Posts Tagged "Duan Wu Jie"

Dumpling Festival & The mystery of the standing eggs

Posted by Jong Fui Fa on Jun 9, 2008 in Kuching Foods | 13 comments

Yesterday was a special day, Duan Wu Jie (in mandarin)! According to story a Chinese poet was lost in the river worrying for his remains eaten by sea creatures the villages threw some sort of dumpling into the river so the sea creatures will not harm his remains! (okay I made that up) But one thing for sure after century of dumping foods onto the river we realize we should just eat the dumpling instead. ROFL I’m sure you’ll love it too… The next most exciting story would be the...