today is 16th of May = 五月初五 = 端午节
they appeared in my house since last week......
hang-RiceDumpling
fresh from pot.....draining the water.....
they always come in two groups......the plain type........
eat with sugar or kaya......
small and cute.......easy to wrap too.....
but took 5 hours to cook it......
the savoury type......
just need two hours of cooking....but skill is needed in making this.......
tried to make a few of them......passed!! =D
even they don't look as nice as my mom's one.....
wanna thank my dear mama for making all those rice dumpling.....
she's always the busiest before the festival.....
prepare the ingredients.....make the dumpling......cook them for hours.....
a long process........
there is another person we need to appreciate too.....
without him......there won't be any 粽子and this festival might not even exist....
this is the portrait of him.....
Mr 屈原
there will be a story / legend behind every festival......
skip the long winding sad story.......
straight to the ending.....
so at the end.....he committed suicide by jumping into a river......
people created this rice dumpling to feed the fishes so that they wouldn't eat his dead body......
and 端午节 is the day commemorates the death of this great patriotic guy.....
THE END......
I learned the story in primary school.....hehe.....
can't remember the whole complete story.....=p
but at least I know today is 端午节
for those who celebrating.....
端午节快乐!!
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