The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar is the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanyang Festival, the Munch Day, the Ai Festival, the Duan Fifth, the Afternoon Day, and the Summer Festival. Although the names are different, the customs of people in various places are the same. The Dragon Boat Festival is an old custom in my country for more than 2,000 years. Every day on this day, every household hangs a statue of a bell Kui, hangs mugwort leaf and calamus, races dragon boats, eats rice dumplings, tunes realgar wine, travels around all diseases, and matches fragrant sachets to prepare the sacrifice wine. <br />This year's Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, and I made many rice dumplings early, including meat dumplings with sausage, sweet dumplings with candied dates and peanuts, and sweet dumplings with red beans.
The annual "Dragon Boat Festival" is coming, a traditional festival for China people. Every Dragon Boat Festival, I buy a few rice dumplings to eat, but I rarely make rice dumplings myself. The main reason is that it is troublesome and time-consuming to make! <br />In the past, when grandma was alive, the family made her own rice dumplings. When grandma was gone, she could only buy them every year. Every year, I buy rice dumplings to pay homage to my grandma first, and then everyone can share it. <br />Grandma's hands are very skillful and can make many kinds of rice dumplings. They are made quickly and well. There are various shapes and fillings. A big pot is cooked. After cooking, only a few are left at home, and most of them are given to neighbors. Neighbors all said that it is much better than what they buy outside. <br />Since there are activities on the Dragon Boat Festival, I also take this opportunity to share with you the things I learned to make rice dumplings with my grandma when I was a child. In fact, I only knew how to pack one, but it was unsatisfactory! At that time, I always liked to help grandma make rice dumplings. The rice dumplings were either not in good shape or very loose. At this time, grandma would often praise me for my progress and tear them apart before wrapping them. Hehe, I am clumsy and poor in packaging and I can't learn. However, grandma always took pains and patience to teach me. I didn't graduate when grandma passed away. This craft was lost in my family since then, and later I had to buy them and eat them! <br />You can usually use bamboo leaves or reed leaves to make rice dumplings. The wider ones are better, but it doesn't matter if it is narrower. You can use several pieces to make rice dumplings. Make them as big as you imagine, hehe! In fact, it's not good to wrap it too big. It takes several hours to cook and requires a large pot. I feel that the maximum is no more than two taels. <br />Today, I have prepared four types of rice dumplings fillings, so I will use the four-corner wrapping method that I am still a little familiar with to make a few to embarrass everyone, haha! The specific practices are as follows;
