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Happy Dragon Boat Festival!
After Mrs. Zhang showed how to make zongzi to our students and everybody was making it by them. I am so proud of my students; they did a really good job during the culture class, well done everyone.
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Many traditional customs and activities are held on the specified day by people in China and even by some people in neighbouring countries. Among these customs are dragon boat racing, eating zongzi, wearing a perfume pouch, tying five-colour silk thread and hanging mugwort leaves and calamus.
According to legend, villagers in the surrounding area rushed to his rescue and threw rice dumplings (zongzi) into the river to prevent the fish from feasting on his body and fishermen paddled up and down the river in their long boats in search of Qu Yuan while beating on drums to scare away the fish.
Falling on the 5th day of the 5th month according to Chinese lunar calendar, the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is one of great significance. It has been held annually for more than 2,000 years and is notable for its educational influence. The festival commemorates the patriotic poet Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), and also acts as a chance for Chinese people to build their bodies and dispel diseases. Many legends circulate around the festival but the most popular is the legend of Qu Yuan.
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