China News Agency, Beijing, June 3 (Li Xiang) The fragrance of rice dumplings floats around the world, sweating and racing dragon boats.
On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, overseas Chinese from all over the world will make rice dumplings and race dragon boats with their relatives and friends to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese festival.
A reporter from China News Agency interviewed overseas Chinese from the United Kingdom, Singapore and the United States by telephone and online, and introduced how they celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival there.
Li Xuebing, vice president of the British Xinhua Association, told reporters that the "All-UK Chinese Dragon Boat Festival" was held on May 29. This is a ten-year-old event and has become an influential traditional culture in the British Chinese community. one of the activities.
It is worth mentioning that this year was held again after two years due to the impact of the epidemic, with 36 dragon boat teams participating.
The event has been supported by the majority of overseas Chinese organizations and even local business organizations in the UK.
"'All UK Chinese Dragon Boat Festival' aims to promote traditional Chinese culture, mainly eating zongzi and dragon boat racing, and conveying the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival culture. This year's event also includes writing calligraphy, dragon and lion dance, and Chinese Kung Fu. There was a strong Chinese festive atmosphere throughout the venue, such as exhibitions, dumplings, steamed buns and other garden activities." Li Xuebing said.
Song Zhanyong, a Chinese living in Singapore and the founder and president of Xinzhong Consulting Group, said that Singapore is a country dominated by Chinese, and the Dragon Boat Festival has naturally become an important festival for everyone to celebrate together.
Although it is not a statutory holiday, most Chinese still make rice dumplings on this day to celebrate.
"Singapore has Chinese of different origins, most of which are from Guangdong and Fujian. Therefore, the rice dumplings in Singapore are mostly made of southern China, such as Fujian meat dumplings, Guangdong salt water dumplings, bean paste dumplings, etc." Song Zhanyong said, "Singapore also has another kind of rice dumplings. The 'Nyonya Rice Dumpling', which is full of local cultural characteristics, contains minced meat and winter melon, and the rice dumpling leaves are made of tropical pandan leaves, which has a tropical flavor."
Yin Junyang, an overseas Chinese who has been working in New York for many years, said that during the Dragon Boat Festival every year, Chinese groups in the United States will organize colorful celebrations.
Among them, dragon boat racing is one of the most lively activities.
"This year, the Boston Dragon Boat Festival will be held in Boston around New York. My Chinese group organized a dragon boat team to participate in the competition. Being able to spend the Dragon Boat Festival overseas by racing dragon boats will feel like coming home and experience happiness in the competition. ."(Finish)