Yeah , this is Dragon Boat Festival in Chinese name is Duan Wu Jie（端午节）
In 2021, that date falls on June 14th( Monday),we just enjoyed it and back to office today~
So let’s learn some facts about it :
l Do you know what is Dragon Boat Festival for?
Commemorating Qu Yuan
While there are a few different theories about the origins, there are also some common threads. The main one involves a scholar-official who faithfully served the state of Chu in the fourth century B.C.E. His name was Qu Yuan.
l How to Celebrate Dragon Boat Festival-Top Activities & Customs
Dragon Boat Racing
Dragon boats are thus named because the fore and stern of the boat is in a shape of traditional Chinese dragon. A team of people works the oars in a bid to reach the destination before other teams. One team member sits at the front of the boat beating a drum in order to maintain morale and ensure that the rowers keep in time with one another. Now it has turned to be a sport event not only held in China, but also observed in Japan, Vietnam, USA, Canada and UK, etc.
Eating Zongzi
Zongzi is a pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in reed leaves. It has various fillings. In north China, people favor the jujubes as the filling, while the south sweetened bean paste, fresh meat, or egg yolk. Nowadays, Zongzi already becomes a common food, which can be easily found in supermarkets and food stores. However, some families still retain the tradition to make Zongzi on the festival day.
Drinking Realgar Wine
There is an old saying: 'Drinking realgar wine drives diseases and evils away!' Realgar wine is a Chinese alcoholic drink consisting of fermented cereals and powdered realgar.
In ancient times, people believed that realgar was an antidote for all poisons, and effective for killing insects and driving away evil spirits. So everyone would drink some realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival.
l What else is there on the Dragon Boat Festival?
Due to differnet place have differnet customs,some of people will Wormwood and calamus are hanged on the windows and doors to avoid diseases and bad luck. Children wear colored silk with red, yellow, blue, white and black on their ankles and wrists to ward off evil and diseases.
So the Dragon Boat Festival is an importance traditional Chinese celebration.
We would like to share you more joy about Chines festival if you are interested in ~