1, origin: to commemorate the Qu Yuan, Dragon Boat Festival to eat zongzi, is now generally recognized as in memory of the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Legend has it that in 340 BC, the patriotic poet, Chu state doctor Qu Yuan, faced with the pain of the death of the country, on the fifth of May, grief and anger in the arms of the stone cast the Bioluo River. In order to prevent fish and shrimp from damaging his body, the people have used bamboo tubes filled with rice into the river. Later, in order to express the reverence and remembrance of Qu Yuan, every day, people will use bamboo tubes loaded with rice, throw the river to pay homage, which is China's earliest zongzi a "tube zongzi" origin. As early as in the Spring and Autumn period, zongzi appeared, to the Jin Dynasty, zongzi was officially designated as the Dragon Boat Festival food.

2, symbolism: and the initial symbolism of the zongzi is used as a sacrifice to the ancestors and gods, because the ancients believe that the fifth of May for the evil month, the evil day, must be held on the fifth of May each year, in order to eliminate the plague, drive away the evil spirits, and seek good luck. With the passage of time and change, people eat rice dumplings over the Dragon Boat Festival are inherited traditional performance. There are many types of zongzi in different regions, however, the significance of eating zongzi is the same.