Zongzi (Chinese Rice Dumpling, Glutinous Rice Dumpling) is a traditional Chinese food, made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves. The pyramid-shaped zongzi are cooked by steaming or boiling. Laotians, Thais, Cambodians, and Vietnamese also have similar traditional dishes influenced by zongzi.

Zongzi is traditionally eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival which falls on the May 5th of the Chinese lunar calendar (approximately early to mid-June), commemorating the death of Qu Yuan (屈原, Qūyuán, 340 BC-278 BC), a famous Chinese poet and high official of the State of Chu during the Warring States Period. Qu Yuan drowned himself in the Miluo river (汨罗江, Mìluó River) because of his grief for his country. According to legend, rice dumplings were thrown into the river to prevent fish from eating the poet's body. Another version states that the dumplings were given to serve a dragon that lived in the river.