Comprehensive pictures of types of rice dumplings:

1. Guangdong long gray water rice dumplings

Grey water rice dumplings are alkali made from burned plants into ashes. Soak the glutinous rice thoroughly with water, turning the glutinous rice into light yellow, and then wrap it into four-cornered rice dumplings with reed leaves into a long strip. There is no other filling inside, so eating it alone will have a bitter and astringent taste, and it is usually dipped in yellow rice dumplings. Eat it with sugar.

2. Colorful rice dumplings of the Buyi ethnic group in Yunnan

Yunnan’s rice dumplings are definitely the most distinctive. Because there are many ethnic minorities, the rice dumplings are more colorful. The most attractive ones are the Miao ethnic minority. The colorful rice dumplings of the Buyi ethnic group, the colorful colors do not contain flavors and pigments, and are all derived from nature. Buddleia flowers, liquidambar leaves, red sorghum and purple sweet potato are boiled into juice, which is dyed into four colors of black, purple, yellow and red glutinous rice respectively. Adding the natural color glutinous rice, there are exactly five colors, each color is unique. It symbolizes the taste of life, happiness, auspiciousness and colorfulness.

3. Hainan Ding'an black pork rice dumplings

"Ding'an rice dumplings" are made of Ding'an glutinous rice, black pork, red mud salted duck egg yolk, edible cooked peanut oil and edible seasonings. Made of wrapped rice dumplings, this rice dumpling has a lot of history and has been registered as a Chinese Geographical Indication Certification Trademark.

Ding'an rice dumplings have strict requirements. The rice dumpling leaves must be semi-old leaves grown in volcanic areas such as Lingkou, Ding'an County; the glutinous rice must also use high-quality selenium-rich glutinous rice produced in the same area; the rice dumpling fillings Be sure to use Ding'an's black pork and salted duck egg yolk marinated in red earth mud. Because the ingredients are very strict, Ding'an rice dumplings have become a big local specialty, and many tourists come here to taste them during the Dragon Boat Festival every year.

4. Jiaxing Meat Zongzi, Zhejiang

Jiaxing Meat Zongzi is a traditional delicacy with Zhejiang characteristics. It is glutinous but not chewy, fat but not greasy. Fresh meat Zongzi is known as the "King of Zongzi" "Jiaxing rice dumplings generally use the four-corner wrapping method, so the fillings can be larger. Generally, chestnuts, ribs and other ingredients that take up a lot of space can be placed.

5. Quanzhou Roasted Pork Zongzi

Roasted Pork Zongzi is a traditional snack in southern Fujian. The ingredients are carefully selected and include chestnuts, braised pork, dried shrimps, shiitake mushrooms, scallops, peanuts, and lotus seeds. , braised eggs, etc., so they are large and have a lot of fillings. When eating, be sure to mix the rice dumplings while they are hot, and eat them with sweet and spicy sauce and peanut butter.