Chinese Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar holiday, Dragon Boat Festival To remember ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan,occuring on the 5th day of the 5^th lunar month.

During this “Dragon Boat Festival”,people hang branches of moxa and calamus around the doors of their homes and can be able to ward of evil.
 

 

During this “Dragon Boat Festival”,people eat Tsung-tse(Zongzi). Glutinous rice filled with meat, nuts or bean paste and wrapped in bamboo leaves. It is associated with Dragon Boat Festival with historical meaning.The custom of eating zongzi is now popular in North and South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian nations.

 

During this “Dragon Boat Festival”, people hold “Dragon boat racing”,it is an indispensable part of the festival, held all over the country. As the gun is fired, people will see racers in dragon-shaped canoes pulling the oars harmoniously and hurriedly, accompanied by rapid drums, speeding toward their destination.