Hi,
Today let me introduce to you all about our traditional dragon boat festival, it is also called “Duanwu Jie” in Chinese. The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday which occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar.
Normally we will eat rice dumplings called “zhong” and watch Dragon Boat Races as part of the ceremonies on that day. Two weeks before that day, you can start to see shops selling rice dumplings, it is a reminder that the dragon boat festival is approaching. We can also hear the sounds of the dragon boat practice coming from the river preparing for the race.
June 14th was the dragon boat festival, and I ate rice dumplings with my family for the celebration. Actually, we have different kinds of rice dumplings; you can make them according to the flavors you love. The traditional ones are made with meat. The ingredients include sticky rice, red beans, mung beans without skin, salted egg yolk, dried small shrimp, and fatty pork meat. The fatty pork meat is the most important part as it will make the rice dumplings more tasty and smell good. Of course, if you don’t like the fatty pork meat you can choose the meat without fat, but the traditional one is with fat meat only.
Another traditional one is called Jianshui rice dumpling. It is simpler than the one above as it is only made with jianshui and red bean paste. It is normally eaten with sugar. My younger daughter likes this very much because she likes sweets. Nowadays, people are becoming more and more healthy, so some people will make the rice dumplings with only five kinds of beans for vegetarians, that way more people can enjoy eating rice dumplings.
It is a pity that we are not allowed to watch the Dragon Boat Race on site this year due to the pandemic. We can just watch from far away from the shore or watch on television. I am hoping that we will resume our normal life soon so we can really enjoy the festival.
Deckers Careers 