1. The materials needed to make meat rice dumplings include: glutinous rice, red beans, pork, peanuts, rice dumpling leaves, etc.
2. The meat dumplings are carefully selected, with various ingredients, fine production, long history, sweet taste, oily and not greasy, red and yellow shiny color, and are famous at home and abroad for their unique flavor.
3. Meat dumplings originated in Quanzhou, Fujian. They are a special traditional delicacy in southern Fujian, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and other regions. They are often used as a custom during the Dragon Boat Festival.
During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, there was a "Meat Zongyin" in the urban area, and the meat rice dumplings were the most famous. There was also the meat rice dumplings made by Xu Niu at the Guanyin Pavilion at Fuqiaotou in Quanzhou City, which were full of customers.
In addition, during the Dragon Boat Festival, every household in Quanzhou prepares meat rice dumplings to offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors.