#dumpling dragon

[nonagalleryart]

Happy Lunar New Year and Year of the Dragon!

(Sorry for being two days late, I am just about recovered from my food coma caused by eating so many rice based foods, but luckily CNY lasts for two weeks. So that's plenty of time for me to eat even more rice and dumplings!)

[pandacatxd]

小龍包 I love you 小龍包

(The art AND the namesake. The art is particularly adorable. Look at the gentle blush!! And the tip of her tail is twisted like the closed dumpling ❤️! She looks so soft and squishy. I can absolutely imagine her in the kitchen helping out with cooking. She blesses your dumplings with a little extra oomph, manifests extra dumplings and makes sure your fire is a good temperature! May your soup boil quickly instead of taking 20 minutes to heat up 😂 And soup dumplings are my favourite dish so that's self-explanatory haha)

小笼包

小龙包

#47 - 小龍包 (xiǎo lóng bāo) - Sometimes, when you add a little magic to the steamer, she might pop out! 🥟❤️🥢

[plusie]

🥤 🍔 - yummy world icons for @swirlythekittycat

[shirozen]

A day late but here's Part 2 of my dumpling guide!

Part 1 is here!

[buffetlicious]

If all Zong Zi or Rice Dumplings look the same to you, you’re not alone! Zong Zi (粽子) or Bak Chang are a variety of glutinous rice dumplings traditionally eaten by the Chinese during the Dragon Boat Festival (端午节). Here are six types of popular Zong Zi from various dialect and ethnic groups in Singapore.

Hokkien Rice Dumpling (福建咸肉粽) - One of the most common Zong Zi that can be found in markets and stores, the Hokkien Zong Zi is wrapped in bamboo leaves is recognized by its dark appearance from soy sauce infused rice and distinct aroma from the five-spice seasoning. Usually made with pork belly, salted egg yolk, chestnuts and dried shrimps.

Cantonese Rice Dumpling (广东咸肉粽) - The ingredient that sets Cantonese Zong Zi apart is the filling of mung beans or green beans. One can also order a variation with a salted egg yolk. The glutinous rice is also seasoned with salt and garlic oil instead of soy sauce.

Nyonya Rice Dumpling (娘惹粽) - The Nyonya Zong Zi is the most distinguishable rice dumpling for its bright blue tip that is typically made from the extract of the butterfly pea flower. It is also sweeter in taste and aroma because of its pandan leaf wrapper and candied winter melon.

Teochew Rice Dumpling (潮州粽) - The savoury yet sweet taste of a Teochew Zong Zi comes from various ingredients such as red bean paste or lotus paste, fatty pork belly, earthy mushrooms and dried shrimp. Chestnuts are also added to the dumpling for texture.

Hainanese Rice Dumpling (海南肉粽) - The Hainanese Zong Zi’s most distinctive trait lies in its portion. It is filled with generous chunks of pork belly, whole chestnuts, mushrooms, and seasonings of savoury additions like five-spice powder, dark soy sauce, and black pepper. It is also usually served with a dollop of palm sugar syrup, adding a nice balance of sweetness to its savoury and slightly spicy flavour.

Hakka Rice Dumpling (客家粽) - Steamed in bamboo leaves, the Hakka Zong Zi consists of preserved vegetable filling, juicy pork belly strips and savoury mushrooms. It is also sometimes filled with beans.

Zong Zi info from here and images from Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth.

[dungeon-meshi-tournament]

Masterpost

[scoots-canoe]

was falling asleep at work today so doodled crane hermit school naptime😴

[jamieedlund]

Thank you all for the kind comments and support on my thesis! As promised, I will now be slowly answering up all of the asks that have been pickling in my inbox since 2022 🥒

Slowly.

[hitwiththetmnt]

Seina (my oc) walks towards you and shares the dumplings with you! 🩵

Who can say no to dumplings? Thank you for the food!

@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

Cabin #7 (7 Wonders of the Turtleverse)

[zzz-archive]

Festival Artwork (28/31) | Dragon Boat Festival 2024

[sikfankitchen]

Lucky Dumplings! 🥟🧧for Lunar New Year! They look like money bags to bring you luck & wealth in the new year 😄

[trixibebe]

Noodle~

[smokbeast]

the star sibs when they were bebbies

[vaguely-concerned]

I think rye is mostly vegetarian-adjacent when he gets to pick meals for himself (not particularly out of ideological reasons or anything, he just prefers nevarran style cooking and doesn't care for the taste of most meat -- he's a picky eater who will force his way through food he doesn't like if absolutely necessary. but no one is paying him to be happy about it lol he is being quietly bitchy about it in the privacy of his own soul. he might be the most relieved person on the team when bellara and lucanis stage their very polite and earnest kitchen coup.)

so when shathann asks taash to add some vegetables to the cursed tense family dinner when taash wants to come out to her, rye is like 'well that's not really a nice or productive way to say that. but thank you a little bit for saying it' as he stares down his plate of 80% ham with some trepidation

[pumpkin-bread]

Halloween Pure Gen 2 Apple Dumplings for Sale!

Apple and Cider are two hardworking farmers in the Ever-Autumn Forest, where they manage a vast orchard. They don’t have much time to raise nests, but they are incredibly proud of their children.

As this is a special Halloween nest, they aren’t named after apple cultivars, but instead apple treats!

250g each!

Dumpling - Juice - Sauce

[buffetlicious]

The Dragon Boat Festival or Duan Wu Jie (端午节), is also known as Duan Yang Jie (端阳节), which means “Upright Sun” or “Double Fifth” (重午/重五). Falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month around the summer solstice which happened to be 10th June 2024 this year. The festival is also commonly referred to as the Fifth Month Festival amongst the Chinese. Its origins can be traced to southern China, and festivities include boat races and eating rice dumplings. The festival had evolved from the practice of revering the river dragon, to the commemoration of Qu Yuan (屈原), a third-century poet and political figure of the state of Chu in ancient China.

Legends and Myths - River Dragon (蛟龙)

The dragon was initially viewed as the benevolent spirit of the waters. It exemplified the masculine principle or yang in the Chinese ideology of harmony. Among common folk, it was believed that the River Dragon (蛟龙) controlled the rain and was thus worshipped during the summer solstice. Requests would be made for a balanced rainfall – sufficient to ensure a good harvest, without over-abundance that would cause destructive flooding.

Legends and Myths - Qu Yuan (屈原)

Primitive worship of the river dragon was often practised during the summer solstice. The Dragon Boat Festival was associated with Qu Yuan’s story only in the second century. Qu Yuan (屈原) was a poet and a statesman for the Chu kingdom (楚国) during the Warring States Period (战国时代). He served in high office and he advocated a policy of aligning with other kingdoms against the dominant Qin. However, political intrigue led Lord Huai to banish Qu Yuan instead. The ministry was left in the hands of corrupt statesmen and Qu Yuan helplessly watched his motherland decline. Depressed, he penned beautiful, patriotic poetry such as Li Sao (离骚) which means Encountering Sorrow, an allegorical poem stating his political aspirations and Jiu Ge (九歌) or Nine Songs, which gained Qu Yuan great renown.

With his top adviser gone, the king fell for the trickery of the Qin and his kingdom was eventually conquered. Upon hearing that his kingdom’s capital had been overtaken by the Qin, Qu Yuan committed suicide by drowning himself in the Mi Luo River (汨罗江). As he was adored by people everywhere, the local people did everything in their power to try to either save Qu Yuan, or at the very least, to protect him in the afterlife.

Hereupon the legend varies. Some suggest that fishermen at the scene attempted to save their minister. Having failed, they sought to appease his spirit by throwing rice stuffed in bamboo stems into the river to prevent the fish from eating Qu Yuan’s body. Others say that the rice offerings were snatched by a river dragon and the rice had to be bundled in chinaberry leaves instead and tied with five different coloured silk threads in order to be effective. The triangular Rice Dumplings (粽子) thus became entwined with the festivities. Another version tells of farmers rowing out in dragon boats in their attempt to save Qu Yuan. Hence, Dragon Boat Racing (赛龙舟) has been held annually on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, in honour of the memory of Qu Yuan.

Or if reading through a wall of texts is not your cup of tea, here is a pictorial guide to summarize on the history of Qu Yuan (屈原) and how we ended up celebrating Dragon Boat Festival (端午节) with dragon boat racing and rice dumplings on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

All images are from the internet. Selected text info from here.