The zongzi, by the zongzi leaves wrapped in glutinous rice steamed food, is one of the traditional Chinese Han festival food. Zongzi as China's history and culture of the deepest accumulation of one of the traditional food, the spread is also very far. The custom of eating zongzi at the Dragon Boat Festival has prevailed in China for thousands of years and has spread to Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.
The zongzi, that is, zongzi, commonly known as zongzi, the main material is glutinous rice, filling, with Ruo leaves (or Shuu leaves, cambium leaves, etc.) wrapped and become a variety of shapes, mainly in the shape of a sharp corner, the shape of the quadrangle, and so on. Zongzi has a long history, initially used to worship ancestors and gods of the tribute. North and South called different, the northern production of millet, with millet to do zongzi, horn-shaped, ancient times in the north called "corner of millet". Due to the different dietary habits of different places, dumplings formed a North-South flavor; from the taste points, dumplings have salty dumplings and sweet dumplings two categories.