Early in the Spring and Autumn period, with Zizania leaves (wild rice leaves) wrapped in millet into a horn-shaped, called "corner of the millet"; with a bamboo tube loaded with rice sealed and baked, called "tube dumplings". The end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, to grass ash water soaked in corn, because the water contains alkali, with Mizong leaves wrapped in corn into a quadrangular shape, cooked, became the Guangdong alkaline water rice dumplings.

Jin Dynasty, dumplings were officially designated as Dragon Boat Festival food. At this time, the package of raw materials in addition to glutinous rice, but also add the Chinese medicine Yizhi Ren, cooked zongzi called "Yizhi Zong".

North and South Dynasty period, the emergence of mixed rice dumplings. Rice mixed with animal meat, chestnuts, jujubes, red beans, etc., more varieties. Zongzi also used as a gift for interaction. To the Tang Dynasty, rice dumplings, has been "white as jade", the shape of the cone, diamond.

Yuan, Ming period, zongzi parcel material has been changed from the Mushroom leaves for Ruo leaf, and later appeared with reed leaf package of zongzi, additional material has appeared bean paste, pork, pine nuts, jujube, walnuts and so on, varieties are more colorful. Until today, the beginning of May every year, the Chinese people have to dip glutinous rice, wash zongzi leaves, package zongzi, its more colorful varieties.

Other Dragon Boat Festival customs

One, dragon boat racing

Dragon boat racing, is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that it originated in ancient times when the people of Chu could not bear to see the wise minister Qu Yuan throw himself into the river to die, and many people chased after him in boats to save him. They scrambled and chased to Dongting Lake when they disappeared. After that, they rowed dragon boats on May 5 every year to commemorate it. The dragon boat was used to disperse the fish in the river, so that the fish would not eat Qu Yuan's body. The custom of racing is prevalent in Wu, Yue and Chu.

Second, wear scented pouches

Duanwu Festival children wear scented pouches, the legend of the meaning of the evil spirits to drive away the plague, is actually used for lapel head embellishment decoration. The scented capsule inside the cinnabar, andrographis, incense medicine, wrapped in silk cloth, fragrant, and then the five-color silk string buckle into a rope, for a variety of different shapes, knotted into a string, colorful, exquisite and lovely.