Food commemorating an ancient people

Zongzi	Zongzi

Zongzi, a pyramid-shaped mass of glutinous rice wrapped in leaves, is eaten by people at Duanwu Festival, May 5th in Chinese lunar calendar each year, to commemorate an ancient patriotic people call Quyuan, famous for his loyalty.
Zongzi originally is called Bamboo Tube Zong the fillings wrapped into a bamboo tube. Later, it gradually develops with various shapes, like triangle-shape, pagoda-shape, and cudgel-shape, ect. And more and more materials can be made of fillings, providing all kinds of flavor. Generally, Zongzi can be divided into 4 types: Beiping Zongzi, tasted sweet;Guangdong Zongzi, used all kinds of materials and cost the longest time in making among the four;Taiwan Zongzi, mainly made by meat;and Huzhou Zongzi, having two flavors of sweet and salty.
At present, Zongzi is not only a kind of traditional food at Duanwu Festival, but also become a common food in daily for its delicate taste.