Zongzi, also known as "corner millet" and "corner rice dumpling", is made by steaming glutinous rice wrapped in rice dumpling leaves. It is one of the traditional festival foods of the Han nationality. 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. 1 Folk legend says that eating rice dumplings is to commemorate Qu Yuan. Zongzi, as one of the traditional foods with the most profound cultural heritage in China, has also spread far and wide. Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and other places where Chinese people live together also have the custom of eating rice dumplings. The legend of Zongzi was passed down to commemorate Qu Yuan, who threw himself into the river. It is a traditional food with the deepest cultural heritage in Chinese history. There are many kinds of rice dumplings. In terms of fillings, in the north there are Beijing jujube dumplings stuffed with jujubes; in the south there are various fillings such as bean paste, fresh meat, eight treasures, ham, egg yolks, etc. Among them, Zhejiang Jiaxing rice dumplings are the representative ones. The custom of eating rice dumplings has been observed for thousands of years every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Every Chinese family has soaked glutinous rice, washed rice dumpling leaves, and made rice dumplings. In 2012, rice dumplings were selected into the second episode of the documentary "A Bite of China" "The Story of Staple Food" One of the series of delicacies.