Happy Dragon Boat Festival!

:thanx:

You know, if you really think about it, we're celebrating the fact that some dude committed suicide 2300+ years ago. :lol:
 
What is Dragon Boat Festival? I am not familiar with Chinese Culture BTW.
 
You know, if you really think about it, we're celebrating the fact that some dude committed suicide 2300+ years ago. :lol:

If that isn't a good reason to leave work early and shovel down some food, what is?

Enjoy!
 
What is Dragon Boat Festival? I am not familiar with Chinese Culture BTW.

It's explained in Dann's link in the first post :)

Spoiler :
Duanwu Festival (端午節, Duānwū Jié) is a traditional Chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Double Fifth. It has since been celebrated, in various ways, in other parts of East Asia as well. In the West, it's commonly known as Dragon Boat Festival.

The exact origins of Duan Wu are unclear, but one traditional view holds that the festival memorializes the Chinese poet Qu Yuan (c. 340 BC-278 BC) of the Warring States Period. He committed suicide by drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted by the corruption of the Chu government. The local people, knowing him to be a good man, decided to throw food into the river to feed the fish so they would not eat Qu's body. They also sat on long, narrow paddle boats called dragon boats, and tried to scare the fish away by the thundering sound of drums aboard the boat and the fierce looking carved dragon head on the boat's prow.

In the early years of the Chinese Republic, Duan Wu was also celebrated as "Poets' Day," due to Qu Yuan's status as China's first poet of personal renown.

Today, people eat bamboo-wrapped steamed glutinous rice dumplings called zongzi (the food originally intended to feed the fish) and race dragon boats in memory of Qu's dramatic death.

Pretty awesome reason for a festival. Enjoy yourselves.
 
Pics are in.

Harbin:


Chongqing:




Kids making zongzi:


Dragon Boat race in Hongkong:


Fancy zongzi (rice dumpling):
 
You know, if you really think about it, we're celebrating the fact that some dude committed suicide 2300+ years ago.

Well, as good as some guy getting himself executed like a darned fool 2000 years ago, right?
 
Man I miss these holidays ever since I left Hong Kong. :(
 
the chinise seem to have a festival for everything ;)
 
At the very least, it's a good reason to eat good food, drink good drink, and have a merry old time!

As for me, I'm getting awful hungry looking at those pictures of rice dumplings...:drool:

Its great that in Singapore, we got 4 different main religions, Hindu, Islam, Christian and Buddhism/Taoist. So we really get to eat everything.
 
Its great that in Singapore, we got 4 different main religions, Hindu, Islam, Christian and Buddhism/Taoist. So we really get to eat everything.

Very true. I think Singapore has the best food in the world IMO. Zam Zams is one of my favorite.;) :)
 
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