1. The fillings of southern rice dumplings and northern rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival are different.

South: rich fillings, salty food. North: Red Date Bean Paste, the main raw material of sweet rice dumplings is glutinous rice with red dates or candied dates. Some also use bean paste or preserved fruit. In order to increase the sweetness, some also add sugar.

2. The shapes and sizes of southern rice dumplings and northern rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival are different.

Looking at the shape alone, southern rice dumplings appear diverse: triangular, torch-shaped, cone-shaped, square. The exquisite appearance will first whet your appetite. Northern rice dumplings vary in size, but are generally no smaller than a little girl's fist, and are in the shape of an oblique square or triangle.

3. Southern rice dumplings and northern rice dumplings have different emphasis on Dragon Boat Festival.

Since the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates Qu Yuan, and Qu Yuan is from the south, it is more grand to make rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival in the south. People in the north like to hang mugwort leaves and eat some eggs, rice dumplings, and mung bean cakes. . In the south, in addition to eating, there are also dragon boat races, lion and dragon dances, ancestor worship, etc. As far as rice dumplings are concerned, those in the south are saltier and those in the north are sweeter.

For example, in meat rice dumplings, braised fresh meat is usually used in the north, while bacon is used in the south. There is actually a reason why southern rice dumplings like salty food. After Qu Yuan jumped into the river, descendants made rice dumplings to commemorate him. Their tears gushed down and fell into the rice dumplings. This rice dumpling also contained the true feelings of the mourners.

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