Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A woman in a national costume holds a bowl of varenyky (Ukrainian dumplings) during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Women in folk costumes carry bowls with varenyky (Ukrainian dumplings) during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Women in folk costumes carry bowls with varenyky (Ukrainian dumplings) during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A man in a camouflage uniform and women help themselves to varenyky (Ukrainian dumplings) during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

International Students Experience Spring Festival Customs

International Students Experience Spring Festival Customs

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JANUARY 24, 2025 - International students taste dumplings at a port community in Qingjiangpu district of Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 24, 2025.

International Students Experience Spring Festival Customs

International Students Experience Spring Festival Customs

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JANUARY 24, 2025 - International students practice making dumplings at a port community in Qingjiangpu district of Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 24, 2025.

International Students Experience Spring Festival Customs

International Students Experience Spring Festival Customs

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JANUARY 24, 2025 - International students practice making dumplings at a port community in Qingjiangpu district of Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 24, 2025.

International Students Experience Spring Festival Customs

International Students Experience Spring Festival Customs

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JANUARY 24, 2025 - International students practice making dumplings at a port community in Qingjiangpu district of Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 24, 2025.

International Students Experience Spring Festival Customs

International Students Experience Spring Festival Customs

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JANUARY 24, 2025 - International students taste dumplings at a port community in Qingjiangpu district of Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 24, 2025.

International Students Experience Spring Festival Customs

International Students Experience Spring Festival Customs

HUAI'AN, CHINA - JANUARY 24, 2025 - International students taste dumplings at a port community in Qingjiangpu district of Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 24, 2025.

Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair Warm-up in Beijing

Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair Warm-up in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 21, 2025 - International students experience making dumplings during the warm-up of the Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair at Badachu Park in Beijing, China, January 21, 2025.

Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair Warm-up in Beijing

Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair Warm-up in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 21, 2025 - International students experience making dumplings during the warm-up of the Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair at Badachu Park in Beijing, China, January 21, 2025.

Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair Warm-up in Beijing

Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair Warm-up in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 21, 2025 - International students experience making dumplings during the warm-up of the Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair at Badachu Park in Beijing, China, January 21, 2025.

Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair Warm-up in Beijing

Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair Warm-up in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 21, 2025 - International students experience making dumplings during the warm-up of the Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair at Badachu Park in Beijing, China, January 21, 2025.

Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair Warm-up in Beijing

Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair Warm-up in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 21, 2025 - International students experience making dumplings during the warm-up of the Lunar New Year Cultural Temple Fair at Badachu Park in Beijing, China, January 21, 2025.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

Dumpling Production Base in Suqian

SUQIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Workers make handmade dumplings in a workshop at a food factory in Suqian, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 9, 2024.

Militia Training Base in Handan

Militia Training Base in Handan

HANDAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14, 2024 - A new recruit tastes dumplings made by his family at the militia training base in Yongnian district of Handan, North China's Hebei province, Sept 14, 2024.

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-MULTI-ETHNIC COMMUNITY (CN)

(240807) -- URUMQI, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Residents make zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), a traditional Chinese delicacy typically consumed during the Dragon Boat Festival, at Guyuanxiang Community in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 6, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Xinjiang's multi-ethnic community fosters bonds of support, friendship" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Fei)

Hong Kong celebrates Dragon Boat Festival with creative drone show

STORY: Hong Kong celebrates Dragon Boat Festival with creative drone show SHOOTING TIME: June 10, 2024 DATELINE: June 11, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:16 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dragon Boat Festival celebration in Hong Kong STORYLINE: Sticky rice dumplings, racing dragon boats, green reed leaves ... stunning drone show imagery dotted the night sky over Hong Kong's iconic Victoria Harbor on Monday, which marked China's annual Dragon Boat Festival this year. The show started off with a vivid cartoon zongzi, or sticky rice dumpling, followed by patterns featuring adrenaline-pumping dragon boat races and flying loongs (or Chinese dragons) to cheer up the players for the upcoming 2024 Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races on June 15-16, and ended with warm blessings to the viewers. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hong Kong, China. (XHTV)

British expats savor special flavors of Zongzi delicacy in China's Nanning

STORY: British expats savor special flavors of Zongzi delicacy in China's Nanning SHOOTING TIME: June 10, 2024 DATELINE: June 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): LUKE & ALEX, British expats living in Nanning, China 2. various of British expats tasting Zongzi STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): LUKE & ALEX, British expats living in Nanning, China "Look what we got! Oh wow, what's that? These are Dragon Boat Festival gifts from our friends from Nanning. We have their sweet ones and we have salty ones. Do you know which is which? I don't know. It could be any. Any could be any. Right. So we'll try. Pick one we open first. Let me see if this is the sweet one. So, Zongzi is glutinous rice and inside you have sweet filling or savory filling, and it's wrapped in a leaf. So like Jiaozi (Chinese dumplings), we know that Zongzi has many different flavors. If you think this is the sweet one, I'm guessing these are salty. Try it. It's like opening a prese

Folk customs of Duanwu Festival in 60 seconds

STORY: Folk customs of Duanwu Festival in 60 seconds SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 10, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:59 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of folk customs of Duanwu Festival STORYLINE: The Duanwu Festival has arrived. Tying five-color silk string Wearing scented sachets Hanging mugwort leaves and calamus Fish-shaped lantern parade Releasing floating lanterns Dragon lantern dance Dragon boat racing Sprinkling Xionghuang powder Expelling five poisonous pests Eating Zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

A visual feast of zongzi across China in 60 seconds

STORY: A visual feast of zongzi across China in 60 seconds SHOOTING TIME: June 9, 2024 DATELINE: June 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of zongzi made across China STORYLINE: Zongzi, or sticky rice dumplings, is a traditional delicacy that Chinese people eat on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, which is celebrated on June 10 this year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

Xinhua Headlines: Traditional, modern customs merge during China's Dragon Boat Festival

Xinhua Headlines: Traditional, modern customs merge during China's Dragon Boat Festival

(240610) -- BEIJING, June 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People make zongzi, or sticky rice dumplings, in Jiaxing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Jin Peng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Xinhua Headlines: Traditional, modern customs merge during China's Dragon Boat Festival

Xinhua Headlines: Traditional, modern customs merge during China's Dragon Boat Festival

(240610) -- BEIJING, June 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People make zongzi, or sticky rice dumplings, in Jiaxing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Jin Peng/Xinhua)

Special flavors of zongzi in China's Yunnan

STORY: Special flavors of zongzi in China's Yunnan SHOOTING TIME: June 9, 2024 DATELINE: June 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:15 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of making zongzi in Yunnan, China STORYLINE: Zongzi, also known as sticky rice dumplings, is a traditional delicacy that Chinese people eat on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

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MALAYSIA-MALACCA-DUANWU-CELEBRATION

(240608) -- MALACCA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A woman makes Zongzi, the glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during a competition in Malacca, Malaysia, June 8, 2024. Various traditional activities were held in Malacca of Malaysia on Saturday to greet the Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

MALAYSIA-MALACCA-DUANWU-CELEBRATION

MALAYSIA-MALACCA-DUANWU-CELEBRATION

(240608) -- MALACCA, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A woman makes Zongzi, the glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during a competition in Malacca, Malaysia, June 8, 2024. Various traditional activities were held in Malacca of Malaysia on Saturday to greet the Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(240608) -- SHIJIAZHUANG, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese and American students show their handmade Zongzi, the glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during a cultural event at Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, June 8, 2024. A delegation of 51 students and teachers from U.S. state Iowa took part in a cultural event to greet the Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival, in Shijiangzhuang on Saturday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Xiao)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(240608) -- SHIJIAZHUANG, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A member (R) of a delegation from U.S. state Iowa learns to make Zongzi, the glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during a cultural event at Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, June 8, 2024. A delegation of 51 students and teachers from U.S. state Iowa took part in a cultural event to greet the Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival, in Shijiangzhuang on Saturday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Xiao)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(240608) -- SHIJIAZHUANG, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Members of a delegation from U.S. state Iowa learn to make Zongzi, the glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during a cultural event at Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, June 8, 2024. A delegation of 51 students and teachers from U.S. state Iowa took part in a cultural event to greet the Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival, in Shijiangzhuang on Saturday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Xiao)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(240608) -- SHIJIAZHUANG, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Members of a delegation from U.S. state Iowa learn to make Zongzi, the glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during a cultural event at Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, June 8, 2024. A delegation of 51 students and teachers from U.S. state Iowa took part in a cultural event to greet the Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival, in Shijiangzhuang on Saturday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Xiao)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(240608) -- SHIJIAZHUANG, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A member (R) of a delegation from U.S. state Iowa learns to make Zongzi, the glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during a cultural event at Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, June 8, 2024. A delegation of 51 students and teachers from U.S. state Iowa took part in a cultural event to greet the Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival, in Shijiangzhuang on Saturday. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(240608) -- SHIJIAZHUANG, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and American students show their handmade Zongzi, the glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during a cultural event at Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, June 8, 2024. A delegation of 51 students and teachers from U.S. state Iowa took part in a cultural event to greet the Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival, in Shijiangzhuang on Saturday. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(240608) -- SHIJIAZHUANG, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Members of a delegation from U.S. state Iowa learn to make Zongzi, the glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during a cultural event at Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, June 8, 2024. A delegation of 51 students and teachers from U.S. state Iowa took part in a cultural event to greet the Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival, in Shijiangzhuang on Saturday. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HEBEI-SHIJIAZHUANG-U.S.-STUDENTS-CULTURE-DUANWU FESTIVAL (CN)

(240608) -- SHIJIAZHUANG, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Members of a delegation from U.S. state Iowa learn to make Zongzi, the glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during a cultural event at Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, June 8, 2024. A delegation of 51 students and teachers from U.S. state Iowa took part in a cultural event to greet the Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival, in Shijiangzhuang on Saturday. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)