The calorie content of honey jujube is 321 calories or 1,343 kilojoules in 100 grams of edible portion. Zongzi, steamed from glutinous rice wrapped in zongzi leaves, is one of the traditional festive foods of the Chinese nation. Zongzi appeared as early as before the Spring and Autumn Period, and were initially used to worship ancestors and gods. By the Jin Dynasty, zongzi became the Dragon Boat Festival food.

The origin of zongzi

From the North and South Dynasties onwards, folk began to have zongzi, originated from the people to pay tribute to Qu Yuan. It is said that when Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River, the people did not sigh sadly, empty ambition of Qu Zi so left Chu, is a loss of the country. So the people in order to avoid letting the fish and shrimp erosion of Qu Zi, they have put the rice grain into the river, hoping that the fish and shrimp only eat these rice grain and not damage Qu Zi body. And then, according to ancient books, is Qu Yuan dreamed the people said, rice grain into the river is actually eaten by the dragon in the river, if wrapped in mugwort leaves, and then tied to the five-color rope, can be saved from being swallowed by the dragon; this is the later zongzi.

Ming Dynasty Li Shizhen, "Compendium of Materia Medica", but said that rice dumplings, commonly known as dumplings. Ancient people cooked with millet wrapped in Mizushu reed leaves, pointed corners. Clear instructions with millet wrapped in Mizushu leaves, cooked into a sharp horn or palm leaf shape food, so called "corner corn" or "dumplings". After the Ming and Qing dynasties, the dumplings are made of glutinous rice, then it is not called corn, but called dumplings.