China News Service, Ningde, June 3 (Zhou Jinjie) On the 2nd, the Overseas Chinese Federation of Gutian County, Ningde City, Fujian organized the Dragon Boat Festival series of activities of "Dragon Boat Festival Dumpling Fragrance Thousands of Miles Love Overseas Chinese Relatives from All Over the World" to further inherit and promote the excellent culture of the Chinese nation.
During the event, more than 20 people including officials from the Gutian County Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, representatives of returned overseas Chinese, and representatives of overseas Chinese leaders attended the event. More than 100 overseas Chinese from Malaysia, Thailand, South Africa and other countries participated in the event through video.
At the event site, Gutian County Overseas Chinese Federation prepared glutinous rice, zongzi leaves, fresh meat and other materials. Everyone stretched out their hands, exchanged their skills and experience in making zongzi, shared the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, and shared the joy they enjoyed in practice. with happiness.
During the period, they also shared the cultural customs of the Dragon Boat Festival with representatives of overseas Chinese leaders through the online video connection system, such as: hanging calamus, wormwood to avoid acne, killing mosquitoes and flies, drinking realgar wine on children's foreheads, hanging red eggs to avoid plague By reciting the ancient poems of the Dragon Boat Festival, explaining the patriotism of Qu Yuan, sharing the feeling and experience of reading, and looking for the cultural memory of the Dragon Boat Festival in the traditional poems.
"The cultural customs of the Dragon Boat Festival have become the common cultural bond and emotional sustenance of Chinese sons and daughters at home and abroad." The person in charge of the Gutian County Overseas Chinese Federation said that through this event, the spiritual and cultural life of the overseas Chinese people will be enriched, and the fragrance of rice dumplings across the ocean will be continued. It conveys the strong family and friendship of overseas Chinese at home and abroad, and also conveys the long-lasting charm of Chinese traditional culture.
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