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In Hubei? province put all troubles into a boat and sent it off. 

(Liu) Legend - before herbal medicine people used witchcraft to cure illness
when people started using herbs, witches & wizards planned revenge.
Tzi Bo was curing people with herbs, fell into a [[strikethrough]] well [[/strikethrough]] trap but people who were planning to hurt him changed their mind - They were caught by matriarchy
one was old, one young - wanted to keep young one to father children
In this village men did not live long. 
Tzi Bo looked at feng sui & told village to move to better place 
sachet contains, rose, peppermint & cumin - called Tzi-Bo's mixture 

In this pre-literate society, women gave sachet to men they were interested in
In hot weather good to carry pleasant fragrance & is healthy & lucky
Sachet embroidery also [[strikethrough]] impresses [[/strikethrough]] shows competence 
Embroidery important part of young [[strikethrough]] mot [[/strikethrough]] woman's dowry 

Food: 
(An) Rice dumpling distinguishing food - steamed in bamboo leaves with red bean paste, meats 
(He) Southern dumpling different - big red date in middle, yuzu leaves (no bamboo) 
use glutinous rice - difficult to digest, best at this time of year 
other styles being adopted (as climate warms) Tzong-ze is term for these dumplings 
(Smith) Shows Chinese almanac 

Q & A: 1. question about dumplings - no new info
2. date: 5th day of 5th month June 2 this year 

Plug for dumpling demo at kitchen.