The Chinese Duanwu Festival

The Chinese Duanwu Festival is an important traditional festival in China,that falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It is also the first festival in China to be included in the UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage List. It is a folk festival that combines worshipping gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits, celebrating entertainment, and eating.
One of the enduring customs of the Duanwu Festival is to eat Zongzi, a sweet or salty Zongzi wrapped in plant leaves. China's Zongzi culture has a long time history, and the stories that have been circulated for thousands of years are widely known.
Legend has it that the Duanwu Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, a poet of the Chu state during the Warring States period. He committed suicide by throwing himself into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Qu Yuan was ostracized for his loyalty to King Huai of Chu, later exiled, and ultimately committed suicide by throwing himself into the Miluo River. Upon hearing the news, the people rowed boats to rescue the victims, but to no avail. They then rowed rivers and rivers to express their grief, which later evolved into a dragon boat competition. He also threw rice balls into the river to prevent fish from eating Qu Yuan's body, forming the custom of eating Zongzi. Eating Zongzi and racing dragon boats on the Duanwu Festival are all originated from commemorating Qu Yuan

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