2. •In China, this festival is popularly known as Tuen Ng or
Duanwu Festival
•Celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th month of the
traditional lunar calendar. (Georgian Calendar – June)
•The Dragon Boat Festival is also known as "Double Fifth
Day".
Dragon Boat Festival
3. Dragon Boat Race
• Competing teams drive their colorful dragon boats forward to the
rhythm of beating drums.
• Races can have any number of boats competing, with the winner
being the first team to grab a flag at the end of the course
5. History
•Commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan
(340–278 BC) of the ancient state of Chu, who committed
suicide by drowning himself in the MiLuo River.
•These exciting races were inspired by the villager's
valiant attempts to rescue Qu Yuan from
the MiLuo river
6. Activities
• Three of the most widespread activities for Duanwu Festival
are :
– eating (and preparing) zongzi,
– drinking realgar wine, and
– racing dragon boats.
7. Zongzi
•Traditional food for the Dragon Boat Festival
•This tasty dish consists of rice dumplings filled with meat,
peanut, egg, beans, dates, sweet potatoes, walnuts, mushrooms,
or a combination of both.
•They are generally steamed and wrapped in bamboo/corn
leaves.
9. Origin of zongzi.
•When Yuan’s body could not be found, people dropped balls of
sticky rice into the river so that the fish would eat them instead
of Qu Yuan's body.
10. Other activities…
• Hanging up icons of Zhong Kui (a mythic
guardian figure)
• Hanging mugwort and calamus
• Taking long walks
• Wearing perfumed medicine bags
11. Other activities…
A game of making an egg stand at noon.
“If you can balance an egg on it’s end at exactly
12:00pm it is believed that you will have good luck
for the rest of the year.“
12. Why people love this festival?
•Delicious food
•Mind-blowing boat race event
People like this activity because taking this
challenge can improve yourself by making
you happier and have more confidence than
before.
