International students experience Dragon Boat Festival's customs
(moe.gov.cn) Updated：2016-06-08
International students of Jiangsu University experienced Dragon Boat Festival's customs in the community of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province before this Chinese traditional festival. Guiding by the community's residents, the international students from countries such as Ghana, Uganda and Zimbabwe learned the festival's customs such as wrapping zongzi and painting salted duck eggs.
The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of May in the lunar calendar, and falls on June 9 this year.
Local residents teach the international students how to wrap zongzi or glutinous rice dumplings, a traditional Dragon Boat Festival food. [Photo/Shi Yucheng and Jiang Jun]
An international student shows zongzi he had made. [Photo/Shi Yucheng and Jiang Jun]
International students apply paint to salted duck eggs. Painted salted duck eggs are another traditional food at the Dragon Boat Festival. [Photo/Shi Yucheng and Jiang Jun]
Two students learn how to pick bamboo leaves, used for wrapping zongzi. [Photo/Shi Yucheng and Jiang Jun]
