2025 UK Dragon Boat Festival Programme

INTERESTING DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL FOOD

Zongzi

Eggs boiled with tea leaves It is a custom for people in Central China to eat eggs boiled with tea leaves. The boiled egg is also dyed in red and put into a colourful net bag for children to hang around their neck, which is believed to bring them good luck. Mianshanzi Mianshanzi is a type of wheat flour food made in the shape of a fan. It usually consists of five layers, with each layer covered with fried sprinkles of pepper powder. It is a popular Dragon Boat Festival food in Northwest China. Fried Cake Fried cake is a type of fried round cake made of wheat flour, rice, and sweet potato. In East China, every family eats fried cake during the Dragon Boat Festival as they believe that it will help mend the sky that once had a hole in it, which leads to non-stop rain in the fifth month of the lunar calendar. Glutinous Glutinous rice cakes are a popular delicacy for people who live in Northeast China. Zongzi is glutinous rice wrapped in leaves with fillings, which can include egg, beans, dates, fruits, sweet potato, walnut, mushroom, meat, or a combination of these. They are normally boiled in water. It is a traditional custom for Chinese people to eat Zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival.