Because of the different regions, from the material to the zongzi leaves, there are great differences, even the shape of the "package", there are also very different, such as the early people prevailed in the cow's horns to sacrifice to the sky, so the zongzi of the Han and Jin dynasties, more made into a horn-shaped as one of the ancestor worship supplies. In addition, there are generally a variety of shapes such as square triangle, square quadrangle, pointed triangle, square, long and so on. Due to the different dietary habits around the world, the zongzi formed a north-south flavor, which is more famous zongzi are: Beijing zongzi northern zongzi representative varieties, Beijing zongzi head is larger, for the diagonal quadrangular or triangular. Most of the market supply is glutinous rice dumplings. In the countryside, it is still customary to eat rhubarb rice dumplings. Sticky and fragrant, distinctive flavor, Beijing zongzi more dates, bean paste filling, a small number of also used for the filling of dried fruit. Huzhou rice dumplings are characterized by a long, pillow-like shape, so there is a "pillow rice dumplings" of the name: but also because of its long and thin body, the middle concave, the two ends of the warped, quite a line of beauty, small and elegant, so some people jokingly referred to as the "beauty rice dumplings". Huzhou dumplings are basically handmade, very sophisticated; with a variety of materials, such as soy sauce, fresh meat, bean paste, egg yolks and so on. Nowadays, the famous dumplings in Huzhou are Zhenyuan Tong, Zhu Boss and so on. Guangdong zongzi representative varieties of southern zongzi, guangdong zongzi and Beijing zongzi on the contrary, the head is smaller, front square (pyramid), the back of a sharp corner, like a cone. More varieties, in addition to fresh meat zongzi, bean paste zongzi, there are made of salted egg yolk zongzi, as well as chicken diced, duck diced, roasted meat, mushrooms, mung beans and other concoctions for the filling of the assorted zongzi, the flavor is better. Jiangnan's dumplings are the most prestigious and complex, especially the fillings, which are varied. And a major difference between the northern dumplings is that the Jiangnan dumplings of glutinous rice raw materials, more pre-steamed with rice straw ash soup, and meat filling steam, fragrant. Zongzi in the north, mostly made of glutinous rice, dipped in white or brown sugar to eat. Domestic dumplings, the most famous produced in Jiaxing, Jiangnan. Jiaxing rice dumplings as early as the Qing Dynasty, enjoys a good reputation. Historical records of Jiaxing zongzi types and practices: "bamboo leaf zongzi": "take the bamboo leaf wrapped in white glutinous rice zongzi cooking, the tip has as raw cut rhombus." "Ai Xiang Zong": "Glutinous rice amalgamation, clip dates, chestnuts, green beans, to Ai leaves soaked rice wrapped, into the pot to cook." "Sweet tea dumplings": "Zhenwu Mountain, high-quality sweet tea to take the juice used to make dumplings, the color of the dumplings golden and oily, lubricated and tender in the mouth, soft, viscous, teeth and cheeks, sweet aftertaste, to remove fatigue and eliminate food, rich in nutrients." "Bacon and Sausage Rice Dumplings": "The small rice dumplings wrapped in bacon and sausage have the flavor of New Year's reunion at the entrance." "Mint rice dumplings": "Mint water-soaked rice is first steamed, mixed with sugar, wrapped in Ruo for small dumplings, and then boiled." "Bean paste rice dumplings": "Bean paste, sugar, fat oil dices wrapped in small dumplings to cook." "Lotus Seed Rice Dumplings": "Remove the skin, mix with sugar, and wrap in small rice dumplings." "Pine nut dumplings": "Peeled and wrapped in small dumplings." "Ham dumplings": "Into the ham block wrapped in rice dumplings, ham should be Jinhua, fine fat appropriate uniform. Also, diced meat can be wrapped in rice dumplings." "Egg Yolk Rice Dumpling": "An egg yolk in the middle, the yolk must be a good egg, sweet and salty in the mouth but not offensive." "Nine Zi Zong": Tang Xuanzong Li Longji had given "Three Temple Banquet group of ministers at the Dragon Boat Festival" a poem, which is praised nine Zi Zong: four times the flower competition clever, nine Zi Zong scramble new. Nine zongzi is a kind of zongzi, that is, for the nine zongzi connected to a string, there are large and small, large in the upper, small in the lower, different shapes, very nice. And nine colors of silk thread tied together, forming a colorful. Nine dumplings are mostly used as gifts for friends and relatives, such as mothers to married daughters, mothers-in-law to the newlywed gifts, because "dumplings" resonate with "in the son", the folk have eaten "dumplings "can get a son of the custom. More than twenty years ago traveled to Shaoguan, Guangdong, to see the production of huge rice dumplings, can be said to be full of eyes. The square-shaped dumplings, as long as you eat one, you hold the belly called full, but on the flavor, is still usual. Older generation said, wrapped zongzong zong Ruo is very delicate, that is a specially planted green reed leaves or special see wide and long bamboo Ruo, in order to wrap the zongzong and cook, you can make it fragrant and not easy to become rancid.