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Dragon Boats!

The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a fractions of a second. The energy and
significant holiday celebrated in China, excitement of the race attracts thousands
and the one with the longest history. The of spectators, who watch from the river
Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by bank cheering on their favorite team.
boat races in the shape of Dragons. Dragon Boat Festival is highlighted by
Competing teams row their boats forward the dragon boat races, in which competing
to a drumbeat racing to reach the finish teams drive their boats forward rowing to
end first. the rhythm of pounding drums. This lively
The boat races during the Dragon Boat and colorful tradition has continued
Festival are traditional customs to unbroken for centuries to the present
attempts to rescue the patriotic poet Chu day.
Yuan. Chu Yuan drowned on the fifth day The celebration's is a time for
of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. protection from evil and disease for the
Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves rest of the year. It is done so by
filled with cooked rice into the water. different practices such as hanging
Therefore the fish could eat the rice healthy herbs on the front door, drinking
rather than the hero poet. This later on nutritious concoctions, and displaying
turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu portraits of evil's nemesis, Chung Kuei.
and rice dumplings. If one manages to stand an egg on it's
When the race begins, all one can see is end at exactly 12:00 noon, the following
the rowers of each team driving their year will be a lucky one.
boats forward in unison to the beat of The most popular dish during Dragon Boat
drums. The winning team is the one that Festival is tzung tzu, originally eaten
first grabs the flag at the end of the in memory of the patriot Chu Yuan, but
river course and the difference between gradually evolving into a snack eaten
victory and defeat may be only a few during normal occasions as well.




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