Duanwu Festival
Today's Dragon Boat Festival, a much muted affair here in Singapore (which explains why it's not a public holiday for us - unlike in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan).Not everyone eats zongzi and those who do may not know its backstory with the Zhou Dynasty poet Qu Yuan. And, IMPO, aside from the jacked-up prices, none can beat my late granny's culinary skills when it comes to making these glutinous rice dumplings.
Labels: Culture
sent to print @ 10:20 PM
3 Comments:
I've ate tonnes of bak chang since then and really none were as gd as Ah ma's. She really made the best dumplings in the world, hands down. Pity I didn't learn how to do it and the art is lost forever.. :(
Nice info. Duanwu Festival is commonly known as the Dragon Boat Festival.It is celebrated in Hong Kong as well as Macau. It is government declared public holiday in the province of Taiwan. Festival is generally celebrated on the fifth month’s fifth day according to the lunar calendar. Three of the mainly extensive actions that as carried out for the Duanwu Festival are eating as well as preparing zongzi. For more details refer Dragon boat festival
Wow...thanks, Ricky! :-D
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