Chimaki (Chimaki) - Chimaki

Japanese: ちまき(粽) - ちまき

A type of mochi made by kneading rice flour or glutinous rice flour, wrapping it in bamboo leaves, Imperata cylindrica, or Manchu rice leaves into a triangle, tying it with rush grass, and steaming it. There are also Uiro, Kuzu, and Yokan dumplings. It is an offering for the Boys' Festival, but it was originally an offering to the water god in China, but it became linked to the story of Qu Yuan, who threw himself into the depths of the Miluo River, and became an offering to appease his spirit on May 5th, the anniversary of his death.

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Japanese:

米粉やもち米粉等をこね，ササ，チガヤ，マコモ等の葉で三角に巻いてイグサで結んで蒸した餅(もち)の一種。ういろう粽，くず粽，ようかん粽等もある。端午の節供の供物とするが，元来は中国で水神へのささげ物であったのが，汨羅(べきら)の淵に投身した屈原の故事と結びつき，彼の命日である５月５日にその霊をしずめるための供物とされたものである。

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