History of Bakcang Day

Hello, two days ago exactly on 30 June I just celebrated one of Chinese tradition which is Bakcang Day, so I wanna share a bit about the history of that day.

Bakcang Day in the West is known as Dragon Boat Festival or Dumpling Festival. Because, boat races are shaped like dragons and consumption of rice cakes are the two main elements of this festival. It can also be called Double Fifth Festival because it is held on 5-month day 5 Chinese lunar calendar. Sometimes also called the Extreme Festival Yang because according to Chinese metaphysics, in Hari Bakcang is the day where Yang energy comes out most strongly. Other titles for Bakcang Day are the Fifth Month Festival, Festival of the Fifth Day, Summer Festival, and Duan Wu Festival. The day of eating this Bakcang is related to the Chinese historical figure named Qu Yuan .

History of Qu Yuan

The most popular in Hari Bakcang is that day is closely related to a historical figure named Qu Yuan (340 BC - 278 BC) who is a Patriotic Scholar and minister in Chu country. Qu Yuan is favored because he is good at cooperating diplomatically with other kingdoms in order to fight the aggression of the Qin state. 

Until one day, he was vilified and thrown into exile after another corrupt minister convinced the king to believe in the false accusations against Qu Yuan. In 278 BC, Qu Yuan heard that Qin's army invaded Ying (the capital of Chu), he wrote the Lamentations poem for Ying, then he immersed himself in the Miluo River. The suicide ritual was carried out to protest the corruption that led to the fall of Chu state. 

According to the story, villagers were trying to find his body in the river by boat. They rowed the boat while hitting the drums to scare the fish and evil spirits so as not to disturb the body of Qu Yuan. They also throw rice wrappers into the river to eat fish and fish do not eat Qu Yuan's body. The throwing of the rice wrap was also intended as an offering for the Qu Yuan spirit. 

There is also another story which says that Qu Yuan appeared in the dreams of his friends and told them that he had committed suicide by drowning and they had to throw the rice wrapped in silk into the river to calm the dragon river. Thus, this led to the traditional racing of dragon boat races and eating rice cakes on the anniversary of Qu Yuan's death which falls every 5-month day 5 Chinese lunar calendar.

Tradition Eat Bakcang

The tradition of eating Bakcang is officially made as one of the activities in the Peh Cun festival. Based on historical records, in the time of Qun Chiu (722 - 481 S.M.), using leaves to wrap the rice beef-shaped horns also have a bamboo tube filled with rice closed tightly and baked until cooked, called "Bakcang Tabung". This is arguably the forerunner of Bacang. The shape of the vessel is actually also diverse and what we see now is just one of many shapes and types of Bakcang earlier. 

In Taiwan, in the latter days of the Ming Dynasty, the form of a shake brought by the migrants from Fujian is spiraled, somewhat with the triangular prisms we see today. The filling of  Bakcang also various and not just meat. There are filled with vegetables, some are made small but without the filling that are then eaten together with serikaya jam or sweet sugar. On the 5th (Chinese Lunar Calendar), during the summer eating cake for cooling the body that made from rice, wrapped in leaves and cooked to mature, the fragrance smells unique, after eating it can neutralize the heat and lower the fire properties in the body, Digestion, indeed a season-appropriate food. At that time, people changed the dry season and put the light and cool. Judging from the tradition of dressing and eating, Duan Wu (Bakacang) day is considered to have a close relationship with the arrival of the dry season, of course there is also truth.

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Harry Potter

This time I wanna share about my favorite Novel also Movie which is Harry Potter.This novel is one that never make me bored even though have read and watch many times over and over again
Let's get start it :D

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels composed by English writer J. K. Rowling. This novel tells about the adventures of a teenage wizard named Harry Potter and his best friend, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, who are students at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft. The core story in these novels centers on Harry's attempt to defeat the evil black wizard named Lord Voldemort, who is ambitious to be an immortal being, conquer the wizarding world, master the non-magicians, and destroy anyone who blocks his path, especially Harry Potter.

This novel tells of Harry Potter, an orphan boy who at the age of eleven knows that he is a magician, lives in a wizarding ordinary world, or Muggle. His magical abilities are innate and he is invited to attend a school that teaches about his skills and Magic knowledge. Harry later became a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, and there most of the novel's story took place. At Hogwarts, Harry through his teenage years, he learns to overcome the various problems he faces: magic, social and emotional, including ordinary teen issues such as love, friendship, and school exams, as well as the greatest test to prepare him for the confrontation that lies ahead.


In the first chapter of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, it is told that extraordinary events have taken place in the wizarding world, a very remarkable event, even the Muggles see the signs. The background of this extraordinary event and the figure of Harry Potter is expressed gradually throughout the series. After the introductory chapter, the novel story jumps years later, just before the eleventh anniversary of Harry Potter, and at this point, the background of Harry Potter begins to unfold.

Harry's first contact with the wizarding world was through a half-giant human named Rubeus Hagrid, guard and caretaker at Hogwarts. Hagrid reveals about Harry's past history.
Through Hagrid's story, Harry learns that when he was a baby, he witnessed the murder of his parents by a wicked black magician named Lord Voldemort, who then also attempted to kill him. For unknown reasons, the spell that Voldemort shot to kill Harry turned to him. Harry survived by leaving a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead as evidence of the attack, and Voldemort disappeared. After surviving Voldemort's attack, Harry becomes a living legend in the wizarding world. However, on the orders of a distinguished and famous wizard named Albus Dumbledore, Harry the orphan was entrusted to his unpleasant Muggle relative, the Dursleys. The Dursleys were willing to take care of Harry, but decided to keep secret things magically from him in the hope that Harry would grow "normal".

With Hagrid's help, Harry prepares to live his first year at Hogwarts. Harry began to explore the wizarding world, readers will be introduced at various major locations used throughout the series. Harry meets most of the main characters in the series, including two figures who would later become his best friends: Ron Weasley, a wizard from a pure, ancient but poor wizarding family, and Hermione Granger, an intelligent magician from a non-magical or Muggles. At Hogwarts, Harry also meets the potion guru Severus Snape, who shows his hatred and dislike of Harry. The first book plot concludes with a second confrontation between Harry and Lord Voldemort; Voldemort seeks to regain immortality by gaining power from the Sorcerer's Stone, the substance that gives him eternal life, and Harry and his friends try to thwart it.

Harry Potter's novels classified into the genre of fantasy literature, however, in many ways these novels can also be categorized as transitional age novels, and also contain elements such as mystery, adventure, thriller, and romance. Harry Potter is considered part of the story of a boarding school of children in England.

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Thirst

          One day there is a man stranded in a dessert with thirst condition. So, he try to find something to drink by walking through cliff and a few moment later he found his way to forest. Somehow he found a small puddle of water and drink it but suddenly he go back to the dessert.

For what happened just now he looks very confuse but he try again to come back to the forest in order he can drink, when he drink he disappears immediately back to desert. For the third times, the man don't care for the puddle and walk pass through it until find out a street.

          Then a car pass through the street and that man stop it to be able to ride into the city together with the driver. The driver sees the man is very thirsty and give him a bottle of water when the man drink he come back to dessert again. For the fourth times he walk pass through jungle, found street, ask for ride without drink anymore. 

When he arrives at home, while he lay down to the couch he see a drop of water come out from sink and make him take a glass to fill it with water and adding ice cube. At the first the man seems doubt so he try to drink the water with dipping his finger and try for 3 times nothing happen so he drink a glass of that water. When he look at swimming pool he jump into it for a moment nothing happen but then he go back to the desert again.

          After passing the long journey and back to city, he sit by the side of road. He remember what happen when there is an old man asking for water to him but he refuse to give it. Then a woman with her dog and a bottle of water pass through the road. Man ask the woman for water but she say this water for my dog, just go to bathroom and suddenly the woman disappear and strand to desert.

Never ever refuse to helping someone who need one. Because like the story above what we sow is what we get.

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The Story of Goats

There are two donkeys and each of them is connected with a rope around their neck. Then in both opposite directions there is a stack of grass. The donkeys notice the food (grass). They approach the grass but with different way, one to left and one to the right. But strangely they can't reach the grass.
So they try one more time with all of the strength but still can not reach it. Suddenly the donkeys realize, they are tied with rope. Finally they agreed to go some direction in order they can eat the grass even to both sides.

What can we get from this story is we need the same purpose in the teamwork to reach the goal if not we never can  achieve what we want.

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Suzuya Mall

Suzuya Mall is the biggest supermarket in Banda Aceh. It's located Jl. Teuku Umar, Sutui. One of the most popular places to be visited by people especially in weekend. Not only a place to shop for monthly needs but you also can spend your quality time with family, because there are many cozy places inside there. I like to go Suzuya, because there are restaurants, supermarket, playzone, and Ace Hardware.
     There are many restaurants inside Suzuya such as Uncle.K, J.Co, Pizza Hut, KFC, Fountain, Bento Dash and more. My favorite place is Uncle.k because the menu they serve is unique and delicious also it's really a cozy place and have modern decoration which is suitable with the trend among teenager.
     The supermarket itself also comfortable because every products they sell neatly arranged according to the shelves, so it makes you easy to search the thing you want to buy. From Suzuya employee also provide trolley to make you carry the thing easier.
     And then , one of the most favorite place to visit for kid is the Playzone. It consists of various games and fun. The last is Ace Hardware, where we can buy any furniture from cheapest until expensive one.

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Oppo Specification

Currently the influence of mobile/smartphone based android is very large and wide around people all the world. So there are many Handphone Company become more intense to release their very best and sophisticated products and one of it is Oppo Company. One of the popular product they release is Oppo F1s, of course with the advantages they give such as from connection, dimention, screen, camera, ram, memory and colour.

          The connection consist GPRS. Edge, 3G, 4G LTE and also supported with two Sim Card. For dimention is 154.5 x 76 x 7.4 mm and the weight is 160 gramm.

          This handphone screen is 5.5 inch IPS LCD. Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels and equipped with Corning Gorila Glass 4, to protect the screen from scratches either the bumper.

          Main camera 13 MP complete with the autofocus feature and LED flasg. Front camera 16 MP, which is very supported for selfie. For the ram is 3 GB very quick and can run smoothly if used for many applications simultaneously.

            The last, the internal memory is 32 GB very suitable for storing many applications and games. This Oppo brand produce Gold and Rose Gold colours which is the best seller one.

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