And scatter them into the miluo river in the hope that fish in the river would eat the rice dumplings instead of the body of the deceased poet . the custom of making rice dumplings spread to the whole country 据说屈原投江后，楚国的百姓哀痛异常，纷纷涌到汨罗江边去凭吊屈原，渔夫们撑起船只，在江上来回打捞他的尸身。
