As a traditional festival in China, the Dragon Boat Festival condenses the national spirit and national emotions of the Chinese nation, and carries the cultural blood and ideological essence of the Chinese nation. In order to guide all ethnic groups to feel the traditional Chinese festival culture and inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese virtues, on May 24, Nanhu District held the “Zhejiang Pomegranate Red” Ethnic Compatriots Wrapping Friendship Competition in the “One Heart Home” in Dongzha Street.
The event invited representatives of various ethnic groups from 11 townships and streets in Nanhu District to make rice dumplings together. They used the prepared glutinous rice, red dates, rice dumpling leaves and other materials, rolled the rice dumpling leaves into a funnel-shaped, enriched and pressed them with glutinous rice, and then wrapped and bundled with strings, tying not only the fragrant rice dumplings, but also the Chinese compatriots together.
At the event site, there were also prepared for everyone to enjoy the display boards of national cuisine, wormwood bouquet making, and different nationalities celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival. As a multi-ethnic folk festival in China, in addition to the positive meaning of avoiding pestilence and repelling poison and preventing disasters and diseases since ancient times, the Dragon Boat Festival is also mixed with the customs of different places and different ethnic groups, reflecting the integration and differences of different ethnic cultures, and the symbols and connotations of cultural heritage are very rich. The custom of the Yi people in Xiaoliangshan, Sichuan, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival is to collect herbs for disease prevention and treatment; The Mulao people carry paper boats to the fields to drive away pests after the Dragon Boat Festival, and pray for the growth of grass seedlings; In addition to dragon boat racing, the Guizhou Miao Dragon Boat Festival also holds activities such as stepping on inspiration, singing, and rushing mountains.
After the game, everyone tasted the food, told the customs and eating habits of their respective nationalities, showed everyone the characteristics of clothing, and everyone interacted with each other, learned from each other, and had happy and joyful smiles on their faces.
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