Happy Dumpling Day!

Happy Dumpling Day to everyone!

- The Bak Chang my aunty made for us -

The Dumpling Day is actually a day for you to come home and eat dumpling, Zong Zi. Hahahaa.. nola, it's actually a day where Zongzi is traditionally eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival (Mandarin: Duanwu; Cantonese: Tuen Ng). Duanwu Day is celebrated as memorial of the late patriotic poet named "Qu Yuan". He tried hard to warn his king bout some invasion of enemy to his state but unsuccessful, so upon his grief of the lost of his homeland he drowned himself. According to legend, packets of rice were thrown into the river to prevent fish from eating the poet's body.

There's few types of Bak Chang a.k.a Dumpling in hokkien.

Kiam Bak Chang (Salty Rice Dumpling with pork, mung bean, salted duck egg, chestnuts etc)
Jianshui zong (Yellowish glutinous rice often unfilled)
Nonya zong (Southern style dumpling)

Some superstitious stuff I heard bout bak chang:

The Bak Chang will not cook properly if a pregnant woman enters the kitchen while they are being steamed.
Bak Chang were given to placate a dragon that lived in the river during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Anyhow, it's another day for us Chinese to celebrate the togetherness in the family while having the delicious Bak Chang (w/o the pork)

Enjoy~

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