粽子也可以五彩缤纷 Traditional food for Dragon Boat Festival Zongzi made colorful

Photo taken on June 2, 2019 shows colorful Zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, at a factory in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province.[Photo: Xinhua/Liu Kaifu]

Zongzi is a traditional(传统 chuántǒng) food(食物 shíwù) for the Dragon Boat Festival(端午节), which falls on June 7 this year. Different plant juices(汁 zhī) are used to color(染色 rǎnsè) the glutinous rice(糯米 nuòmǐ) when making the colorful Zongzi.

A worker makes colorful Zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, at a factory in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 2, 2019.[Photo: Xinhua/Liu Kaifu]

A worker makes colorful Zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, at a factory in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 2, 2019.[Photo: Xinhua/Liu Kaifu]

Workers make colorful Zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, at a factory in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 2, 2019.[Photo: Xinhua/Liu Kaifu]

重点词汇 Key word:

染 <动词 v.>

• Dye; color
  E.g. Tā bǎ tóufa rǎn zǐ le.
  他把头发染紫了。
  He dyed his hair purple.

• Catch (a disease); acquire (a bad habit, etc.)
  E.g. Zhè bìng bù chuánrǎn.
  这病不传染。
  This disease is not infectious.