Zongzi

Zongzi (Chinese: 粽子, pinyin: zòng zǐ), a kind of food made by steaming glutinous rice wrapped in zongzi leaves, is one of the traditional festive foods in China. As one of the traditional foods with the deepest accumulation of Chinese history and culture, zongzi have spread far and wide. The custom of eating zongzi at the Dragon Boat Festival has prevailed in China for thousands of years, and has even spread to East Asian countries.
Zong, that is 粽籺 (zòng hé), the main material is glutinous rice, fillings, with Ruo leaves (or Shuu leaves, cambium leaves, etc.) wrapped and become, the shape of a variety of, mainly has a sharp corner, four-cornered, and so on. Zongzi has a long history, initially used to worship ancestors and gods of the tribute. North and South called different, the northern production of millet, with millet to do zongzi, horn-shaped, ancient times in the north called "corner of millet". From the flavor points, dumplings have salty dumplings and sweet dumplings two categories.
Due to the different dietary habits of different places, dumplings formed a north-south flavor; from the filling, the north has a small date package Beijing date dumplings; the south has green beans, pork, bean paste, eight treasures, ham, mushrooms, egg yolks, and other fillings, which is represented by the Guangdong salted meat dumplings, Zhejiang Jiaxing dumplings.
Category:Chinese Food Glossary