What kind of leaves are zongzi leaves?

Zongzi is a traditional food in China, especially during the Dragon Boat Festival, every household will eat zongzi, but many people still do not know what leaves are zongzi leaves. Let's get to know it together.

1. Reed leaves

Reed leaves are the leaves of reeds, tall grasses that have grown for many years, aquatic or wet, growing in irrigation ditches, river embankments, swamps, etc., growing all over the world. China has long had the custom of wrapping zongzi with Reed leaves. Zongzi wrapped with fresh Reed leaves is fragrant and soft waxy. Zongzi wrapped with Reed leaves appeared in the Ming Dynasty, with bean paste, pork, pine nuts, dates, walnuts, varieties more colorful.

2. Ruo leaf

Ruo leaves are born on the sides of hillsides, streams and rivers at an altitude of 300-1400 meters above sea level. they are commonly found in the south, especially in the south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. it is not only a good vegetation for soil and water protection, but also a kind of inexhaustible wealth, which can be used as food packaging (such as zongzi), tea, cape hat, canopy liner and so on. It can also be used for processing and manufacturing Ruo bamboo wine, feed, papermaking and extracting polysaccharides.

3. Zongba leaves

Zongba leaves are generally zongba leaves from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and other areas, similar to reduced banana leaves, belonging to the genus Spiders of Liliaceae. Its roots can be collected all the year round, with the effects of promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, bone grafting, pain relief, heat-clearing and detoxification. Rain Water is good before and after the Dragon Boat Festival. The light is enough, and the leaves jump quickly.

4. Gui Bamboo leaves

Cassia bamboo has a thick pole, hard bamboo and good bamboo. Bamboo stalks can be used for construction, scaffolding or poles, farm tools, poles, pole and flagpole. Bamboo strips are harder and brittle than water bamboo and light bamboo, and can be made into mats and baskets. Bamboo shoots are edible and are excellent greening tree species. Bamboo leaves can also be used as food packaging materials (such as zongzi).

5. Peach leaves

Yuetao, also known as alpinia officinalis, alpinia officinalis and Huzihua, is a herb of the genus Zingiberaceae, which is native to India and the provinces of southern China. It likes warm, moist and semi-shaded environment. The leaf sheath contains fiber to make ropes, tender stems and flowers can be eaten or boiled or fried. Seeds are important raw materials for making Rendan, and they can also be made into aromatic stomach-strengthening agents.

6. Banana leaves

Plantain is a perennial herb of the genus Musa of the banana family. It is native to the Ryukyu Islands. The leaf fiber is the raw material of banana cloth (called banana kudzu). It is also the raw material of papermaking. The pseudostem has the function of antipyretic, the pseudostem and leaf are diuretic, and the flower is dried and fried to treat cerebral hemorrhage. Root fried with ginger and licorice can cure gonorrhea and thirst.

7. Lotus leaves

The lotus leaf is the leaf of Nymphaeaceae plant lotus, produced in Hunan, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and the south. It has the effects of relieving summer heat and dampness, invigorating spleen and rising yang, dispersing blood stasis and hemostasis. It is used as food packaging to take its fragrance to increase flavor and relieve greasy, and is often used for baking or wrapping dishes, such as steamed chicken with lotus leaves or rice as lotus leaf rice.

The above is the introduction of zongzi leaves, I hope I can help you!