Talk about gourmet rice dumplingsTalk about gourmet rice dumplings

1. First of all, let’s talk about Zongzi, which is a steamed food made of glutinous rice wrapped in Zongzi leaves. It is one of the traditional festival foods of Han Chinese. Zongzi, as one of the traditional foods with the most profound cultural heritage in China, has spread far and wide. The custom of eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival has been popular in China for thousands of years and has spread to North Korea, Japan and other Southeast Asian countries.

2. Zongzi, also known as rice dumplings, is commonly known as rice dumplings. The main materials are glutinous rice and fillings, and they are wrapped with Ruo leaves (or _ leaves, _ ancient cotyledons, etc.). They have various shapes, mainly with sharp corners. shape, quadrangular shape, etc. Zongzi has a long history. It was originally used as a tribute to ancestors and gods. The names are different in the north and the south. The north produces millet and uses millet to make rice dumplings, which are shaped like horns. In ancient times, it was called "corner millet" in the north. Due to the different eating habits of different places, rice dumplings have formed the northern and southern flavors. In terms of taste, rice dumplings can be divided into two categories: salty rice dumplings and sweet rice dumplings.

3. There are many kinds of rice dumplings. In terms of fillings, in the north there are Beijing date rice dumplings with jujubes; in the south there are various fillings such as mung beans, pork belly, bean paste, eight treasures, ham, mushrooms, egg yolks, etc. , among which Guangdong bacon rice dumplings and Zhejiang Jiaxing rice dumplings are the representatives. In 2012, Zongzi was selected as one of the delicacies in the series "The Story of Staple Food" in the second episode of the documentary "A Bite of China".