The dumpling leaf is the leaf of a plant made of reed reeds.

Dumpling leaves are leaves used to wrap dumplings. Zongzi leaf varieties are generally made of reed leaves, Ruo leaves, etc., is the production of zongzi essential materials, the South is generally based on Ruo leaves, the North is mainly reed leaves.

The zongzi leaves can not only be used for package zongzi, but also used to pack other food and table decoration and food accompaniment, can also be used for the preparation of hats, handicrafts and so on.

The package of dumplings is a traditional custom of the Dragon Boat Festival, the first thing to do is to prepare the dumpling leaves, used in the package of dumplings on the known as zongzi leaves. The second is to prepare the filling inside the zongzi, the filling will be placed in the zongzi leaves, and then wrapped up with a line, the zongzi is wrapped up.

Normal zongzi leaves should be yellowish green and slightly aged. Packed out of the dumplings have a dumpling leaf flavor rather than other strange flavor; if after cooking the dumplings, the water is yellowish, it shows that the dumplings have no problem, otherwise, the dumplings or do not eat.