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Dumpling Delights from Creative Embassy Officials

2003/03/01

Nearly 100 officials from 18 embassies in Beijing competed in a Spring Festival dumpling-making contest at Jintai Art Museum in Chaoyang Park. Their dumplings varied so greatly in shape that, after a long discussion, the judges agreed that an additional prize should be added to the original three. Four delegates, from Columbia, Romania, Ecuador and Belarus, shared the first prize.

"I' ve never made dumplings before, so I was very excited to take part in the contest. I decided to make the most pretty dumplings I could, because I love making pretty things with my hands,said Colombian Carolina Diaz, who won the prize for the best looking dumplings.

The museum, which is often used for non-official international exchange activities, organized the contest as part of festival celebrations with foreign friends. Museum director Yuan Xikun said: "It was really good to have so many embassy officials celebrating the Chinese festival together.



 
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