Eating habits of Zhuang people in China

Zhuang people love salty and sour dishes like pickled cabbage, pickled vegetables and pork, and dried fish. During festivals they make a dish called fang (zongzi) which is sticky rice, mushroom, pork and sour vegetables, wrapped in bamboo leaves and steamed. Zhuang love drinking rice wine or oil tea, which is tea leaves fried in oil with rice grains and brewed. Then peanuts, rice cake or anything is added to it.

The first meal of the day starts with rice congee and tea. After the men have returned from the fields the women usually serve for lunch rice, noodles, pickled vegetables and meat. For dinner it's bread, noodles or rice. Rice and corn make up the Zhuang people' staple food, and glutinous rice is particularly favored by those in south Guangxi. Chewing betel nuts is a habit still popular among some Zhuang women.