When making zongzi, you need to prepare zongzi leaves, glutinous rice and various fillings. The fillings can be divided into meat, red dates, salted egg yolk, etc., which can be selected according to your needs. Generally speaking, southern regions prefer sweet dumplings while northern regions prefer salty ones.
Zongzi is a traditional festival food. At the beginning, it was used as a tribute to ancestors. It is said that Zongzi was handed down in memory of Qu Yuan. The main raw materials of zongzi are glutinous rice, stuffing, etc., and the shapes are also relatively rich, including angular and quadrangular ones. The famous zongzi include bacon zongzi in Guangdong, Jiaxing zongzi in Zhejiang, etc. The custom of eating zongzi has always been very popular in China, and has gradually spread to other countries in Southeast Asia.