Local rice dumpling has very soft skin, which is also very sticky. The fillings include the filling of green vegetable and minced meat, jujube paste filling and bean paste filling. The filling of green vegetable and minced meat is fresh green, and the refreshing of green vegetable matches well with the flavor of meat, thus making the filling delicious.

The rice dumpling with jujube paste filling is fried by oil and is appropriate for eating while it is hot when it is sweet and delicious. Bean paste filling is made of broad bean; its fresh green color is more beautiful and unique compared with red bean.

Rice dumpling is necessary in the weddings of local Shanghainese for it represents good luck and happiness. A group of local old women wearing blue-cloth headband sit together with three or four people surrounding a round tank, basking in the sunshine, gossiping the appearance and family background of the bride while making rice dumplings; a moment later, there will be many dumplings in the tank for eating, and then people will welcome the bride after eating them.

After the busy Spring Festival is over, there will be some rice dumplings left. People often cook them, cool and then cover them with sweet rice flour; store them into basket and hang in ventilated rooms for instant eating; the taste is just like rice cakes with a unique flavor.