The earliest food at the Dragon Boat Festival was the "lord's soup" of the Western Han Dynasty. Historical Records" "Emperor Wu Di Ben Ji" cited in the note as Chun said: "Han made the East County to send the Lords, the fifth of May for the Lords soup to give the hundred officials. To the evil bird, so eat it". About because the lord is not easy to catch, so the custom of eating lord soup did not last. File is the protagonist of the Dragon Boat Festival - dumplings, a little later in the Eastern Han Dynasty has appeared. It was not until the Jin Dynasty that zongzi became the festival food of the Dragon Boat Festival. "Terroir Records": "May 5, with the summer solstice, ...... first of these two sections of the day, but also with sticky rice wrapped in Zizou leaves, mixed with corn, to Chun thick ash juice to cook to cook. At the same time there is another kind of Dragon Boat Festival food, called "turtle" also only in the Jin Dynasty, then disappeared. Only the "land and customs" called "corn" dumplings, because attached to the legend of Qu Yuan, for thousands of years, become the most popular Dragon Boat Festival food.

From the way it is written in the book, it seems that the dumplings at that time were made with millet as the main ingredient, and no other fillings were added except corn. However, under the skillful management of the Chinese people who are concerned about food, the dumplings we can see today have a variety of variations in both shape and content.