Dumplings

Delicious savoury or sweet dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves mark the celebration of the "jung cheet" festival. Celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month every year, the dumpling festival, or "jung cheet" in Cantonese, is heralded by grand dragon boat races in Penang and with the wrapping and cooking of rice dumplings, or "jung".

The dumpling festival commemorates Qu-Yuan, one of China’s greatest poets and patriots, who protested against a corrupt government. Wrongfully dismissed, he protested against the injustice and drowned himself in a river, They sought to recover his body from the river he drowned in, but it was never found.

So that his body wouldn’t be eaten by fish, the people then threw dumplings made of rice into the water for fish to eat instead of his remains and boats raced throughout the expanse of the river to find him. Through the ages, the celebration has evolved to become two rather distinct, albeit related festivals, namely the Dragon Boat festival where teams of rowers led by a drummer race a dragon-headed boat to reach the finish line, and the Dumpling festival. The Dragon Boat festival is normally held from the 15th to 16th of June in Penang. The dumpling festival usually lasts throughout the month

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Ba Chang ... mali mali .... time for dumplings ... :D one whole bunch of ba chang ... special request from me is with the red string consists of 6 changs coz I only want the meat and egg, no mushroom, no chestnut

Not salty enough but once a year, of course it's nice haha, my grandma did

The above article was taken from some sites online, trying to look for the origins of this festival because I know nuts about this. All I know is to eat. Anyway, if you want to know more, please click on the title itself, because I put the link there.

Thank you for reading, now let's eat