawana zvose zvishandiso zvaunoda: dumplings ane nyama, inotapira nyuchi uye machechi, mbeu dzejotus, mazuva, uye yolk yeii.
Kana zvinhu zvikawanikwa kwauri, zvinonyatsoita kuti iwe uite chiChinese Zong kumba; zvose nekuda kwemufaro uye zvichida zvakare kukudza munyori mukuru, Qu Yuan. Nenzira, mugore ra2006 Dragon Dragon Festival inowira pasi musi waMay 31, maererano nekendendari yezuva. Iwe zviri nani iwe kugadzirira mambure hove.