NCKU International Students Made Rice Dumplings and Sachets
Tainan, Taiwan, June 8th, 2010
Celebrating Dragon Boat Festival, one of the three major traditional Chinese festivals, ahead of time, nearly 200 international students from about 50 counties of the Chinese Language Center at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, gathered together to learn how to make rice dumplings and sachets on June 8th.
NCKU Chinese Language Center has prepared ingredients, including glutinous rice, mushrooms, meat, egg yolks and bamboo leaves, to make over 100 rice dumplings.
As teachers taught them how to make rice dumplings, students picked bamboo leaves, folded them to create an empty space, placed the ingredients in order, covered the gap on top with bamboo leaves and tied them up with strings. Though students either put too much ingredients inside or folded the bamboo leaves incorrectly during the process, everyone had fun eating the rice dumplings made by themselves.
A student from Panama was particularly interested in making the rice dumplings. She said, “Making rice dumplings requires some skills. Once you master the skills, it won’t be hard to make rice dumplings. Rice dumplings are such interesting delicacies. You can put in any ingredient that you like and as much as you want. I’ll definitely recommend Taiwanese rice dumplings to my friends in Panama.”
The Chinese Language Center has also prepared many bright and colorful sachets, talismans made up of various silk textiles for good luck and spice which can keep away mosquitoes, capturing the attention of many female students.
It is understood that rice dumpling originated with Qu Yuan, a famous Chinese poet from the kingdom of Chu who lived during the Warring States period, drowning himself in the Miluo River. According to the legend, packets of rice were thrown into the river to prevent fish from eating the poet’s body on every May 5th. After more than two thousand years, the tradition has evolved into the custom of eating rice dumplings on Dragon Boat Festival.
Celebrating Dragon Boat Festival, one of the three major traditional Chinese festivals, ahead of time, nearly 200 international students from about 50 counties of the Chinese Language Center at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, gathered together to learn how to make rice dumplings and sachets on June 8th.
NCKU Chinese Language Center has prepared ingredients, including glutinous rice, mushrooms, meat, egg yolks and bamboo leaves, to make over 100 rice dumplings.
As teachers taught them how to make rice dumplings, students picked bamboo leaves, folded them to create an empty space, placed the ingredients in order, covered the gap on top with bamboo leaves and tied them up with strings. Though students either put too much ingredients inside or folded the bamboo leaves incorrectly during the process, everyone had fun eating the rice dumplings made by themselves.
A student from Panama was particularly interested in making the rice dumplings. She said, “Making rice dumplings requires some skills. Once you master the skills, it won’t be hard to make rice dumplings. Rice dumplings are such interesting delicacies. You can put in any ingredient that you like and as much as you want. I’ll definitely recommend Taiwanese rice dumplings to my friends in Panama.”
The Chinese Language Center has also prepared many bright and colorful sachets, talismans made up of various silk textiles for good luck and spice which can keep away mosquitoes, capturing the attention of many female students.
It is understood that rice dumpling originated with Qu Yuan, a famous Chinese poet from the kingdom of Chu who lived during the Warring States period, drowning himself in the Miluo River. According to the legend, packets of rice were thrown into the river to prevent fish from eating the poet’s body on every May 5th. After more than two thousand years, the tradition has evolved into the custom of eating rice dumplings on Dragon Boat Festival.
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