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Chinese Dragon Boat Festival!

time2011/06/03

Dragon Boat Festival

5th day of the 5th lunar month

 

CWC‘s holiday for the Dragon Boat Festival is from 2011-06-04 to 2011-06-06.In this three days,we eat ZongZi,drink Realgar wine(xionghuangjiu),race dragon boat.

The Dragon Boat Festval is one of the major Chinese Festivals.It falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month,or Double fifth day.

According to legend,an official named QuYuan once served as Minister to the Zhou Emperor.he was a poet and wise man and very much loved bu the common people.When he fell into disfavor with the Emperor because of corruption in the court the emperor had him exiled.He fell into despair and threw himself into the Milo River and drowned.

The fisherman rushed out in long boats,beating drums to scare the fish away.They threw ZongZi into the water to feed the fish and water dragons,So they would not eat QuYuan's body.

A ZongZi is a glutinous rice dumpling with a filling,wrapped in bambaoo leaves.The filling can be egg,beans,dates,sweet potatoes,walnuts,mushrooms,meat or combination of these.They are usually steamed.

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