The zongzi leaf variety is generally made of reed leaves, Ruo leaves (ruò yè), is the production of zongzi essential materials, the south is generally based on Ruo leaves, the north to reed leaves.

Reed leaves are reed leaves. Reed is a perennial aquatic or wet tall grass, growing in irrigation ditches, riverbanks, swamps, etc., all over the world are growing, reed leaves, reed flowers, reed stems, reed roots, asparagus can be used as medicine. China's folklore in the Dragon Boat Festival with reed leaves dumplings custom.

Ro leaf belongs to the lily family, the spider huggers genus, alias spider huggers, Ruo leaf, it has a thick rhizome in the lower part of the ground, the petiole directly from the underground stem, a handle a leaf, with a straight slender petiole of the piece of green leaves rise up from the ground, so the name of a leaf orchid. It can be used as food wrappers (such as rice dumplings), tea, hats, boat canopy liner and so on.

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The benefits of rice dumpling leaves

The rice dumpling leaves (Ruo leaves, reed leaves) contain a large number of beneficial chlorophyll and a variety of amino acids and other ingredients, can be extracted from the natural flavor and spice and food additives, the smell of aromatic, smells like a return to nature.

It can not only be used for wrapping rice dumplings, but also used for packaging other foods and table decorations and food accompaniment, can also be used for the preparation of hats, crafts and so on. Rice dumpling leaves, natural growth, natural antiseptic, non-toxic, non-polluting, annual harvest, seasonal harvest, as food packaging, with no pollution and the use of "disposable". Therefore, by today's nutritionists called "natural green food".

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