1. Prepare long strips of paper.

2. Fold a small triangle on the top of the paper.

3. Fold the triangle in reverse, folding it forward and backward to make a zigzag line.

4. Flatten the polyline.

5. Close the triangles, leaving the middle empty.

6. Leave a small section on the tail and insert it into the rice dumpling. The zongzi is folded.

Zongzi, also known as "corner millet" and "tube rice dumpling", is made by steaming glutinous rice wrapped in rice dumpling leaves. It is one of the traditional festival foods of the Chinese nation. Zongzi appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, and was originally used to worship ancestors and gods. In the Jin Dynasty, zongzi became a food for the Dragon Boat Festival.