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The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.

The time of year of the Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth lunar moon, has more significance than just the story of Chu Yuan.

Zongzi is an essential food of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that people ate them in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). In early times, it was only glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or other plant leaves and tied with colored thread, but now the fillings are more diversified, including jujube and bean paste, fresh meat, and ham and egg yolk. If time permits, people will soak glutinous rice, wash reed leaves and wrap up zongzi themselves. Otherwise, they will go to shops to buy whatever stuff they want. The custom of eating zongzi is now popular in North and South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian nations.

Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival and the Double Fifth, is a traditional and statutory holiday originating in China. It is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.

Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most ancient festivals, not only in China but also throughout the world, with a history of more than 2000 years. Almost every Chinese know somestories about Dragon Boat Festival, which shows that this traditional festival had firmly rooted in people’s mind.There are numerous versions of the festival’s origin, among which three legends are the most widely circulated.

Zongzi With Dragon Boat Festival approaching, you’ll start to see more and more zongzi on the streets. But why buy these rice dumplings when you can easily make your own at home and fill them with whatever stuffing you like? Most of the ingredients are readily available at different supermarkets around town like Daoxiangcun or Carrefour.

How to make Zong Zi 粽子- bamboo leaves filled with sticky rice, meat and vegetables then steamed/boiled. This is a traditional food especially around 6th June – Dragon Boat Festival. They are also popular at other times, these little green triangles of food are quite filling for their size, so one or two is enough for most people with some other dishes on the side. When it’s cooked, don’t worry, you unwrap the Zong Zi 粽子 and just eat the contents of the folded leaf, not the leaf!