Kai-Yan Song

Beyond wrapping leaves: an ethnobiological study on tangible culture of zongzi in China

Zongzi is a traditional Chinese food with a long cultural history. Our previous study revealed that the leaves of 57 plant species have been used to wrap zongzi. However, the ingredient system of zongzi, plant-based binding materials, plant transformation in plant-ash water and ash-zongzi preparation, and human-plant r...