At 11 o'clock on the morning of June 20, after a day and night of "fighting the battle", a big "zongwang" weighing 588 pounds "bathed" in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi. This epic giant has a 40-pound bull head, a whole fragrant pig, two big pots of pork belly and several chickens and ducks. This kind of "荤荤荤荤荤薤素" is a very balanced mix, so are you afraid?

40 pounds of bull head, feel it.

　　In order to wrap up the big "Zongzi King" with a weight of more than 4 adults, the rice dumplings used by Master Baozong have 68 pounds, up to more than 4,000 pieces, for the Zongzi King, there are 6 layers of rice dumplings in the upper 4 outer layers and 2 layers in the upper layer. The leaves are tied tightly with bamboo hemp rope to prevent them from scattering during cooking.

Master Bao Zong spreads 4 layers of zong leaves on the bottom.

　　The dumplings are good, the stuffing is very important. The head of the cattle is selected from the yellow cattle raised in the mountains, and the fragrant pigs are also made of high-quality local pigs.

　　In addition to the stuffed meat, raw materials such as glutinous rice, shiitake mushrooms, and red dates for making "Zong Wang" are also original ecological ingredients in Dashan. The richness of a dumpling is comparable to ordering 8 dishes in the restaurant.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with pouring a bucket of purple-black fragrant waxy wax.

Here comes a whole big sweet pig.

In addition to the bull head, you can count a few ingredients.

There are not many people talking harshly.

Ox head, sweet pig, pork belly pork belly and orange salty duck eggs are all "hard dishes".

On the periphery of the filling, use purple and black sweet wax and mushrooms grown on maple.

　　If it is said that "cutting" is only a physical body, then bundling the zongyi is to give temperament.

　　Zongye leaves are sorted like woven bamboo baskets, staggered together to form a combined force to achieve the effect of fastening and connection. Afterwards, the bamboo sticks are used to tie the rice dumplings. In order to prevent the drying and breaking during the strapping, the bamboo sticks need to be soaked in water two days in advance to increase the softness.

It takes five people to work together to dress "Zong Wang".

Master Bao Zong uses bamboo sticks to tighten the "Zong King".

Bundling the bamboo sticks also requires multiple people to work together.

Judging by the extent of this, it's not good to be a master of dumplings without any effort.

Today I finally know how appropriate it is to "dress like a dumpling" to describe a friend who is afraid of cold in winter.

　　After the zongyi is made, the most exciting pot-cutting ceremony will be carried down. After entering the water, after 1 day and 1 night of cooking, "Zong Wang" will complete the last course before "graduation".

"Zong Wang" deserves to be the king of Zong, so that the six big men are sweating.

Under the pot.

Give you a look and feel how big you are.

　　The zongzi master said that the zongzi is quite particular about cooking. The fire must be well-prepared and kept boiling. But the fire can't be too strong, it is easy to cause the dumplings to sparse, the fire is too small and may not be cooked. If the fire is not properly controlled, the water will cool and then add fire again to boil, it can also make the zongzi fillings grow up and leak out of the zongzi clothes, giving up all the previous efforts.

　　After 24 hours of cooking, "Zong Wang" once again unveiled its veil. Because no one had made such a big dumpling on the spot, the master of the dumplings was very disturbed, and the process of boiling the pot was like a lottery.

Open the lid and let the heat rise, waiting for the draw.

After absorbing moisture, the "Zongwang" became more heavy, and the bamboo poles were bent.

"Zong Wang" is too heavy, hemp rope has been cooked for too long, and the strength may not be enough.

The "exiting bath" process almost disappeared, but in the end there was no danger.

At the dumpling ceremony, you cut me and cut each, which is more exciting than tearing down the express.

"Let me carefully pull the pull to see if the bull head is still there."

　　In the end, King Da Zong was given free of charge to the diners who came to the scene.

It is impossible to eat alone, and it is impossible to eat alone in this life. (Because 588 pounds can't be eaten alone.)

　　According to Meng Kechang, the planner who made the "Zong Wang", this is not the first time he has challenged the "Zong Wang."

　　In the past few years, Meng Kechang has launched a new impact on "Zong Wang" every year, from tens of pounds and more than 100 pounds to 588 pounds this year. The filling has been gradually upgraded from the original whole chicken and duck. A whole pig has been included so far. This stems from his all-time dumplings plot. Rongshui Miao Autonomous County is a state-level poverty-stricken county. It is a good memory of Meng Kechang’s childhood to eat glutinous rice dumplings made of glutinous rice and grass ash during the Dragon Boat Festival.

　　"When I was a child, I often couldn't eat enough. It was a very happy thing to eat rice dumplings once during the Dragon Boat Festival. The biggest wish at that time was to be able to eat meat dumplings and feel the feeling of eating big meat." With the improvement of the quality of life, Mongolia Being a "Zong Wang" is more than just a meal.

　　"More is to hope that in this new and peculiar way, let the public better understand the specialties of Miao Township, and help the Miao people living in the depths of the mountains to sell more agricultural products." Meng Kechang said.

　　Reporter/Photo: Wang Yizhao