03/06/2022
HAPPY DUMPLING + DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL from all of us.
ZONG ZI (粽子) or simply ZONG is a traditional Chinese food popularly consumed during the Dragon Boat Festival, hence the name Chinese Dumpling Festival. Zong zi is made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves.
Chinese Dumpling Festival is sometimes called as solar maximus festival which happens every summer solstice or on the northern hemisphere’s longest day of the year.
Dragon Boat Festival is said to commemorate the sacrifice of Qu Yuan, a legendary Chinese poet.
In Mi Lo River around 2000 years ago, he drowned himself to protest against the rulers and to stop corruption.
As respect to the poet, people throw dumplings into the river to stop fish from feeding on the poet’s body as well as make noise to scare the fish away.
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