What are the leaves of zongzi in the south? What are the other varieties of zongzi leaves?

Another week will be Dragon Boat Festival. I believe many neighbors will take advantage of this week to make zongzi. Although many people eat a lot of zongzi, they don't know much about zongzi leaves. In fact, there are not only many varieties of zongzi leaves, but also different zongzi used in the north and south, mostly based on local plants. So what are the leaves of zongzi in the south? Let's get to know it.

What are the leaves of zongzi in the south?

Generally speaking, southerners often use bamboo leaves in making rice dumplings, and some people say that they are brown leaves. It is said that the Ruo leaves collected in Huangshan, Anhui Province, contain a special fragrance, commonly known as "Huizhou Fushi". Ruo bamboo is endemic to the south of the Yangtze River. in ancient times, it was used as a packaging for salt or tea, as well as for making bamboo hats.

The ancient poem "Green Ruo Li, green coir raincoat, oblique wind and light rain does not need to return". The bamboo hat described in this poem is made of Ruo leaves. Later, people also use Ruo leaves to wrap zongzi, it has a faint fragrance of bamboo leaves, easy to get materials, in the south is one of the most popular zongzi leaves.

What are the other varieties of zongzi leaves?

1. Clover leaves

The leaf is similar in shape to the banana leaf and looks like a scaled-down version of the banana leaf. Its distribution area is similar to that of the banana leaf, mainly in warm and humid tropical areas. The leaves are evergreen all the year round, with a unique fragrance, which is most suitable for wrapping salted rice dumplings.

2. Mistletoe leaves

Mistletoe is a kind of leaves in the north. Its leaves are very beautiful and are mainly used in rural areas in western Henan and southern Shaanxi. Although it is not well-known in our country, mistletoe is very popular abroad, especially in Japan and South Korea.

3. Zongba leaves

Generally for the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and other areas of zongye, the form of reduced banana leaves, belonging to Liliaceae, spider egg-holding genus, its rhizome, can be picked all the year round.

4. Reed leaves

There are many Reed leaves in the rural areas of the north, so many people in the north use Reed leaves as zongzi to make dumplings for convenience and use local materials. But the Reed leaves are thin and long, so it will be more difficult to use it to make zongzi. It usually takes 3 to 4 leaves to wrap a zongzi.

5. Ampelopsis lanceolata leaves

You can make all kinds of open-pocket tree dumplings and Korean-style bamboo shoots mixed with open-pocket tree sprouts salad. In Zhongshan and Maoming, Guangdong, local people use the leaves of open-pocket trees to make dumplings.

Generally speaking, the most common leaves used in making zongzi in the south are bamboo leaves, also known as brown leaves, which are the leaves of Ruo bamboo, while those in the north use more leaves of Reed. In rural areas, almost every family will make zongzi to eat on Dragon Boat Festival. It's Dragon Boat Festival soon. Go and buy some zongye dumplings.

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