The Dragon Boat Festival with zongtzi (rice dumplings) We ate zongzi today. Really delicious. My mother made them. They took my mother 5 hours to finished them. But I can only helped her a little. I

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The Dragon Boat Festival with zongtzi (rice dumplings) We ate zongzi today. Really delicious. My mother made them. They took my mother 5 hours to finished them. But I can only helped her a little. It was very hard for me, I couldn't do it well =S In Taiwan, it is very convenient to buy ready-to-eat zongzi. However, many families still prefer to make their own. This is especially true of families with children preparing for the once-a-year college entrance exams held after Dragon Boat Festival, since it is believed that eating homemade zongzi before the test will help bring high scores. ------------------------------------------------- About The Dragon Boat Festival： Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and together with Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival forms one of the three major Chinese holidays. Since the summer is a time when diseases most easily spread, Dragon Boat Festival began as an occasion for driving off evil spirits and pestilence and for finding peace in one's life. The festival was later enriched by the legend of the patriot Chu Yuan. Dragon Boat Festival is highlighted by the dragon boat races, in which competing teams drive their boats forward rowing to the rhythm of pounding drums. This lively and colorful tradition has continued unbroken for centuries to the present day. The festival's significance as a time for warding off evil and disease is symbolized by a number of customary practices such as hanging calamus and moxa on the front door, and pasting up pictures of Chung Kuei (a nemesis of evil spirits). Adults drink hsiung huang wine and children are given fragrant sachets, both of which are said to possess qualities for preventing evil and bringing peace. Another custom practiced in Taiwan is "fetching noon water," in which people draw well water on the afternoon of the festival in the belief that it will cure illness. And if you can successfully stand an egg on its end exactly at 12:00 noon, then the coming year will be a lucky one. The most popular dish during Dragon Boat Festival is zongzi, originally eaten in memory of the patriot Chu Yuan, but gradually evolving into a snack eaten during normal occasions as well.

6 giu 2011 06:10

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The home made zongzi looks nice! We also eat oak leaf bun(槲葉包年糕) on this day for luck ^_^

6 giugno 2011

The Dragon Boat Festival with Zongtzi (rice dumplings)

We ate Zongzi today. It was really delicious.
My mother made them. They took my mother 5 hours to finish them.
But I could can only help her a little as it was very hard for me, and I couldn't do a good job! =S
In Taiwan, it is more convenient to buy ready-to-eat zongzi.
However, many families still prefer to make their own.
This is especially true of families with children preparing for the once-a-year college entrance exams held after the Dragon Boat Festival, since it is believed that eating homemade zongzi before the test will help bring high scores.

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About The Dragon Boat Festival：

Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and together with Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival forms one of the three major Chinese holidays. Since the summer is a time when diseases most easily spread, Dragon Boat Festival began as an occasion for driving off evil spirits and pestilence and for finding peace in one's life. The festival was later enriched by the legend of the patriot Chu Yuan.

Dragon Boat Festival is highlighted by the dragon boat races, in which competing teams drive their boats forward rowing to the rhythm of pounding drums. This lively and colorful tradition has continued unbroken for centuries to the present day.

The festival's significance as a time for warding off evil and disease is symbolized by a number of customary practices such as hanging calamus and moxa on the front door, and pasting up pictures of Chung Kuei (a nemesis of evil spirits). Adults drink hsiung huang wine and children are given fragrant sachets, both of which are said to possess qualities for preventing evil and bringing peace. Another custom practiced in Taiwan is "fetching noon water," in which people draw well water on the afternoon of the festival in the belief that it will cure illness. And if you can successfully stand an egg on its end exactly at 12:00 noon, then the coming year will be a lucky one.

The most popular dish during Dragon Boat Festival is zongzi, originally eaten in memory of the patriot Chu Yuan, but gradually evolving into a snack eaten during normal occasions as well.