Try GOLD - Free
Chinese dialect groups gather to celebrate revived Qixi Festival
The Straits Times
|August 04, 2024
Chinese dialect groups in Singapore are coming together for the first time to celebrate a traditional Chinese festival, which returns here for the second year running.
Qixi Fest 2024, which celebrates the Qixi Festival, kicked off on Aug 3 with a street party in Keong Saik Road.
Also known as the Double Seventh Festival, Qiqiao Festival (qiqiao means “wishing for skills” in English) and Seven Sisters Festival, it marks the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, which falls on Aug 10 in 2024.
Celebrating cultural heritage, craftsmanship and community, Qixi Fest 2024 at Chinatown’s Kreta Ayer Square will run from Aug 4 to 11.
It features workshops, games and performances, as well as traditional Qixi festival customs.
Qiaoguo, a type of sweet pastry, is traditionally made and gifted among family and friends at the festival.
A DIY Qiaoguo kit at Qixi Fest allows participants to create their own version of the pastry. Besides the original base featuring red and white bean paste to represent the colours of Singapore, it has flavours representing the different dialects and customs.
Each DIY kit has a “blind box” that comes with one of six extra flavours – Hainanese desiccated coconut, Cantonese red dates, Teochew longan, Hakka mugwort powder and sesame, Hokkien roasted soya bean powder, and hazelnuts representing the new immigrants in Singapore.
This story is from the August 04, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,500+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM The Straits Times
The Straits Times
A memento from an athlete is a lovely symbol of fellowship
Dear Fan, Yes, you, the stranger at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Aug 31 night. The one who got the racket (it was hard to see with the crowd but I hoped you were a kid). Maybe you never knew much about Jan-Lennard Struff before, but now you won't forget him.
3 mins
September 02, 2025
The Straits Times
Jude Law became 'obsessive' for role as Vladimir Putin
British actor Jude Law on Aug 31 said he became an \"obsessive\" watcher of Mr Vladimir Putin as he prepared for his role as the Russian leader in his new film, The Wizard Of The Kremlin.
1 mins
September 02, 2025
The Straits Times
Trend of AI 'bikini interview' videos seen fuelling sexism
The videos are strikingly lifelike, featuring bikini-clad women conducting street interviews and eliciting lewd comments — but they are entirely fake, generated by artificial intelligence (AI) tools being used increasingly to flood social media with sexist content.
3 mins
September 02, 2025
The Straits Times
STI edges up 0.2% amid caution in region; Yangzijiang leads gains
Gainers beat losers 313 to 225 across broader market Nikkei 225 drops 1.2%; Kospi falls 1.4%; Hang Seng rises 2.2% Jakarta index falls 1.2% amid escalated protests in Indonesia
1 mins
September 02, 2025
The Straits Times
Ten Hag's sack decision 'painful, but necessary'
Bayer Leverkusen have sacked coach Erik ten Hag after just two Bundesliga matches in charge, the German club announced on Sept 1, with the weekend draw at Werder Bremen not enough to save his job.
2 mins
September 02, 2025
The Straits Times
About 41,000 Pet Cats Licensed Since New Rules Took Effect a Year Ago
About 41,000 pet cats have been licensed since compulsory rules kicked in a year ago, requiring pet cat owners to license and microchip the felines.
1 mins
September 02, 2025
The Straits Times
Swim with Sharks
Head to Western Australia, one of the best global spots to see the world's largest fish in a natural setting, for whale shark snorkelling
3 mins
September 02, 2025
The Straits Times
'Anonymous' US athletes worry Coe as LA28 looms
The US track and field team might be \"one for the ages\", but they need to be better known in their own country ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, according to World Athletics president Sebastian Coe.
2 mins
September 02, 2025
The Straits Times
Economic Headwinds Take Bite Out of Asia-Pacific Hotel Investments
Hotel investors have turned more cautious in the first half of 2025, deploying less capital into the hospitality sector in Asia-Pacific amid ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty.
2 mins
September 02, 2025
The Straits Times
Mediacorp cuts 93 jobs as media landscape evolves
Retrenchment exercise affects just over 3 per cent of total staff strength, it says
2 mins
September 02, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size