duanwu festival is a traditional chinese festival held on the fifth day of
the fifth month of the chinese calendar. it is also known as the double fifth. it has since been celebrated, in various ways, in other parts of east asia as well.
in the west, its commonly known as dragon boat festival.

the exact origins of duan wu are unclear, but one traditional view holds that the festival
memorializes the chinese poet qu yuan (c. 340 bc-278 bc) of the warring states period. he
committed suicide by drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted by the corruption
of the chu government. the local people, knowing him to be a good man, decided to throw
food into the river to feed the fish so they would not eat qus body. they also sat on long,
narrow paddle boats called dragon boats, and tried to scare the fish away by the thundering
sound of drums aboard the boat and the fierce looking carved dragon head on the boats
prow.

in the early years of the chinese republic, duan wu was also celebrated as “poets day,”
due to qu yuans status as chinas first poet of personal renown.
today, people eat bamboo-wrapped steamed glutinous rice dumplings called
zongzi (the food originally intended to feed the fish) and race dragon boats in memory of qus
dramatic death.
duanwu festival or dragon boat festival
as we enter the month of june, we find ourselves already in the middle of the year.
however, according to the chinese lunar calendar, the fifth month just begins and the chinese
people are preparing to celebrate another traditional festival — the duanwu festival.
the duanwu festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the chinese lunar calendar.
for thousands of years, duanwu has been marked by eating zongzi and racing dragon boats.

the taste of zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice and wrapped in
bamboo or reed leaves to give it a special flavor, varies greatly across china. zongzi is often
made of rice mixed with dates in northern china, because dates are abundant in the area.
eastern china’s jiaxing county is famous for its pork-stuffed zongzi. in the southern province
of guangdong, people stuff zongzi with pork, ham, chestnuts and other ingredients, making
them very rich in flavor. in sichuan province, zongzi is usually served with a sugar dressing.
most people still maintain the tradition of eating zongzi on the day of the duanwu festival.
but the special delicacy has become so popular that you can now buy it all the year round.

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