The materials needed to make zongzi are glutinous rice, stuffing, zongzi leaves and cotton thread. Glutinous rice is the shelled kernel of Gramineae rice (glutinous rice). It is milky white, opaque, translucent and sticky, and can be divided into indica rice and japonica rice. There are red beans, candied dates, meat, salted egg yolk and so on in jiaozi. There are many kinds of zongzi leaves, generally made of reed leaves and reed leaves, which are essential materials for making zongzi. The south is dominated by reed leaves. Cotton thread is the last thing wrapped in zongzi that can tie it tightly.

Steps to wrap zongzi:

1. First of all, wash the zongzi leaves bought from the market with clear water, put them in a pot and cook them for a while, and then they can be used when they are soft.

2. Wash the glutinous rice with clear water several times and soak it for about 5 hours.

3. Then fold the cooked leaves into barrels.

4. Then put the soaked glutinous rice into the leaves of Zongzi and add the stuffing.

5. Fold the leaves and wrap the glutinous rice.

6. Tie it with cotton rope.

There are many kinds of zongzi. Judging from the stuffing, there are Beijing jujube zongzi wrapped in dates in the north. In the south, there are many kinds of fillings, such as mung bean, pork belly, red bean paste, eight treasures, ham, mushrooms, egg yolk and so on. Among them, Guangdong bacon zongzi and Zhejiang Jiaxing zongzi are the representatives.