Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:58 pm Post subject: Chinese Festivals
The Chinese Festivals occur throughout the
Lunar year.As the calendar year & the Lunar
year is different,the festivals fall on different
dates each year.
Festivals are a very important part of Chinese
tradition.Information about festivals of special
interest,can be viewed by clicking the picture
below.
Knowing a bit more about them, may help you
to enjoy,appreciate,& participate more in them. _________________ EXPAT IN CHINA
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject: Dragon Boat Festival
With upcoming traditional Dragon Boat Festival on
Wednesday 31st May, many local families here in
China are now preparing zongzi ... ( a traditional
Chinese rice pudding ),a kind of folk food specially
for the celebration of the festival.
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 5:51 am Post subject: Zongzi - Glutinous Rice Dumpling ...
Dragon Boat Festival ...
Zongzi can be bought commercially, & is commonly eaten as a
snack food.At this time of year, you are likely to receive home
made ones.The rice is a glutinous rice and very sticky.The rice
may be white. It may even have red bean paste inside.
Sometimes the rice is brown from a sauce, and inside is a small
chunk of ham. In any case, each one is wrapped in reed leaves
and steamed.
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 5:52 am Post subject: Origin Of The Zongzi ...
In about 340-278 BC,there was a Chinese poet/official named Qu
Yuan who advised the king of Chu to prepare for war. However,
the king thought he was safe. Eventually, the Chu kingdom was
defeated by the Qin.
Qu Yuan was so distraught that he committed suicide by jumping
into the Miluo River.His countrymen, upon learning of this tragedy,
rushed to the scene in small boats, & tried to find his body.They
failed to find it,so they made the dumplings wrapped in reed leaves,
and threw them into the river so the fish would eat the dumplings &
not Qu Yuan's body.
Later, it became a ritual to eat the zongzi on the anniversary of
Qu Yuan's death, and to hold dragon boat races.
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