Dragon Boat Festival

Post Date: May 30th, 2011

Chinese Dragon Boat Festival falls on May the fifth in the lunar calendar as a traditional festival for Chinese Han nationality. It was once a day for driving away demons and evils, but with the time passing by, it turns into a festival for eating zongzi, holding dradon boat racing competition, wearing wormwood and drinking realgar liquor. In China, it is well-known that dragon boat festival is for commemorating Qu Yuan, a respected patriotic poet, thus, the Dragon Boat Festival was once also called " Poet's Day". 

1.Dragon Boat

2.Qu Yuan

3.Traditional  Chinese Zongzi

4.Realgar Liquor

5.Aihu

6.Artemisia Argyi

 

 

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