Source: "Yan Zichun Qiuwen Merchants": "A hundred miles of different habits, a thousand miles of different customs." Yanzi Chunqiu is a work that later generations collected and recorded the words and deeds of Yan Ying, a famous politician of Qi State at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. Guangdong Zongzi is a representative variety of southern Zongzi, which is small in size and unique in shape. The front is square and the back is raised like an awl. There are many kinds of zongzi in Guangdong. Salted-meat zongzi is the most common zongzi in Guangdong, which is triangular in shape, mostly filled with peeled mung beans and fat pork, and glutinous rice as the main material. Wrapped with zongzi leaves and aquatic plants. Bacon dumplings are rich in stuffing, including salted egg yolk, mushrooms, fat pork, chicken, scallops and so on.

Steamed dumplings are not only a specialty of Zhaoqing, but also famous both inside and outside the province. Steamed dumplings are wrapped in dried lotus leaves (that is, dried lotus leaves should be washed with water first, then soaked in warm water and coated with a little oil), covered with glutinous rice first, and then covered with mung beans; Then add fat and thin pork and half salted egg yolk; Finally, nail a layer of mung beans and a layer of glutinous rice, wrap them into a "square", tie them tightly with water plants, then put them in a steamer and steam them with boiling water. Wrapped in lotus leaves, steamed dumplings have a fragrant lotus leaf flavor and are particularly delicious.

Another feature of Guangdong Zongzi is the double boiled Zongzi in Chaoshan. The main feature of double boiled zongzi is stuffing, which is semi-salty and semi-sweet. Bite it down, it is sweet and delicious, and it is deeply loved by Chaoshan people and overseas hipsters.

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Guangxi School: Huge "Pillow jiaozi"

In the central part of Guangxi, the big pillow zongzi with a shape like a pillow is popular. Jiaozi, a big pillow in Guangxi, uses half a catty to a catty of rice; In Guilin, a kilo of rice can make six or seven dumplings. In the north of Guilin, I like jiaozi wrapped in a dog's head. In the process of making zongzi, the ingredients have their own characteristics. For example, Guilin people like to add some alkaline powder to jiaozi to make the boiled jiaozi produce alkaline fragrance; However, Quanzhou people like to soak glutinous rice with straw ash. The zongzi made by this method has moderate alkalinity and delicious taste.

Ethnic minorities in Guangxi always pack pillows and jiaozi on holidays, and they are bigger than those in other places, which surprises foreigners. It is as big as a pig, and the family can eat it for several days. Jiaozi, a pillow, is big and fat, with two ropes and four corners. It is shaped like a pillow. There are many kinds of jiaozi, including jiaozi with minced meat, jiaozi with ribs, jiaozi with dates and chestnuts, and jiaozi with bean paste.