Culture insider: 7 things to know and do during Dragon Boat Festival
Updated: 2014-05-30 07:10
(chinadaily.com.cn)
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Eating zongzi
Most Chinese festivals are tied to a particular food, and Dragon Boat Festival is no exception.
A very popular dish during Dragon Boat Festival is zongzi. This tasty dish consists of rice dumplings with meat, peanuts, egg yolks or other fillings wrapped in bamboo leaves. The tradition of zongzi is meant to remind us of village fishermen scattering rice across the water of the Mi Luo River in order to appease the river dragons so that they would not devour Qu Yuan.
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Zongzi is a popular dish during Dragon Boat Festival. [Photo/IC] |
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