Dumpling festival, also known as dragon boat festival,which traditionally celebrated during the 5th day of the 5th month on the lunar calendar. Shixu’s school teacher had arranged a session to let the children make rice dumpling together . Shi Xu got the chance to make his first rice dumpling too!!! At the end of the day, they are supposed to put their rice dumpling on a folded paper boat and bring it home for their to parents .
When we went to pick up shi xu on that day , he presented to us his first rice dumpling proudly and requested to go to the beach !
Shi Xu : Mummy , I want to go to the beach ?
Mummy : Why ?
Shi Xu : Because i want to throw dumpling into the sea !
At first ,I was puzzled , but later on i got what he mean .He was talking about the story of Qu Yuan ! I believe teacher had shared the Qu Yuan's story with him . Qu Yuan sacrificed his life by jumping in to the Milo River , people in old time believed that by throwing the rice dumpling into the river ,and fish would eat the rice dumpling and it would stop the fish from eating Qu Yuan’s body.
Anyway happy belated dumpling festival !
**Shi Xu @ 34.5 months old
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