The types of zongzi are white rice zongzi, mung bean zongzi, roasted meat zongzi and babao zongzi. Zongzi is a kind of food wrapped in glutinous rice and steamed in Zongzi leaves, and it is one of the traditional festival foods of Han nationality in China. The custom of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival has been popular in China for thousands of years, and spread to South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries. It was originally used to pay homage to ancestors.

Because of the different eating habits in different places, zongzi has formed a north-south flavor, among which the more famous zongzi are: the representative variety of Beijing Zongzi North Zongzi, which is a large, trapezoid or triangle. Most products on the market are glutinous rice balls. In rural areas, people are still used to eating zongzi. Beijing Zongzi is sticky, tough, fragrant and unique. Most of them are filled with red dates and bean paste, and a few are filled with preserved fruit. The representative variety of South Zongzi is Guangdong Zongzi, which has pyramid, strip and triangular cone. The main varieties are bacon dumplings, Jianshui dumplings and bean paste dumplings, among which bacon dumplings are the most popular. Bacon dumplings are mainly filled with glutinous rice, pork belly and mung beans, and some also add salted egg yolk, mushrooms, dried shrimps, scallops, chestnuts and peanuts, which are salty and delicious and have a better flavor.