Thematic: Dragon Boat Festival 2017

Here are three things you absolutely must not miss when offering sacrifices during the Dragon Boat Festival on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month.

Traditionally, during the Dragon Boat Festival, people eat sticky rice cakes, eat fruit, drink glutinous rice wine, and bathe in fragrant herbal water to ward off insects and diseases.

Below is a prayer for the Dragon Boat Festival that everyone should know.

Every year on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, families wake up early to "exterminate insects" by eating fruits, glutinous rice wine (fermented rice), and rice cakes after offering them to their ancestors.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Vietnamese holiday; however, not everyone knows what to eat according to traditional customs during the Dragon Boat Festival.

After the Lunar New Year, the Dragon Boat Festival is perhaps the most heartwarming and meaningful family reunion festival.

Every year on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, Vietnamese people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the Duan Yang Festival.

Traditional Chinese cakes wrapped in bamboo leaves, which many families make themselves or buy from supermarkets, have been very popular in recent days.

Traditionally, during the Dragon Boat Festival, people eat sticky rice cakes, eat fruit, drink glutinous rice wine, and bathe in fragrant herbal water to ward off insects and diseases.

Sticky rice wine, duck meat, sour fruits... are popular dishes that many families use to "kill insects" on the Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month).

Fermented sticky rice is a popular dish during the Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month every year), however, there are still some common misconceptions that cause many people to miss out on it.

During the Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month), a day popularly known as the "insect extermination" day, not only is the quantity but also the prices of fruits and glutinous rice wine in the market higher than usual.

In many regions, including the northern provinces, plums are considered the best fruit to kill insects on the Dragon Boat Festival.

The significance of the Dragon Boat Festival: The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duan Yang Festival, the mid-year festival, or the festival for killing insects, takes place on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month.

Tomorrow, August 9th (corresponding to the 5th day of the 5th lunar month) is the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the festival for exterminating insects. People usually offer prayers early in the morning, but the Dragon Boat Festival is actually celebrated at noon, around 11 am to 1 pm.

As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, items like glutinous rice wine, fruits, duck meat, and rice cakes start to sell out quickly.

Sticky rice wine, also known as fermented rice wine in some places, is made from glutinous rice by steaming it until cooked, letting it cool, and then fermenting it with yeast to produce wine.

By applying the following method for brewing sweet and soft glutinous rice wine for the Dragon Boat Festival, you can make your own safe and delicious glutinous rice wine.