Reed leaves. Generally, the northern rice dumplings are wrapped with reed leaves, because reed is a common plant in the northern region. The reed leaves are very convenient to pick and the price is very cheap. They are very convenient materials for making rice dumplings, and the leaves of reed leaves are very fresh, and the produced rice dumplings taste very fragrant.

However, because reed leaves are relatively narrow, it is more difficult to make zongzi, which is not friendly to some novices who make zongzi, so it is better for novices to choose other zongzi leaves.

Reed leaves are reed leaves. Reed is a tall grass that has been aquatic or wet for many years. It grows beside irrigation ditches, riverbanks and marshes, etc., and grows all over the world. Reed leaves, flowers, stems, roots and asparagus can all be used as medicine. Chinese folk custom has the custom of wrapping zongzi with reed leaves on the Dragon Boat Festival.