Bak Chang

Do you know the 'history' of Bak Chang?

I bet you don't. Many of us don't know why and how bak chang is formed.

Last weekend when I was back at my grandma's place, she was busy wrapping bak chang.

As she wrap, I sat there listening to the Bak Chang Story which is very interesting and quite sad to know most of us only know how to eat without knowing the true meaning of this festival.

The summary:

Long, long, long time ago a Chinese poet named QuYuan was depressed over something happened in his country. He committed suicide due to depression.

His people wanted to save him but couldn't so they thought of a way to chase the fishes away.

They beat drums and throw bak chang into the river hoping that the fishes would eat the bak chang instead of QuYuan's body.

Finally, that's how bak chang were formed and dragonboat festival were incurred.

The end.

A short but meaningful story. HAHA. Enjoy.