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May 30, 2011, Monday
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AS the Dragon Boat Festival is just around the corner, many locals will be busy cooking zongzi, a traditional dumpling eaten during the holiday.
In celebration of the festival, Binjiang Forest Park will hold a zongzi-themed culture tour from June 1 to 6.
A series of events about zongzi, which are made of glutinous rice and stuffed with various fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, will be launched to please your eyes and tantalize your taste buds.
One of the highlights of this tour will likely be the zongzi wrapping show performed by 20 local grandmothers. The park is now recruiting Shanghai-native women, aged from 60 to 70, who can skillfully make at least two types of zongzi.
"Our park is abundant in reeds, which can be seen almost everywhere - near the wetland, by the streams and along the rivers," said Huang Zhuren, the park's management office director.
The zongzi festival is held on a spacious lawn in the Ecological Woods, the park's central green belt that boasts a large forest of camphor, dawn redwood and cedar trees. It borders a 13-hectare wetland. The lake is formed by several streams flowing through the forest and lush reeds thrive here.
"Children can get closer to the reeds and learn how to wrap a zongzi from the grannies," the director said. The park has prepared a cute kite as a small gift for every pre-school child.
In addition, interactive games such as paper folding, riddle guessing and painting zongzi are to be held for both children and adults.
Rice and fresh reeds will be offered to visitors. But don't worry about dropping rice all over the lawn.
"The birds will come and eat the rice pretty quickly," Huang said, smiling.
In celebration of the festival, Binjiang Forest Park will hold a zongzi-themed culture tour from June 1 to 6.
A series of events about zongzi, which are made of glutinous rice and stuffed with various fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, will be launched to please your eyes and tantalize your taste buds.
One of the highlights of this tour will likely be the zongzi wrapping show performed by 20 local grandmothers. The park is now recruiting Shanghai-native women, aged from 60 to 70, who can skillfully make at least two types of zongzi.
"Our park is abundant in reeds, which can be seen almost everywhere - near the wetland, by the streams and along the rivers," said Huang Zhuren, the park's management office director.
The zongzi festival is held on a spacious lawn in the Ecological Woods, the park's central green belt that boasts a large forest of camphor, dawn redwood and cedar trees. It borders a 13-hectare wetland. The lake is formed by several streams flowing through the forest and lush reeds thrive here.
"Children can get closer to the reeds and learn how to wrap a zongzi from the grannies," the director said. The park has prepared a cute kite as a small gift for every pre-school child.
In addition, interactive games such as paper folding, riddle guessing and painting zongzi are to be held for both children and adults.
Rice and fresh reeds will be offered to visitors. But don't worry about dropping rice all over the lawn.
"The birds will come and eat the rice pretty quickly," Huang said, smiling.
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