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Can you give zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival

(1) The view that you cannot give zongzi:
It is not allowed to give zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival, because zongzi is food for commemorating ancestors and should not be given to the living. Additionally, "giving zongzi" has a similar pronunciation to "giving final", which people consider unlucky, so it is not allowed to give zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival.
(2) The view that you can give zongzi:
Giving zongzi is a beautiful blessing, with meanings of seeking children, obtaining academic success, and bringing glory to one's ancestors. There is a type of zongzi called "jiuzi zong", which people often give as a symbol of seeking children. It is usually parents giving to their daughters or in-laws giving to their daughters-in-law, expressing a beautiful expectation. Also, since the word "zong" (zongzi) is similar in sound to "zhong" (middle), giving zongzi also means hoping that the other person will achieve academic success and pass the imperial examination.

The meaning of giving zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival?

(1) Academic success
Because "zong" (zongzi) and "zhong" (middle) have similar sounds, it represents the meaning of "academic success". In ancient times, it meant that scholars passed the official exams. Usually, the imperial examinations were held in autumn, so during the Dragon Boat Festival, those who wanted to pass the exams ate zongzi to symbolize "making a successful hit".
(2) Bringing glory to one's ancestors
Because "zong" (zongzi) and "zong" (ancestors) have similar sounds, the custom of eating zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival implies "bringing glory to one's ancestors". Therefore, every family eats zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival to seek a good omen.
(3) Seeking children
In ancient times, people exchanged "jiuzi zong" (nine-child zongzi) during the Dragon Boat Festival, symbolizing seeking children. Jiuzi zong is a kind of zongzi, consisting of nine zongzi connected in a string, varying in size, with larger ones on top and smaller ones below, with different shapes, very beautiful. And it is tied with nine colored threads, forming a colorful appearance. Jiuzi zong is mostly given as a gift to friends and relatives, such as mothers giving to their married daughters or in-laws giving to newlyweds, because "zongzi" is a homophone for "zhongzi", and there is a folk custom that eating "zongzi" can bring a son. "Zongzi" is a homophone for "zhongzi", implying a large family.
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