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Duan Wu <Dragon Boat Festival>
-- A Day in Memory of A Patriotic Poet
The 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar
year is an important day for the Chinese people.
The day called "Duan Wu" (meaning
Day of Right Mid-Day) is observed everywhere
in China. This unique Chinese celebration
dates back to earliest times and a number
of legends explain its origins.
The best known story centers on a patriotic
court official named Qu Yuan, of the State
of Chu during the Warring |
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States Period more than 2,000 years ago. Qu tried
to warn the emperor of an increasingly courrupt
government, but fails. In a last desperate protest,
he throws himself into the river and drowns. The
State of Chu was soon annexed by the State of Qin.
Later Qu Yuan's sympathizers jump into boats,
beat the water with their oars and made rice dumplings
wrapped in reed-leaves (zongzi) and scatter them
into the Miluo River in the hope that fish in
the river would eat the rice dumplings instead
of the body of the deceased poet.
The custom of making rice dumplings spread to
the whole country. Today, people eat glutinous
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rice cakes to mark the occasion. At the
news of the poet's death, the local people
raced out in boats in an efforts of searching
his body. Later the activity became a boat
race and the boats gradually developed into
dragon-boats. In many places along rivers
and on the coast today, the holiday also
features dragon-boat races. In these high-spirited
competitions, teams of rowers stroke their
oars in unision to propel sleek, long vessels
through the water.
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