The leaves of zongzi are called Ruo leaf, also known as Liao leaf, Liao bamboo, _ bamboo, _ leaf bamboo, eyebrow bamboo, frieze bamboo, zongba leaf. With Ruo leaves to wrap zongzi, not only with the fragrance of zongzi leaves, aromatic odor, smells like a return to nature, but also provides polyphenols and potassium, steaming penetrate into the rice, is conducive to improve the human body's anti-heat function. Ruo leaves can be used to wrap zongzi in addition, but also can be used to process and manufacture Ruo bamboo wine, feed, papermaking and extraction of polysaccharides and so on.

Based on different dietary habits around the world, the taste of the zongzi is also very different, the northern zongzi more dates, bean paste and peanuts sweet main, while the southern zongzi is more salty meat zongzi based on its ingredients are not the same, there are salted egg yolks, shrimp and mushrooms, etc., the body is a fixed, either glutinous rice or ginger rice.