Dragon Boat Festival at Princeton was as eventful as ever. Dressed in their wonderfully elegant Chinese clothes, the kids in from each Princeton class set to work preparing and making their very own Zong Zi rice dumplings.
Made in the traditional style, a big chunk of sticky rice with different fillings, some meat, some red bean paste, then hand-molded into shape and wrapped in real bamboo leaves and finally tied with a natural twine.
Apparently they are delicious if that’s your kind of thing, but you can’t eat too many of you’ll feel sick because they are so rich! The ones that the kids made were consumed with glee during our dinner snack time.
普林斯顿幼儿园的端午节和往常一样热闹非凡。孩子们穿上了精美的中式服装，准备制作自己的粽子。
传统的做法是，将粽叶折成漏斗型，放糯米再加上不同的馅料，一些肉或者豆沙，最后用天然的麻绳扎起来。
粽子美味，可不要贪吃哟，可不太好消化！
The weather outside was hot but the clouds provided a little shelter from the sun as the kids played pretend Dragon Boat races on the green grassed area, other classes played in the hall .
Teams competed against each other to be the fastest boats and the winners took the glory! There were even some little drummers, banging beats of encouragement.
外面的天气比较热，但是宝贝们游戏时的激情可要比温度高得多。几个队之间相互竞争，都想做最快的那一队！
Some of the classes had story telling time to mark celebration of this festival, legend has it that Qu Yuen, an ancient poet, was so dismayed with corruption that he threw himself into a river, tied to a big rock.
The local people searched for his body tirelessly in boats but to no avail.
Worried that the fish would eat Qu Yuen, the locals made and threw Zong Zi (rice dumplings) in to the river to ensure that the fish would have alternative food to eat and therefore not need to consume the body.
And that’s how the dragon boat festival began. The story is the same each year but as the kids grow they learn, remember and understand a little more with each telling.
有些班级专门分享了端午节相关的故事：
相传，古代诗人屈原因自己的才华无处施展而感到绝望，于是绑了一块大石头在身上，投江自尽。当地人在船上不知疲倦地寻找他的尸体，但没有找到。担心鱼会吃掉屈原，当地人制作粽子并把粽子扔到河里，以确保鱼有替代的食物吃，不会去吃屈原的身体，这是端午节的由来。
Elsewhere in the school, other classes were given colorful bracelets to wear to celebrate the festival, sang dragon boat songs and played other fun and exciting games.
宝贝们戴着漂亮的五彩绳手链，祈福纳吉；唱着端午的歌谣，无烦无恼；玩着有趣的游戏，健康成长。
Finally, to finish off and make sure that we all get the Dragon Boat Festival that we deserve, we have a well-needed three day weekend!
端午安康，假期愉快！