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[edit] Page move

I moved this to zongzi because rice dumpling is ambiguous between zongzi, yuanxiao and mochi, among many other things.

Pekinensis 22:08, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Banana leaves

I've always thought that these dumplings were wrapped in banana leaves. It is also mentioned briefly in another wikipedia article. Is this wrong; or should it be included in the article?

Thanks for the tip. I have generalized the wording to include all of the kinds of leaves I have heard of. I'm curious — which other wikipedia article mentions the banana leaves? — Pekinensis 00:35, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
I bought one wrapped in a piece of banana leaf a long time ago in Paris. It was bigger than the average zongzi and square in shape. I guess those are from Vietnam, Laos or Cambodia, because most overseas Chinese living in France at the time came from these countries.In Taiwan, all zongzi are wrapped in bamboo leaves. 218.166.89.42 08:49, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
I've also heard of them being wrapped in "lú wěi" (芦苇), which is apparently the reed (my translator doesn't specify which, but I think it's Phragmites australis). Laogooli 22:34, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

No, no. All wrong. Traditionally, the zongzi is wrapped in bamboo leaves. In countries where this is not readily available, banana leaf might be used but that is incorrect. Banana leaves impart a different smell and flavour to the rice than bamboo leaves. 17 November 2006

I disagree as well, something directly referred as zongzi is ONLY wrapped in bamboo leaves. Other leaves are used to wrap rice or even braided into baskets to do so but no person who grows up in a zongzi making/eating culture will refer to them as zongzi. Typically the are referred using other names. As in the case of the "Nonya Zhang" that is wrapped in pandan leaves, it is a regional specialty and even locally few refer to it as zongzi. Sjschen 13:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] zongzi is not bazhang

i'm taiwanese and the zongzi i have is not bazhang. zongzi is exactly what this article describes, whereas bazhang isn't made with sweet rice, but rather rice floor like mochi. then again, i didn't know so many kinds of leaves could be used.

Are you sure all bazhang are made with rice flour? I thought those mochi-like zongzi were a hakka speciality. Ordinary zongzi in Taiwan are advertised as shio badzhang (燒肉粽) by street vendors.125.225.72.81 13:20, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
The rice flour kind is call "gei-zhang", the sweet rice kind filled with meat is called "bazhang"! 64.229.203.224 13:09, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Northern or Southern China

This food is typical of southern China, not northern China, correct? (Hunan on down.) If so, this should be noted in the article. Of course they're available everywhere in China, but I believe they're traditional to the southern provinces. Badagnani 01:36, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Well glutenious rice is mainly grown in Southern China, but it is made in Northern China as well, in fact, quite different than the one made in Southern China.

[edit] 碱水粽

What is 碱水粽? Has something been treated with salt, baking soda, lye, or some other chemical? Badagnani 22:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

A Chinese friend from Changsha says the following about the lye-treated zongzi: "Why zongzi named Jian shui zongzi cause Jian could made zongzi reserved more days than it without Jian ,they usually have no things in them." Is it correct that the lye treatment (碱水), in addition to imparting a yellowish color to the glutinous rice, also extends the shelf life of the zongzi, as she says? Badagnani 05:42, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dim sum

Should the category "Dim sum" be added to this article? Badagnani 18:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't think so, It's more of a seasonal food. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.126.75.181 (talk) 02:14, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fillings

Does anyone actually put Jujubes in zongzi? I can't tell if this is a joke or just someone's bad taste. If it's not a typical filling it shouldn't be here. Flourdustedhazzn 04:06, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Red-cooked pork

The article formerly had red-cooked pork (紅燒肉) as one of the possible fillings, and it was deleted and changed to Char siu. These are not the same thing. Is red-cooked pork a possible zongzi filling ina ny of the regions where zongzi are prepared? (This may involve actually searching the Web in the Chinese language rather than relying on one's experience and knowledge.) Badagnani 14:27, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I have eaten a lot of zongzi in my lifetime, but I have never eaten one with Char siu, not in Singapore anyway. The normal typical zongzi we ate during the Dragon Boat Festival are the zongzi filled with red-cooked pork and other stuff. Atticuslai 09:15, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bak chang?

What language is "bak chang" (肉粽) in? It doesn't seem to be Cantonese. This alternate name isn't described in the article, though one link has this name in it. Badagnani 04:23, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

It seems to be Hokkien. Confirmation from Hokkien speakers? Badagnani 04:43, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Can "Ba" in "Bazang" in Minnan dialects be derived from other word, not 肉?

I have that curiosity as well. Normally we would see it written as 肉粽 but Hokkien and Teochew people all call it similarly as "Bazang". As a non-Minnan speaker I don't understand how that "ba" comes from. 肉 is pronouced as "hiak8" or "liok8" in Hokkien and "nêg8" in Teochew, so how it becomes "Ba". Both pronunciations do not come close to "BA" at all. Therefore, I've done some research which character could be "BA" in "Bazang".

My finding is that it could be from the other word that means female pig, 豝. This word is pronounced "ba" in most of dialects, whether it be Mandarin, Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, and Hakka. Would it possibly be this character that Minnan people use to call in "Ba-zang"? Perhaps, it is a local lexicon with historical background behind "bazang" in Minnan localities. Perhaps, in the ancient time they mostly used meat of female pigs to make it, is it possible? Or, Chinese people normally prefer eating female pork.

There are more examples of using the word "ba" in Chinese loaned words in Thailand: (a) Minced pork is sometimes called by the word "ba-chor". This is obviously not a Thai word, but taken from Teochew word, perhaps 豝脞. (b)"Ba-mi" is used to call Teochew-styled noodles. This dish is normally made from egg noodles with grilled pork slices and some minced pork in it. I initially thought it was from 肉麵 which is cognate with 肉粽 as well, but also had a wonder why it's not called by any word that means "pork" directly. But now after thinking about "Bazang" and its possibility of relating to the word 豝, now I guess it might be from 豝麵 instead. (c) Some people also call "pig" in general as "dy-ba". It could be from 豬豝 or 彘豝 to convey both male and female pigs as a general term.

So my hypothesis is: maybe originally Hokkien and Teochew people used 豝 in many words but then ceded to other commonly used character, i.e. 肉 later on. However, they still retained the pronunciation of 豝 in certain places where 豝 was used. Therefore, 肉 is also pronounced as "ba" nowdays.

If there is any Hokkien or Teochew people who knows and give us an explanation about it, that'd be great! Thanks