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