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Have your dumplings already?
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Today is Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duan Wu Festival (端午节). On the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar, people celebrate Duanwu Festival by eating zongzi, drinking wine/tea, and race dragon boats.
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Dragon Boat Festival originated n ancient China. It is a day we commemorate the death of the poet - Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan tried to warn his king against ally with the Qin, but was unsuccessful. When Qin Dynasty general took over, Qu Yuan’s grief was so intense that he drowned himself in the Miluo river on the fifth day of the fifth month after penning the Lament for Ying.
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Rice dumplings are made up of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves. The shape of zongzi ranges from relatively tetrahedral to cylindrical. The fillings of the dumplings changes every time as people come out with many innovative ideas.
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Mini Vegetarian Dumpling
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Karn Sui Chung (Alkali Water Dumpling) (碱水粽)
The glutinous rice is treated with lye water (aqueous calcium hydroxide), which gives them a distinctive yellow colour. Karn Sui Chung are typically filled with sweet fillings, although some are unfilled. This is the variation that usually contain no filling and are often eaten with sugar or light syrup.
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Dumpling with blue colouring
Wrapped in dried bamboo leaf, this dumpling is filled with minced pork & mushroom.
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Veggie Glutinous Dumpling
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Teochew Glutinous Rice Dumpling Roll
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Meat Dumpling
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Stuffed Sweet Dumpling Squashes
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Green Tea and Red Bean Sticky Rice Dumpling
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