Rice dumplings are a traditional food to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. Apart from the common savory rice dumplings, there is a sweet version popular in southern China called kansui-zong (鹼水粽) or lye dumplings (kee-chang 鹼粽 in Taiwan). They usually don’t have any fillings but are enjoyed dipping or sprinkled with cane sugar, thus are also…

June 22 brought this year’s Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Double Fifth Festival, as it falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar. Apart from those delicious “rice dumplings” wrapped in lotus leaves, the dragon boat parade is another feature that makes the festival exciting. Yet you might not…

The Dragon Boat Festival returned triumphantly to Hong Kong on June 22 after a few years of absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Seven districts in Hong Kong, including Stanley, Aberdeen, and Tai O, organized large-scale dragon boat races this year. Additionally, unaffiliated with the Government Tourism Bureau, various local villages held smaller yet culturally…

A new advisory committee was announced on June 18 to connect the growing Asian population with local resources in the Town of Mount Hope and surrounding areas. Mela Wu, president of Mount Hope Chinese Association, unveiled the committee along with several local officials during the Dragon Boat Festival at the town park. “This is exciting….

A Chinese cultural association will host a Dragon Boat festival in the Town of Mount Hope on June 18. The group said the event will offer a “unique experience” and “fun for the whole family” as it coincides with Father’s Day. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duan Wu Festival, falls on June 22…

A newly formed dragon boat team of the Hong Kong Association of New York, composed of several Hongkongers in the United States, participated in the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York for the first time this year. After seven weeks of hard work, they won the runner-up medal in the HK Family Invitational…