Miao community crafts rainbow zongzi for Dragon Boat Festival

According to tradition, each hue carries its own meaning. Red celebrates the village's vitality and hopes for the future, while purple symbolizes local prosperity and abundance. Yellow heralds a bountiful harvest, and deep black stands for the fertility of the land.

Finally, the natural white of the rice represents pure love, as Tang Mingqian, a local villager, explained: "We leave this one uncolored to honor the sincerity of our hearts."