Asia Album: Singapore, Malaysia ready for Dragon Boat Festival celebrations-Xinhua
Asia Album: Singapore, Malaysia ready for Dragon Boat Festival celebrations
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-06-09 10:17:15
People practice rowing the dragon boat ahead of the Dragon Boat Festival which falls on June 10 this year, in Singapore, on June 8, 2024. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)
SINGAPORE/MALACCA, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Various traditional activities were held in Singapore and Malacca of Malaysia on Saturday to greet the Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival.
Originating in China thousands of years ago, the festival commemorates the Chinese patriotic poet Qu Yuan (about 340 BC-278 BC) on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of the Chinese calendar. People enjoy zongzi, known as sticky rice dumplings, and watch dragon boat races on the day.
People practice rowing the dragon boat ahead of the Dragon Boat Festival which falls on June 10 this year, in Singapore, on June 8, 2024. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)People practice rowing the dragon boat ahead of the Dragon Boat Festival which falls on June 10 this year, in Singapore, on June 8, 2024. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)A woman makes Zongzi, the glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during a competition in Malacca, Malaysia, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)People take part in a dragon boat race in Malacca, Malaysia, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)People take part in a dragon boat race in Malacca, Malaysia, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)■
