How to wrap zongzi by hand

1. Prepare a square piece of paper and fold it left and right into a cross, as shown in the figure.

2. Fold to the left and right of the center line, and 4 times 4 equals 16 grid, as shown in the figure.

3. The grid pairs on the corners are folded into triangles, as shown in the figure.

4. Fold all four corners inward as shown, and then open them.

5. Merge the dotted line along the crease, and then fold both sides down, as shown in the figure.

6. Open a corner folded in step 3, fold it down according to the crease, and then put the corner in, as shown in the figure.

7. It is similar to step 6. Just put the horn in and tie the rope, as shown in the figure.

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 even spread to East Asian countries.

Zongzi, or Zongzi Zan, is made of glutinous rice and stuffing and wrapped with bamboo leaves (or Hiragi leaves, bamboo leaves, etc.). ) and has various shapes such as sharp corners and quadrangles. Zongzi has a long history, originally as a tribute to ancestors and gods. North and South have different names. Millet is produced in the north, and glutinous rice is made into zongzi, which is angular. In ancient north, it was called "corn millet". In terms of taste, zongzi can be divided into salty zongzi and sweet zongzi.

Because of the different eating habits in different places, zongzi has formed a north-south flavor; From the stuffing point of view, there are dates wrapped in jiaozi in the north; In the south, there are many kinds of fillings, such as mung bean, pork belly, red bean paste, eight treasures, ham, mushrooms, egg yolk and so on. Among them, Guangdong bacon zongzi and Zhejiang Jiaxing zongzi are the representatives.