F2F Class Notes (Jacob) [S, R]

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A notable part of celebrating Duanwu is making and eating zongzi with other family members. People traditionally wrap zongzi in leaves of bamboo, lotus or banana which give a special aroma and flavor to the sticky rice and fillings. Choices of fillings vary depending on regions. Northern regions in China prefer sweet or dessert-styled zongzi, with bean paste, dates and nuts as fillings. Southern regions in China prefer savory zongzi, with a variety of fillings including marinated pork belly, chicken, sausage and salted duck eggs.

Zongzi are considered as a symbol of luck, as the pronunciation of zong is very similar to the pronunciation of zhong (中). This character has a positive connotation, often used in words such as 中奖 (winning a prize), 科举高中 (scoring high on an exam).

Vocabulary

Dragon Boat Festival – a Chinese festival

粽子- sticky rice in leaf for dragon boat festival (traditional food)

Red bean – 红豆

Soy milk – 豆浆

Origin(nating) – started from/comes from/born in

summer solstice – the longest day of the year (june 21st, 2018)

Traditional – 传统

Commemorating – recall and show respect for (someone or something).

Gregorian calendar – Western Calander

Grammar

I see him maybe about 7 times one a year.
I will ride on the Train/I will take the train

I like food that is/are spicy

Pronunciation

uncountable [un-count-ta-bull]

Festival
Traditional – 

Original

I work overtime Saturday and Sunday. Sunday night I worked until 12:30. Because the factory must overwork to meet our shipping date. Today I get up 9am because I must have my breakfast. All day I have rest today. Philip work in the North of China and I work South of China. I see him maybe 7 times one year. This friday I will go home by ride the train. I will stay at home with my son, its very hot outside. Maybe go see dragon boat.

Edited

I worked overtime Saturday and Sunday. Sunday night I worked until 12:30am. Because the factory must overwork work late to meet our deadline shipping date. Today I got up at 9am because I must wanted to have my breakfast. All day I have rested today. Philip work in the North of China and I work South of China. I see him maybe about 7 times one a/each year. This Friday I will go home by ride the train. I will stay at home with my son, because its very hot outside. Maybe we will go see the dragon boats.

The Duanwu Festival, also often known, especially in the West, as the Dragon Boat Festival, is a traditional holiday originating in China, occurring near the summer solstice. It is also known as Zhongxiao Festival (Chinese: 忠孝節; pinyin: Zhōngxiàojié), commemorating fealty and filial piety. The festival now occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar, which is the source of the festival’s alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival.^[1] The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, so the date of the festival varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar. In 2016, it occurred on June 9; and in 2017, on May 30.