However, what Guan Zhijun has always wondered is what kind of plant is Zongye? Guan Zhijun has never seen a plant called Zongshu.

Later, the expert pointed out that the leaves of zongzi were varied according to the local plants.

The leaves used to wrap zongzi in Guanzhong, Shaanxi, Beijing and other places are reed leaves, and Baiyangdian mentioned in the text is a large area of reed distribution.

The leaves of the oak tree (hú) will also be used in Shangluo, Shaanxi.

Guanzhijun's Jiangnan area uses ruò leaves, which are the leaves of Indocalamus. Lingnan area, such as Guangzhou, is also used in Indocalamus. Only the variety is slightly different from Jiangnan.

Indocalamus was born on the hillside, mainly distributed in Tianmu Mountain, Qu (qú) County, West Zhejiang Province and Yangming Mountain, Lingling, Hunan Province. So naturally, this ubiquitous plant was used in the south of the Yangtze River.

The biggest zongzi is wrapped in banana leaves. One of these zongzi in Yunnan, Guangxi can weigh 1-2 Jin.

Severe cutting? You know, zongye is not randomly selected.

In the steaming process of zongzi, the taste of zongzi leaves will penetrate into glutinous rice, giving zongzi a faint plant fragrance, especially white rice zongzi. In addition, the leaves of zongzi have toughness, otherwise they are easy to break during wrapping.