五色糯米饭是壮族群众的传统风味美食,因糯米饭呈红黄蓝黑白五种色彩而得名。尤其是农历三月三、清明节、端午节等重大传统节日,更是壮族群众家家户户必备的待客特色食品。每逢重大节日到来前夕,壮乡群众便忙着制作五色糯米饭,做好过节前的准备。在广西靖西县,蒸五色糯米饭大多选用当地盛产的大香糯,经染料制作、淘米浸泡、上锅蒸煮等多道工艺制成。制作五色糯米饭要备的染料主要有枫叶、黄姜(黄花)、红丝线等草本 Five-color sticky rice is a traditional delicacy of Zhuang people, named after five colors of red, yellow, blue, black and white. In particular, the Lunar New Year March, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and other major traditional festivals, but also the Zhuang people every family essential hospitality specialty foods. On the eve of major festivals, Zhuang townspeople are busy making colored glutinous rice and preparing for the holidays. In Jingxi County, Guangxi, most of the steamed five-color glutinous rice is made from the local fragrant glutinous rice, which is made through dye production, rice washing, cooking on the pot, and many other processes. The preparation of colored rice to prepare the main dyes are maple, turmeric (yellow), red silk and other herbs