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Tammy

May 19, 2025

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Zongzi

I wrapped more than ten Zongzi last night.

They were very plain, just including sticky rice and millet. The cover was 箬叶 which I corrected during my last hiking trail, a special type of bamboo leaves.

I sent some pictures of these Zongzi to my friends, and they were surprised because most Chinese in our generation didn't know how to wrap Zongzi, even the generation before us.

Well, as I've mentioned here, I was raised by my great-grandmother. Although she didn't read much, she taught me a lot of things as games. Wrapping Zongzi was a tough one for me, despite I liked eating Zongzi very much. When my great-grandmother was alive, I always wrapped up a few ugly ones and then went to play.

On the first Dragon Boat Festival after my great-grandmother passed away, I was in the third year of junior high school. At that time, no one wrapped Zongzi for me. One weekend, I noticed that reed leaves in my family were going bad and My parents didn't seem to want to use them, so I found out all the ingredients and made a whole pot of zongzi.

When I was cooking the Zongzi, an older relative who had once bullied me lifted the pot cover, ate one by himself, and even laughed at my imperfect Zongzi.

Why do I remember this so clearly?

Because in China, it is impolite to criticize older relatives. But the older generation in your family can defend you. After my great-grandmother left me, I had no defender anymore.

That's why I wrap some Zongzi every year before the Dragon Boat Festival, to remember my great-grandmother and the warmth she once gave me.


昨晚我包了十多个粽子。

它们都挺简单的,只有糯米和小米。包粽子的材料是我上次徒步路上摘的箬叶,一种特殊的竹叶。

我发了一些粽子的照片给朋友们看,他们都很惊讶。因为我们这一代,少有人会包粽子,甚至上一代也不多。

就像我曾写过的,我是我曾祖母带大的。她不怎么识字,但她像玩儿一样教了我很多东西。对我来说,包粽子是里边比较难的一个,尽管我挺喜欢吃粽子的。曾祖母在世时,我总是包几个丑丑的就自己跑出去玩了。

曾祖母去世后的第一个端午节,我正读初三。那一次,再没有人给我包粽子了。有个周末,我注意到家里的芦苇叶快变质了,我的父母似乎不想用它们,所以我找来了所有的材料,做了一整锅粽子。

在我煮熟粽子的时候,一个曾经欺负过我的老亲戚拿起锅盖,自顾自地吃了一个,还嘲笑我包的粽子不完美。

为什么我记得这么清楚?

因为在中国,批评长辈亲戚是不礼貌的。但你家里的长辈可以围护你。在我曾祖母离开我之后,再也没有人来围护我了。

这就是为什么我每年在端午节前包一些粽子的原因了,以纪念我的曾祖母和她曾经给我的温暖。

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Zongzi

I wrapped more than ten Zongzi last night.

They were very plain, just including sticky rice and millet.

The cover was 箬叶, which I corrllected during my last hiking trailip, a special type of bamboo leavesf.

I sent some pictures of these Zongzi to my friends, and they were surprised because most Chinese in our generation didon't know how to wrap Zongzi, even the generation before us.

Well, as I've mentioned here, I was raised by my great-grandmother.

Although she didn't read much, she taught me a lot ofmany things asthrough games.

Wrapping Zongzi was a tough one for me, despiteeven though I liked eating Zongzi very much.

On the first Dragon Boat Festival after my great-grandmother passed away, I was in the third year of junior high school.

At that time, no one wrapped Zongzi for me.

One weekend, I noticed that the reed leaves in my family were going bad, and Mmy parents didn't seem to want to use them, so I found outcollected all the ingredients and made a whole pot of zongzi.

Whilen I was cooking the Zongzi, an older relative who had once bullied me lifted the pot cover, ate one by himself, and even laughed at my imperfect Zongzi.

Why do I remember this so clearly?

Because in China, it is impolite to criticize older relatives.

Same here

But the older generation in your family can defend you.

After my great-grandmother left me, I had no defender anymore.

That's why I wrap some Zongzi every year before the Dragon Boat Festival, to remember my great-grandmother and the warmth she once gave me.

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We have a food wrapped here using leaves like Zongzi, but palm leaves are used instead. The name of the food is Nigerian bean pudding (Moin-moin). It's not my favourite.

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Tammy

yesterday

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谢谢!

哈哈哈哈,有机会来尝尝粽子,我们有各种口味的。

Zongzi

I wrapped more than ten Zongzi last night.

They were very plain, just includingfilled with sticky rice and millet.

or "filled with just sticky rice and millet".

The cover was 箬叶 which I corrected during my last hiking traile (or: on the previous trail I hiked), a special type of bamboo leaves.

I sent some pictures of these Zongzi to my friends, and they were surprised because most Chinese in our generation didon't know how to wrap Zongzi, even the generation before us.

Well, as I've mentioned here, I was raised by my great-grandmother.

Although she didn't read much, she taught me a lot of things asin the form of games.

Wrapping Zongzi was a tough one for me, despiteeven though I liked eating Zongzi very much.

When my great-grandmother was alive, I always wrapped up a few ugly ones and then went to play.

On the first Dragon Boat Festival after my great-grandmother passed away, I was in the (or: my) third year of junior high school.

At that time, no one wrapped Zongzi for me.

One weekend, I noticed that the reed leaves in my family home were going bad and Mmy parents didn't seem to want to use them, so I found outlooked up all the ingredients and made a whole pot of zongzi.

When I was cooking the Zongzi, an older relative who had once bullied me lifted the pot cover, ate one by himself, and even laughed at my imperfect Zongzi.

Why do I remember this so clearly?

Because in China, it is impolite to criticize older relatives.

But the older generation in your family can defend you.

After my great-grandmother left me, I had no defender anymore.

That's why I wrap some Zongzi every year before the Dragon Boat Festival, to remember my great-grandmother and the warmth she once gave me.

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Well done, Tammy! Your great-grandmother must have been a wonderful person. I can imagine how delicious Zongzi must be, because there's a similar dish in Chinese-Filipino culture called "Machang".

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Tammy

May 20, 2025

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Thank you!

I searched for “Machang” on Bing. It looks like salty Zongzi without covers and seems delicious too.

Zongzi

I wrapped more than ten Zzongzi last night.

They were very plain, just includingfilled with just sticky rice and millet.

The cover was 箬叶 which I corr(had) collected during my last hiking traile, a special type of bamboo leaves.

I sent some pictures of these Zzongzi to my friends, and they were surprised because most Chinese in(people) of our generation didn't know how to wrap Zongzi, even the generation before us, and even the generation before us, don't know how to wrap zongzi.

I learned to wrap zongzi from my ex-wife. :-)

Well, as I've mentioned here, I was raised by my great-grandmother.

Although she didn't read much, she taught me a lot of things as games.

Wrapping Zzongzi was a tough one for me, {despite the fact that | although } I liked eating Zzongzi very much.

I like zongzi very much, too. I always looked forward to the dragonboat festival in Taiwan for this reason. Dragonboat racing is still popular in Taiwan, as is zongzi wrapping (and eating).

When my great-grandmother was alive, I always wrapped up a few ugly ones and then went to play.

On the first Dragon Boat Festival after my great-grandmother passed away, I was in the (or: my) third year of junior high school.

At that time | That year, no one wrapped Zzongzi for me.

“That year” is more natural.

One weekend, I noticed that the reed leaves [in my family garden? | near my family home?] were going bad and Mmy parents didn't seem to want to use them, so I found outgathered all the ingredients and made a whole pot of zongzi.

Leaves can’t be “in your family” (this would make them members of your family :-) but they could be in your garden, on your land, near your home, etc.

When I was cooking the Zzongzi, an older relative who had once bullied me lifted the pot cover, ate one by himselfwithout invitation, and even laughed at my imperfect Zzongzi.

Why do I remember this so clearly?

Because in China, it is impolite to criticize older relatives.

But the older generation in your family can defend you.

After my great-grandmother left me, I had no defender anymore.

That's why I wrap some Zzongzi every year before the Dragon Boat Festival, to remember my great-grandmother and the warmth she once gave me.

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That’s a nice tradition to maintain. Thanks for sharing it.

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Tammy

May 20, 2025

1

谢谢!

我在家里找齐所有的材料,是要用look up么?我一直以为look up是找文本上的资料呢。

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JoeTofu

May 20, 2025

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抱歉,因为我只有看那句话的英文版,没有参考中文版,所以我以为你要说你查看了食谱。“找齐材料” 可以说 “gathered the ingredients”。我会把我原来写的改正。

Tammy's avatar
Tammy

May 21, 2025

1

谢谢!

The cover was 箬叶 which I corrllected during my last hiking trail, a special type of bamboo leaves.

I sent some pictures of these Zongzi to my friends, and they were surprised because most Chinese people in our generation didn't know how to wrap Zongzi, even the generation before us.

Wrapping Zongzi was a tough one for me, despitealthough I liked eating Zongzi very much.

One weekend, I noticed that reed leaves in my family were going bad and Mmy parents didn't seem to want to use them, so I found out all the ingredients and made a whole pot of zongzi.

Tammy's avatar
Tammy

May 20, 2025

1

Thank you!

Have a nice day!

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They were very plain, just including sticky rice and millet.


They were very plain, just includingfilled with sticky rice and millet.

or "filled with just sticky rice and millet".

They were very plain, just includingfilled with just sticky rice and millet.

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The cover was 箬叶 which I corrected during my last hiking trail, a special type of bamboo leaves.


The cover was 箬叶 which I corrllected during my last hiking trail, a special type of bamboo leaves.

The cover was 箬叶 which I corrected during my last hiking traile (or: on the previous trail I hiked), a special type of bamboo leaves.

The cover was 箬叶 which I corr(had) collected during my last hiking traile, a special type of bamboo leaves.

The cover was 箬叶, which I corrllected during my last hiking trailip, a special type of bamboo leavesf.

I sent some pictures of these Zongzi to my friends, and they were surprised because most Chinese in our generation didn't know how to wrap Zongzi, even the generation before us.


I sent some pictures of these Zongzi to my friends, and they were surprised because most Chinese people in our generation didn't know how to wrap Zongzi, even the generation before us.

I sent some pictures of these Zongzi to my friends, and they were surprised because most Chinese in our generation didon't know how to wrap Zongzi, even the generation before us.

I sent some pictures of these Zzongzi to my friends, and they were surprised because most Chinese in(people) of our generation didn't know how to wrap Zongzi, even the generation before us, and even the generation before us, don't know how to wrap zongzi.

I learned to wrap zongzi from my ex-wife. :-)

I sent some pictures of these Zongzi to my friends, and they were surprised because most Chinese in our generation didon't know how to wrap Zongzi, even the generation before us.

Well, as I've mentioned here, I was raised by my great-grandmother.


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Although she didn't read much, she taught me a lot of things as games.


Although she didn't read much, she taught me a lot of things asin the form of games.

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Although she didn't read much, she taught me a lot ofmany things asthrough games.

Wrapping Zongzi was a tough one for me, despite I liked eating Zongzi very much.


Wrapping Zongzi was a tough one for me, despitealthough I liked eating Zongzi very much.

Wrapping Zongzi was a tough one for me, despiteeven though I liked eating Zongzi very much.

Wrapping Zzongzi was a tough one for me, {despite the fact that | although } I liked eating Zzongzi very much.

I like zongzi very much, too. I always looked forward to the dragonboat festival in Taiwan for this reason. Dragonboat racing is still popular in Taiwan, as is zongzi wrapping (and eating).

Wrapping Zongzi was a tough one for me, despiteeven though I liked eating Zongzi very much.

When my great-grandmother was alive, I always wrapped up a few ugly ones and then went to play.


When my great-grandmother was alive, I always wrapped up a few ugly ones and then went to play.

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On the first Dragon Boat Festival after my great-grandmother passed away, I was in the third year of junior high school.


On the first Dragon Boat Festival after my great-grandmother passed away, I was in the (or: my) third year of junior high school.

On the first Dragon Boat Festival after my great-grandmother passed away, I was in the (or: my) third year of junior high school.

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At that time, no one wrapped Zongzi for me.


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At that time | That year, no one wrapped Zzongzi for me.

“That year” is more natural.

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One weekend, I noticed that reed leaves in my family were going bad and My parents didn't seem to want to use them, so I found out all the ingredients and made a whole pot of zongzi.


One weekend, I noticed that reed leaves in my family were going bad and Mmy parents didn't seem to want to use them, so I found out all the ingredients and made a whole pot of zongzi.

One weekend, I noticed that the reed leaves in my family home were going bad and Mmy parents didn't seem to want to use them, so I found outlooked up all the ingredients and made a whole pot of zongzi.

One weekend, I noticed that the reed leaves [in my family garden? | near my family home?] were going bad and Mmy parents didn't seem to want to use them, so I found outgathered all the ingredients and made a whole pot of zongzi.

Leaves can’t be “in your family” (this would make them members of your family :-) but they could be in your garden, on your land, near your home, etc.

One weekend, I noticed that the reed leaves in my family were going bad, and Mmy parents didn't seem to want to use them, so I found outcollected all the ingredients and made a whole pot of zongzi.

When I was cooking the Zongzi, an older relative who had once bullied me lifted the pot cover, ate one by himself, and even laughed at my imperfect Zongzi.


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When I was cooking the Zzongzi, an older relative who had once bullied me lifted the pot cover, ate one by himselfwithout invitation, and even laughed at my imperfect Zzongzi.

Whilen I was cooking the Zongzi, an older relative who had once bullied me lifted the pot cover, ate one by himself, and even laughed at my imperfect Zongzi.

Why do I remember this so clearly?


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Because in China, it is impolite to criticize older relatives.


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Because in China, it is impolite to criticize older relatives.

Same here

But the older generation in your family can defend you.


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After my great-grandmother left me, I had no defender anymore.


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That's why I wrap some Zongzi every year before the Dragon Boat Festival, to remember my great-grandmother and the warmth she once gave me.


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