Zongzi of Dragon Boat Festival
Axia, our ducks are small,
but they lay big eggs.
They've brought credit to themselves.
I'll get two more ducklings later.
What's up?
Do you want the egg or not?
You can't eat that. There is duck shit.
Apenjie, here you are.
You cooked corn?
This is the largest one.
Thank you.
I'll save some to use when wrapping zongzi.
Straw Ash
Salt
Zanthoxylum Powder, Pepper Powder, Tsaoko Powder, Chili Powder
Immerse into White Wine
What food are you making?
Salted duck eggs.
What's this?
Is it edible?
It's used to wrap zongzi. It smells good.
You look nice.
You look so nice today.
Marinate for One Month
Burmese Osmanthus
Wow!
It smells so good.
This one is for you, Axia.
Keep it steady. Don't move.
Apenjie, the flowers picked below are fully open.
Yeah.
Wangwang.
Does it smell good?
It smells good.
Fufu, let's get some sticky rice to wrap zongzi.
Physical labor is liable to make us feel hungry.
This is so cute.
I'll get two lollipops.
Wangwang, behave when you stay at home.
This flower is for you.
Be good.
Dad, we're going back.
Okay.
Take care.
I'm going to pick reed leaves, Axia.
Go ahead.
The verdant leaves here are captivating.
You go home from the front.
I'm going to dig anise roots.
I remember there is a hoe here.
Anise Roots
It's coming out soon.
Wow.
The roots smell so good.
It's best to stew with chicken.
What a nuisance.
I'd better cover it with soil,
or it'll wither.
Wow. So many fruits on the jackfruit tree.
The fragrance of lotus leaves.
Alas. So much duckweed.
We're back!
My sister is back!
Fufu is back!
Laifu went around with me for a day.
Grandma, how is it going with your weaving?
I've dug some anise roots.
We haven't had it for two years.
It's great to have it this year.
It smells good, grandma.
Blanch Reed Leaves
Grandma, could you clean them and cut off the stems?
Sure.
I'll go turn the tap off.
Grandma, what flavor of zongzi would you like?
All flavors.
Axia, the wormwood bunch is thicker than the one you made last year.
Burn away all our anxieties.
Burn away all our troubles and problems.
Hm.
Then everything runs smoothly.
All goes well.
Then we'll smell good.
It looks so nice.
Grandma weaves colorful strings for us every year.
What a beauty.
Do you think the ones for Dawang and Laifu look nice?
Help them put on.
Tighten it.
It's even ringing.
Yeah.
Apenjie!
Here.
Dawang's paw got thicker. It's too tight.
Really?
It can only get over three toes.
So sweet.
Pineapple
White Sugar
Diced Ham
Fried Termite Mushroom
Soy Sauce
Tsaoko Powder
I'll wrap some zongzi with straw ash.
Time to wrap zongzi.
This is for plain zongzi.
Wangwang.
Are you going to wrap zongzi with us?
Come on.
One flavor for each of us.
Are we going to wrap so many?
Four flavors in total.
Fewer than last year.
Give out the reed leaves, Axia.
Oops. It dropped.
It's alright. Just rinse it.
Let's see who'll be the first to wrap all zongzi.
Okay.
Apenjie and auntie are sure to win.
The reed leaves smell good.
Yeah, they do.
It was from ten years ago.
Yeah.
Grandma said the mountain grass was cut ten years ago.
Nowadays, no one goes to cut mountain grass anymore.
How time flies.
Why do you make it so small?
I can finish it in just one bite.
That's cool to finish one in one bite.
Look at it. Does it look nice?
Beautiful.
Make it exquisite.
Wrap it like this. Make it small.
Tie a tight knot,
or it'll come loose.
Why does filling come out of the zongzi I wrapped?
What's this?
Is it a toad?
Grandma, help me!
It's a toad.
I can do nothing.
Auntie, please wrap a zongzi with four horns for me.
Okay. Let me do it for you.
Fold it like this.
Then like this.
Get the end of the leaf through here.
Put the filling in bit by bit.
The opening is a bit small.
It looks good.
It's good-looking and tasty.
Do you like it?
Does it look good?
Yeah, I like it, auntie.
Thank you.
Time to boil zongzi!
I think Laifu wants to go down, Apenjie.
Do you wanna go?
Go down.
Dawang is down there.
Go down.
Go play with Dawang.
It wants to stay with you.
You're in the way.
Anise roots
are tasty,
but it's hard to get rid of the central part, grandma.
Hm.
This kind is tasty.
I'll clean them up.
Let me try the salted duck eggs.
Salted Duck Eggs
They've been marinated for less than 20 days. I wonder if they're tasty.
If not, just pretend they're fresh eggs.
They should be tasty.
Hm.
Let's add bunches of garlic.
Keep the fire burning.
Hm.
Tsaoko, Star Anise, Garlic, Ginger
Anise Roots
Stew it, Axia.
What a full pot.
Wow. It's so hot.
Be careful.
I knew we'd have a late dinner today,
so I prepared some snacks.
Have some if you're hungry.
Apenjie, here.
Alas. It's boiling.
Wow. Look at the chicken broth.
It boiled so soon.
Blanch Lotus Leaves
What's up?
Are you hungry?
Hm?
Wait a little longer.
Wangwang.
I'll get some minced pork
and ask Axia to wrap zongzi for you.
Ginger
Salt, Tsaoko Powder
Apenjie!
Yes?
Uncle Aping brought back crawfish.
Got it.
I'll do it after wrapping the meatballs.
I'll begin to make stir-fry dishes after cleaning crawfish.
Meatballs Wrapped in Lotus Leaf
Chili, Spicy Sauce, Tsaoko, Star Anise, Green Onion, Ginger, Garlic
Salt
Soy Sauce
Let's steam some zongzi in saleable condition, Apenjie.
Okay.
Boil some flavors of zongzi we didn't wrap, Axia.
Hm.
I love it.
Celery, Green Pepper, Red Pepper, Cilantro, Laksa Leaves
Spicy Crawfish
Dinner is ready, Axia.
Okay.
Hurry. Time for dinner.
So many dishes for today.
Time to have dinner!
Stewed Chicken with Anise Roots
Dinner is ready. Come down.
Keke, come over.
Have some zongzi and garlic.
Have some zongzi.
Zongzi with Yunnan Ham and Matsutake
Dad, this is your favorite zongzi with ham.
The zongzi have been boiled for a day.
It's tasty.
Of course. How could it not be tasty after being boiled for a day?
I ate some garlic. My breath is bad.
Yeah.
Grandma, what flavor of zongzi are you eating?
It's ham inside.
It's ham, too.
Zongzi with Straw Ash
This is a zongzi with straw ash.
Is there any special taste?
Does it taste of ash?
No.
There is no special taste.
You won't feel stuffed after eating zongzi with straw ash.
Take some zongzi back for uncle.
We didn't wrap that many. I can't take any home.
We still have a pile of zongzi over there.
Try the meatballs wrapped in lotus leaf.
I like it.
It's really good.
It doesn't taste of bitter lotus leaves.
Gosh. What a large piece of meat.
Zongzi with Porcini
We can add some noodles after eating up crawfish.
Have a piece of potato.
It's not that much.
Crawfish has more shell than meat.
Colorful Zongzi with Pineapple
This zongzi is in ox-horn shape.
Zongzi with Four Horns
Let's share half and half.
Give it a stir.
Have some crawfish noodles.
Have some.
Is zongzi enough?
If not, I'll go get more.
Grandma, have a meatball.
I ate a large clove of garlic.
Zongzi with Termite Mushroom and Braised Pork
The garlic is not spicy anymore.
I'll have some noodles.
The noodles are good.
Home-grown anise roots are tasty.
Dad, the salted duck egg is for you.
Have a taste and see if it's too salty.
Wow. The salted duck egg is great.
It has an oily yolk, Apenjie.
That's because the ducks raised by grandma are fat.
They lay good eggs.
Plain Zongzi
Give Keke a plain zongzi dipped in white sugar.
Here you are, sweetie.
Bite the two sharp horns.
Give a big bite of it.
Eat.
You'll grow stronger after eating the zongzi.
You'll become healthy after eating it.
I'm stuffed.
Do you want it?
I'm full.
Do you want it?
Eat one if you want to.
Feed one meatball to Dawang.
I'll go get the zongzi for auntie.
Go ahead.
Thank you for today.
Hello, everyone. I'm Dianxi Xiaoge.
This is Axia.
Hello, everyone.
This is Dawang.
This is Laifu.
The ones behind me are grandpa and grandma.
The Dragon Boat Festival is coming around.
I wish you a happy and healthy Dragon Boat Festival.
I wonder if you'll eat zongzi during the festival.
I hope you can wrap zongzi with us after watching this video.
Thank you for watching.
Bye.
I need to hold Dawang
so that it can stay here and say hi.
Bye.