It is very simple to make rice dumplings without rope. The specific operation is as follows.

The way to wrap rice dumplings without a rope is to first press and turn the corners of the rice dumpling leaf, cover the edges, then take a piece of rice dumpling leaf and place it under the edge of the rice dumpling leaf that you just tossed to surround the edge of the triangle. Wrap it in a circle and press it tightly to just cover the corner with the gap. Turn to the corner where the rice dumpling leaf was rolled just now. Wrap it around this corner and pass the rice dumpling leaf over the edge facing the corner that was wrapped just now. Go around, pass the rice dumpling needle through, pass the tip of the rice dumpling leaf through the eye of the needle, pull out the rice dumpling leaf and wrap it up.

Zongzi, also known as rice dumplings in ancient times, is a food made of steamed glutinous rice wrapped in rice dumpling leaves. It is one of the traditional festival foods of the Chinese nation. It was originally used as a tribute to ancestors and gods. Legend has it that Zongzi was passed down to commemorate Qu Yuan, who threw himself into the river. There are many kinds of zongzi. In terms of fillings, there are Beijing date zongzi with jujubes in the north, and mung beans, pork belly, bean paste, eight treasures, ham, mushrooms, egg yolks, etc. in the south. There are a variety of fillings, including Guangdong bacon rice dumplings and Zhejiang Jiaxing rice dumplings.