Dragon Boat Festival
The festival is celebrated at the fifth of the fifth lunar calendar.
In this day, Chinese people will eat Zongzi and hold Dragon Boat race in honor of the great poem Qu Yuan during the Warring States Period (475 B.C.- 221 B.C.).
Qu was upright, loyal and highly respected for his wise counsel for the peace and affluence of Chu State as its minister. However, he was vilified by the evil power in the state. Filled with disappointment, Qu committed his suicide by jumping off into the Milou River. The nearby fish men tried in vain to find his body. Afterwards, State Chu declined and was eventually conquered by the State Qin.
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