China Overseas Chinese Network, June 26, Question: Dragon Boat Festival for Overseas Chinese: The dumplings are floating for thousands of miles, sending homesickness far away

　　Today is the traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. Under the epidemic situation, overseas Chinese compatriots spend the Dragon Boat Festival differently than in previous years.

　　Despite the lack of lively activities such as dragon boat racing and dragon and lion dance, the scent of rice dumplings drifting across the ocean has always continued, conveying a strong nostalgia.

Zongzi made by the overseas Chinese in Zurich. (Photo courtesy of the interviewee)

　　"Zongye rolled into a "funnel" look, first put a spoonful of glutinous rice, put three pieces of soy sauce, and then cover a layer of glutinous rice..." In the Dragon Boat Festival video sent to reporters by French overseas Chinese Wang Wei, she The husband is teaching a pair of dumplings to the children. The dumplings produced by the children look like a dumpling. Wang Wei plays the guzheng to accompany the zongzi activities.

　　Wang Wei’s hometown is Jiaxing, Zhejiang. Although she has lived in France for many years, she and her family still make authentic Jiaxing pork dumplings every year on Dragon Boat Festival. "My husband is French, but he likes Chinese culture very much. Last year I taught him to make dumplings, and this year it was his turn to teach two children."

　　"Zongye and glutinous rice were bought in a Chinese supermarket two weeks ago. The meat was marinated in soy sauce, rice wine and spices for three days. The glutinous rice should also be added to the sauce to soak overnight." Wang Wei said that she would also use zongzi as The souvenirs are given to neighbors. Foreign friends like this flavor from China.

Wang Wei's children are making dumplings. (Photo courtesy of the interviewee)

　　In Spain, overseas Chinese lined up in front of the Chinese restaurant "Barbecue and Gourmet" in Barcelona to receive the love dumplings issued by the overseas Chinese community. Six sturdy and full-bodied rice dumplings are tied together. They have two flavors, sweet and savoury. One bag is distributed to the overseas Chinese.

Each rice dumpling was packed in a red paper bag with a "Dragon Boat Festival" on the paper bag. (Photo courtesy of the interviewee)

　　This event is co-sponsored by Zhejiang Provincial Overseas Chinese Charity Association, Zhejiang Provincial Overseas Chinese Federation Food Promotion Association, and Barcelona Qingtian Association, from June 23 to June 25, daily food at the Arc de Triomphe in Barcelona Three Chinese restaurants in the government, wholesale warehouse area, good luck to the restaurant, Christmas Coloma meal and gourmet restaurant distributed 3240 dumplings to overseas Chinese.

　　"In only 10 minutes, 1080 dumplings have been sent out." Zhou Jianhong, one of the organizers of the event and chairman of the Qingtian Association of Barcelona in Spain, told reporters. "I hope these dumplings can bring care to people in the epidemic, and I want to use this to boost and promote Chinese food."

The overseas Chinese who received the dumplings took photos and "punched". (Photo courtesy of the interviewee)

　　In Penang, Malaysia, the Chinese rice dumplings ordered by the Chinese Gao Guoqin at the Zongzi specialty store arrived early in the morning. "Our family loves to eat salted rice dumplings with bacon, fat, salted egg yolks and mushrooms. After the ancestor worship tonight, our family will gather together to eat rice dumplings."

Mother hot dumplings.

　　Gao Guoqin introduced that Malaysian overseas Chinese come from different places, and the rice dumplings are more diverse, including Fujian meat dumplings, Guangdong salty rice dumplings, Hainan pillow rice dumplings, Chaozhou rice dumplings and so on. "The most distinctive feature is the Nyonya rice dumpling that combines Chinese taste and Nanyang practices. The glutinous rice is dyed blue with butterfly bean flowers and the filling is shredded coconut."

　　"Mugwort hung in front of the door, the dumplings smelled all over the sky, put on a small sachet, and the basket was filled with petals..." On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, there was a "cloud over the Dragon Boat Festival" event in Zurich, Switzerland. Chinese girl Yang Xiyun Dressed in Hanfu and wearing sachets, they sang a Dragon Boat Festival ballad.

　　Lu Jinlian, the organizer of the event and the president of the Zurich Chinese Traditional Culture Association, told reporters that a total of 110 Chinese youths from Zurich participated in the event. They recited the Dragon Boat Festival poems, dumplings, woven colorful ropes, made sachets, and painted dragon boats... There will be large-scale events, which can only be held online this year, but it has not affected the children’s enthusiasm for the Dragon Boat Festival."

Zongzi, colorful ropes and sachets made by Chinese children in Zurich, Switzerland.

　　In the United States, many Chinese diners came to the Chinese restaurant "Shenjing Roasted Food" at Monterey Park in Los Angeles to buy the signature "Abalone King Rice Dumpling". The fillings of abalone dumplings are made from abalone, scallops, salted pork, east mushrooms, chestnuts, etc. One dumpling is larger than the palm of a hand, and it weighs more than one pound.

Data map: Chinese dumplings sold by the Chinese restaurant "Shen and Roasted Food". (American "Qiao Bao"/Photo by Li Qingwei)

　　Restaurant founder Fu Ge introduced that although the price of raw materials increased this year, the abalone dumplings still maintained the prices of previous years. "In order to open up the market, we also launched traditional meat dumplings that meet the Chinese taste this year, and the sales are also good."

　　Although a variety of dumplings are available on the market, Chen Hedong, vice president of the Chinese Association of Rhode Island, is still used to making dumplings at home. "The dumplings in my package include dried shrimps, mushrooms, sausages, scallops, and peanuts in the glutinous rice. The whole family loves them."

　　"I have been to the United States for 38 years, and I spend the Dragon Boat Festival and eat dumplings with my family every year." In Chen Hedong's view, "Dragon Boat Festival" is an indelible cultural memory, but also a deep nostalgia.

　　(Source: Chinese official micro letter Overseas Network, author: Wu Kan, ID: qiaowangzhongguo)