The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

It is a tradition for people to eat zongzi, a glutinous rice dish with sweet or savory filling wrapped in leaves.

There are different types of leaves suitable to encase the dumplings. Let's take a look at some of them:

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