Zongzi, a steamed food made of glutinous rice wrapped in zongzi leaves, is one of the traditional festival foods of Han nationality in China. As one of the traditional foods with the deepest historical and cultural accumulation in China, Zongzi has spread far. The custom of eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival has been popular in China for thousands of years, and spread to Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.

There are many kinds of zongzi. From the perspective of fillings, there are Beijing jujube zongzi wrapped with 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, etc., among which Guangdong salted meat zongzi and Zhejiang Jiaxing zongzi are the representatives. 20 12 Zongzi was selected as one of the series of delicacies in the second episode of the documentary China on the tip of the tongue, The Story of Staple Food.