Zongzi, a steamed food made by wrapping glutinous rice with Zongzi leaves, is one of the traditional festival foods in China. Zongzi, as one of the traditional foods with the deepest historical and cultural accumulation in China, is widely spread. The custom of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival has been popular in China for thousands of years, and spread to South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.
Zongzi, commonly known as Zongzi, is mainly made of glutinous rice and stuffing, and is wrapped with bamboo leaves (or Hiragi leaves, bamboo leaves, etc.). ) and has various shapes, mainly pointed and quadrilateral. Zongzi has a long history, originally as a tribute to ancestors and gods.
North and south are called differently. Millet is produced in the north, and glutinous rice is wrapped in jiaozi, which is angular. In ancient north, it was called "corn millet". Because of the different eating habits in different places, zongzi has formed a north-south flavor; In terms of taste, zongzi can be divided into salty zongzi and sweet zongzi.
Zongzi difference:
Because of different regions, the material and even the shape of the "wrap" are very different. For example, people used horns to worship the sky in the early days, so in the Han and Jin Dynasties, zongzi was mostly made into horns as one of the products of ancestor worship. In addition, there are regular triangles, regular quadrangles, pointed triangles, squares, long strips and so on.
Because of the different eating habits in different places, zongzi has formed a north-south flavor. Among them, the more famous zongzi are: the representative variety of Beijing Zongzi North Zongzi, which is a large, trapezoid or triangle.