Happy Dumpling Festival

Happy Dumpling Festival!

May you have a nice get-together with your loved ones. :-)

[Photo: Indochine Kitchen]

Happy Dumpling Festival

It’s the fifth day of the fifth Lunar month — the day to celebrate Dumpling a.k.a. Dragon Boat a.k.a. Duanwu Festival. :-D

[Photo: QingFeng and HuaAo, of the Nanshan Zoo, China, chomping down the dumplings.]

Happy Dumpling Festival

It's the day of the dumpling! May you enjoy dumplings in all sizes, shapes and flavours. :-)

[Photo: The Dining Table]

Happy Dumpling Festival

Legend has it that the Dumpling Festival aka Dragon Boat Festival commemorates the popular Chinese patriot, Qu Yuan, who in the 3rd century in protest of a corrupt government threw himself into the Mi Lo River in despair. Upon hearing the news, local people frantically raced out in boats to save him, and to scare away any fish who might want to eat him pounded drums and threw rice into the river - sadly, they arrived too late. As legend has it, boat races and ceremonial sacrifices of rice were performed each year to symbolise the valiant attempts to rescue Qu Yuan.