24/06/2020
Here's the recent updates on what's happening.
We will be celebrating Dragon Boat Festival starting tomorrow (Thursday) . But we will back to work on Friday. Most of the factories, suppliers, shipping companies will be having holidays until next Monday. So enquiries, quotations are still available. For order fullfillment, we will have to wait untill Monday.
YUN express has decreased their price to US , but not a lot for special line/cargo (electricity, battery, liquid item).
The shipping to Canada is still the highest now. No changes yet.
Shipping time!! Based on my observation, Yun express has started to get better, which is around 15 days to US. but there's still some provinces that takes longer time like to LA. (30 plus days).
CNE is a better option too if you don't want to put all eggs into same basket, the parcels get delivered around ten plus days. But still not very stable, some parcels need around 20 plus days.
But I'm very sure that the shipping time to US will get better and better.
And Now..... Enough of the business part, let me share some history on why do we celebrate dragon boat festival in case you are lazy to Google it. π
ONCE Upon a time.......
The Dragon Boat Festival or Duan Wu Festival is associated with the myth of Qu Yun, a poet and high-ranking official of the Warring States Period who was exiled from his state by a corrupt king. When he heard that his court had been destroyed by enemies, he drowned himself out of sorrow.
It is said that villagers went out in the river with boats and drums to try to rescue his body and threw sticky rice dumplings (zongzi) into the water to prevent fish from eating his co**se, but they were unable to find him. The date of Qu Yuanβs su***de was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the same day that the Duan Wu Festival is celebrated. In addition, zongzi are traditionally eaten on this day.
That's the story. Till next time.
Belle.