Zongzi, or "Zongzi Zan", is the common name of Zongzi. Its main materials are glutinous rice and stuffing, and it is wrapped with various shapes of Indocalamus leaves (or Hiragi leaves), such as sharp corners and quadrangles. Zongzi has a long history, originally as a tribute to ancestors and gods. After being introduced to the north, it is made of millet (produced in the north), which is called "Horn Millet".
Because of the different eating habits in different places, zongzi has formed a north-south flavor; In terms of taste, zongzi can be divided into salty zongzi and sweet zongzi. The custom of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival has been popular in China for thousands of years. It has become one of the most influential and extensive folk food customs of the Chinese nation and spread to South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.
Dragon Boat Festival cuisine:
1 Zongzi
Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is a common traditional custom in northern and southern China. In the north, we mainly eat triangular sweet zongzi, which is made of candied dates, dates and bean paste. The most representative is the honey zongzi in Beijing. In the south, we mainly eat salty zongzi, and the stuffing is mainly salty pork belly. In the south, we mainly eat four-corner zongzi, pointed triangular zongzi and square zongzi.
2. Huang Wu
There is a saying that there are five yellow moons in Jiangnan. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, people eat Huang Wu on the Dragon Boat Festival. Huang Wu refers to yellow rice wine, yellow croaker, cucumber, eel and duck egg yolk. But "Huang Wu" does not refer to these types. In some places, they eat soybeans instead of salted duck eggs.
3. realgar wine
In the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, drinking realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival is particularly popular. Realgar can be used to make antidote and insecticide. So the ancients thought realgar could inhibit snakes, scorpions and other insects, so they ground it into powder and soaked it in white wine or yellow wine. However, people now use yellow wine instead of realgar wine.
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