Dragon Boat Festival Celebration: Create Your Own Bamboo Perfume Charm
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This workshop is a fun and meaningful way to celebrate Dragon Boat traditions, experience traditional Chinese culture and craft.
Join us to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival (端午节, Duānwǔ Jié), a centuries-old tradition honouring the poet Qu Yuan, welcoming summer, and bringing communities together through dragon boat races, festive foods, and time-honoured customs.
Feel the vibrant festive spirit as you create your own bamboo perfume charm (香包, xiāng bāo). These fragrant sachets, filled with herbs and spices, have been part of the festival for centuries. They were traditionally made to ward off evil spirits, keep insects away, and bring good health and luck during the summer season.
What You’ll Experience:
🐉Cultural Discovery: Learn about the Dragon Boat Festival’s story and traditional customs
🎋 Traditional Craft: Create your own bamboo-woven perfume charm filled with fragrant herbs to take home which is used for protection and blessing
🎊 Tasty treats: Enjoy a selection of Chinese snacks and a chance to taste the festive food Zongzi
Celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in style, soak up the festive spirit, and create your own fragrant lucky charm to bring home!
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Cultural introduction
The Dragon Boat Festival is one of China’s oldest and most beloved traditional festivals, celebrated for over 2,000 years. It commemorates the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, who, according to legend, drowned himself in protest against political corruption. To honour him, local people raced out in boats to try to save him or recover his body, giving rise to the tradition of dragon boat racing.
The festival is also associated with warding off evil and promoting health. People hang herbs, wear perfume pouches (香包, xiāng bāo), and eat zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), which were originally thrown into rivers to protect Qu Yuan’s spirit and keep bad luck away.
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June 16, 2026 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm BST