We went to May May Food on Pell Street to pick ... Zongzi: The Chinese Version of Tamales. By . Jen Chung. Published Apr 16, ... Dragon Boat Festival. food. Pell Street. pictures.

According to Chinese folklore, the food and the Dragon Boat Festival were created to commemorate Qu Yuan, a beloved poet and politician who drowned himself somewhere around 278 B.C.

This year’s festival will be on June 10, and as in all years since the early fifth and sixth centuries C.E., scores of people of Chinese descent will be heading out to the nearest body of water ...

Zongzi are the festival food for the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. (This year it fell on May 31.) The festival is called Duanwu Jie, and if a contemporary home cook ever makes zongzi, it is ...

It is also the first Chinese festival to be included in the UNESCO world intangible cultural heritage list. One of the festival's enduring customs is eating zongzi — sweet or savory stuffed rice ...

Press the contents down firmly, fold the leaves tightly into a triangular or rectangular shape and secure with string to keep the dumpling intact during cooking. Boil the wrapped zongzi in water for 2 ...

Zongzi are sweet or savoury sticky rice dumplings that are eaten during the Chinese festival of Tuen Ng, or Dragon Boat Festival, which is celebrated across East and Southeast Asia. One of the ...

Zongzi, or sticky glutinous rice dumplings, come in a range of flavours and shapes depending on the region in China they're from - from Hokkien to Hakka and Shanghai-style Feasting on zongzi ...

In Asia, festivals revolve around the special foods that are traditionally enjoyed during the occasion.With the annual Dragon Boat Festival being celebrated on May 31, the one thing on people's ...

The colorful, competitive Milwaukee Dragon Boat Festival returns to Lake Shore Park on Aug. 12 with dragon boat races and Chinese cultural performances and activities. From race schedules to food ...