Thanks a lot for the 30 families who came to our event! We really enjoyed the afternoon with you! Below is the description of the event and some impressions from it.
The dragon boat festival 端午节 (Duan Wu Jie) has been celebrated for 2’000 years in China and some important Asian countries. It is usually on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar. Together with the Dragon boat club Meilen, we are going to celebrate the dragon boat festival with families on Sunday, 12th June 2022. The following fun and exciting activities will take place:
- Theater play of the origin of and customs around the Dragon boat festival
- Learn the Dragon boat festival song and dance
- Craft dragon boat festival perfumed sachets and five-color bracelet with five-colour thread to bring good luck
- Learn to make 粽子 Zongzi, Chinese rice dumpling eaten during the Dragon Boat festival
- Handcraft colorful cardboard box dragon boat and, (if the weather allows) dragon boat relay race
- Introduction to a real dragon boat and demonstration on how it is operated and (if the weather allows) live demonstration will take place on the Zurich lake at around 4pm
Date and Time: 12th June 2022
from 2pm to 5pm
Location: Pfannenstielstrasse 1, Meilen
Cost: CHF 15 per family of kids of our school. External: CHF 35 per family (including drinks, snacks and cooking material)
Please register before 29 May 2022 by fill in the registration form
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