String beans.
String beans.
Homemade zong-zi given to me by my patients. Zong-zi is glutinous rice, with different fillings, wrapped in bamboo leaves. It is either steamed or boiled.
Duanwu Festival (Dragon Boat Festival):
The Duanwu Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, was yesterday, June 23, 2012. It falls on the 5th day of the 5th month on the Chinese lunar calendar. The festival commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a Chinese poet from the kingdom of Chu who lived during the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). When the kingdom of Chu was conquered by the kingdom of Qin, he drowned himself in the Miluo river on the 5th day of the 5th month to oppose the rule of Qin. The local people who had admired him, threw zong-zi (rice dumplings) into the river so that the fish would eat the zong-zi instead of Qu Yuan's body. They then paddled out on boats in an attempt to retrieve his body.
