Zongzi is one of the festival foods of Dragon Boat Festival and a traditional snack in China. It is steamed with glutinous rice, meat, dates and other ingredients wrapped in zongzi leaves. The ingredients used in different areas are different, and the taste of the produced zongzi is also different. So, apart from the composition, is there any difference in appearance? What shapes do zongzi have? Interested readers can continue reading.

The shape of zongzi

1. The shapes of zongzi are trumpet-shaped, regular triangle, square, long square, cylindrical, horseshoe-shaped and strip-shaped. Mostly horns and horseshoes.

2. There are no strict rules about the shape of zongzi. You can pack it according to your own preferences. If you find it difficult to wrap it in shape, you can simply tie it tightly to prevent the ingredients from falling out.

3. Zongzi has various shapes, which is closely related to people's eating habits. For example, some people choose this shape because they think horseshoe-shaped zongzi is simple and convenient to eat.

4. Under normal circumstances, if horseshoe-shaped, cylindrical and square packaging is adopted, more ingredients can be added and the volume is relatively larger.

What kinds of zongzi are there?

There are many kinds of zongzi, depending on the stuffing of the bag, including meat zongzi, vegetarian zongzi, red jujube zongzi, red bean zongzi, bean paste zongzi, bacon zongzi, salted egg zongzi and so on. These zongzi can be divided into sweet zongzi, salty zongzi and alkaline zongzi according to their tastes.