Characteristics of Zongzi What are the characteristics of Zongzi?

Because of different regions, the material and even the shape of the "wrap" are very different. For example, people used horns to worship the sky in the early days, so in the Han and Jin dynasties, zongzi were mostly made into horns. In addition, there are regular triangles, regular quadrangles, pointed triangles, squares, long strips and so on.

Beijing Zongzi is a big, trapezoid or triangle. The representative variety of South Zongzi is Guangdong Zongzi, which has pyramid, strip and triangular cone.

2, the taste is diverse

China has different tastes, mainly sweet and salty. Sweet dumplings include white dumplings, red bean dumplings, broad bean dumplings, red date dumplings, rose dumplings, melon seeds dumplings, red bean paste lard dumplings, jujube paste lard dumplings and so on. Salty taste: pork jiaozi, ham jiaozi, sausage jiaozi, shrimp dumplings, diced pork jiaozi, etc. But there are more pork dumplings.

3. Festival signs

Zongzi is steamed with glutinous rice wrapped in zongzi leaves, which is one of the traditional festival foods of the Chinese nation. Zongzi appeared before the Spring and Autumn Period and was originally used to worship ancestors and gods. In the Jin dynasty, zongzi became the food of the Dragon Boat Festival. The custom of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival has been popular in China for thousands of years and spread to Japan and Southeast Asian countries.