Making Zongye: Soak the dry leaves in clear water overnight, wash both sides with clear water after soaking, put the leaves in a pot and scald them with boiling water for three minutes, take out the leaves, cut off the petioles, rinse them with clear water again and drain them for later use. The storage method of used zongzi leaves is as follows: after eating zongzi, wash the leaves, boil them in water for 5 minutes, dry them in the sun, and then put them in a cool, ventilated and dark place. When it is used in the second year, it should be soaked in water one day in advance, and both sides of the blade should be washed repeatedly with a brush the next day. For the sake of safety and sterilization, the leaves can be steamed for another 30 minutes and cooled before being used safely.

Old zongzi leaves can be used to wrap zongzi, and the annual Dragon Boat Festival is the most traditional festival in China. It is said that people eat palm seed on the Dragon Boat Festival, and the dragon boat is blocked to protect Qu Yuan's body from small fish and shrimp in the river. First, put the old zongzi leaves you bought in the pot to copy water, then cool them in cold water, and then you can take them out and cut them. Used zongzi leaves can be dried and put in gout, although they can be repeated.

I remember when I was a child, in the northeast countryside, when I made zongzi at home, it was delicious, and all the adults at home blessed us. Be careful when wrapping zongzi, and be more careful when eating, so as not to damage the leaves. The Dragon Boat Festival will still be available next year, so we have a habit. Whenever and wherever you eat zongzi, you can take out the old leaves and soak them in warm water overnight to clean them, so that you can make zongzi.

How many zongzi leaves does it take to wrap zongzi? It depends on the size of your zongzi and the size of its leaves. Wrap a small zongzi, and two or three big zongzi will do. Soak the leaves in boiling water for 3 minutes before wrapping them. When cleaning the leaves, scrub the leaves from beginning to end with a clean cloth, so that the friction will be less.