Local women prepare zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival in Rong'an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 4, 2024. /CFP

Local women prepare zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival in Rong'an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 4, 2024. /CFP

Local women prepare zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival in Rong'an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 4, 2024. /CFP

Local women prepare zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival in Rong'an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 4, 2024. /CFP

Various ingredients are prepared to make traditional zongzi in Rong'an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 4, 2024. /CFP

Various ingredients are prepared to make traditional zongzi in Rong'an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 4, 2024. /CFP

Colorful zongzi are dished up in Rong'an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 4, 2024. /CFP

Colorful zongzi are dished up in Rong'an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 4, 2024. /CFP

People from the Zhuang ethnic group are busy making colorful zongzi to welcome the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival in Rong'an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The locals cook soup with colorful plants and petals, and then use the soup to cook rice. They mix glutinous rice of different colors with various ingredients such as pork, peanuts and Chinese water chestnuts, and then wrap them in bamboo leaves according to the custom to prepare the zongzi for the festival.