Dumplings are wrapped in Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate Qu Yuan's yearning. Legend has it that after Qu Yuan's death, the people of Chu were so sad that they flocked to the Miluo River to pay homage to Qu Yuan. Some fishermen took out rice balls and eggs prepared for Qu Yuan and threw them into the river, saying that ichthyosaurs, shrimps and crabs would not bite the doctor when they were full.

Another version about the origin of Zongzi is that Qu Yuan was upright before his death. His political opponents chased his boat in the river, killed him, put him in a sack and went deep into the river. In order to cover up the crime, he forged the suicide note of "Huai Sha", and it was rumored that Qu Yuan committed suicide. But the common people know it well, so there is also the Dragon Boat Festival, and boating is a hint.

Dragon Boat Festival is a folk festival that integrates offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, praying for evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and eating. The customs mainly include dragon boat rowing, Dragon Boat Festival, herb picking, hanging wormwood, drinking water at noon, washing herbal water, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, soaking in dragon boat water, eating dragon boat rice, eating zongzi, putting paper dragons, putting paper kites, tying colorful silk threads and wearing sachets. As one of the four traditional festivals in China.