Pingtan, Chinese mainland’s closest neighbor of Taiwan, kicked off the first session of “Guoxue Into Community” on June 25. The community residents and compatriots from Taiwan in Pingtan participated in to observe the Duanwu Festival, an ancient Chinese traditional festival which is also called the Dragon Boat Festival, by watching performing arts and making rice dumplings and sachets, and to promote the traditional Chinese culture.

Compatriots from across the Taiwan Straits make Zongzi, or rice dumplings together.

The children try their hand at wrapping rice dumplings.

Handcrafting sachets

A finished sachet pictured

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