Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, every family has to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. In front of the green wormwood, the fragrance floats all over the house, and the four corners of the meat are stuffed with tiger heads. Zongzi leaves are used to make zongzi. Many people don't know what zongzi leaves are. Zongzi leaves can be divided into northern Zongzi leaves and southern bamboo cotyledons. Here, I will tell you about southern bamboo leaves.

Ruo Ye, this kind of leaf is commonly used for dumplings in Guangzhou, and the same is true in Shanghai.

Reed leaves, The northern area is used most, because the above two plants are less in the north. But there are more reeds in rural areas.

The leaves of reed in the north are fresh, and the dumplings are fragrant. People in the north can use local materials, and the price is cheap. The disadvantage is that the leaves are narrow and it is a little difficult to wrap dumplings. In the south, bamboo leaves are wider and easier to wrap, which is more suitable for beginners to wrap zongzi.

Bamboo leaves in the south-Phyllostachys edulis

The height of bamboo culm in Indocalamus leaves 1-3m,? The diameter is 0.5- 1cm, the internode length is 10- 15cm, and it is hairless or bristly when it is young, and the internode is covered with a light brown carpet. The node is flat, and the length of the node is 3-smm. The sheath is brownish green when fresh, and it is 10- 12cm long, with brown bristles attached to the middle and lower part of the back; The auricle is developed, extending to both sides, sickle-shaped, and the hair is 5-8mm long, mostly brown and wavy; The ligule is truncated or slightly curved, with a height of 1-2mm and fringe brown hair; The leaves are erect, Yangtze River Delta-shaped or oblong. The top is tapered and the base is round. The leaves are large, long 10-35cm, and 2-5m wide, with hairs on the back.

Bamboo stalks with bamboo leaves can be used as bamboo chopsticks or brush stalks, and bamboo leaves can be used as bamboo leaves or hats and awning liners. Originated in China, it is distributed in East China, Central China and Hanjiang River Basin in southern Shaanxi. It is cultivated in southern Shandong. Likes to grow in low valleys and river banks. The Indocalamus leaves exported from Xiuning County, Anhui Province, China are called "Huiding" Indocalamus leaves. The best Indocalamus leaves in Huizhou are mainly distributed in the Lingnan Mountains, including Longtian in Tunxi, Houshan Village in Shexian, Yanzhou Village, Huangwei Township and Changyang Township. It has good moisture-proof, wind-proof, corrosion-proof and other characteristics, and can be used for building sheds, weaving hats, wrapping palm seeds and so on. The glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves are fragrant and delicious, and have a unique flavor. "crest"? Indocalamus leaves are wide, soft and tough, and sell well in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Beijing and other countries in Southeast Asia.

Phyllostachys pubescens is densely clustered, green and elegant, suitable for planting on the edge of forest and waterfront, and can also be dotted with rocks. Can also be used as a hedge; Or ground quilt. ? Distributed in East China, Central China and Hanjiang River Basin in southern Shaanxi. It is cultivated in southern Shandong. Likes to grow in low valleys and river banks.