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The 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar year is an important day for the Chinese people. The day is called Duan Wu Festival, or Dragon Boat Festival, celebrated everywhere in China. This festival dates back to about 2,000 years ago with a number of legends explaining its origin. The best-known story centers on a great patriotic poet named Qu Yuan.
Qu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 BC. Since ancient times, Chinese people threw into the water dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves on the day. Therefore the fish would eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom of eating Zong Zi. |
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 When the Chinese New Year comes, the sky is illuminated with fireworks and strings of lights. It is meant to send off the old year and ring in the new. |
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The Lantern Festival (or Yuanxiao Festival in Chinese) is an important traditional Chinese festival, which is on the 15th of the first lunar month, marking the end of celebrations of the New Year.
Besides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, another important part of the Lantern Festival or Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour. We call these balls yuanxiao or tangyuan. |
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The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance. |
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Among the beautiful clouds,
Over the heavenly river,
Crosses the weaving maiden.
An evening rendezvous,
Across the autumn sky,
Surpasses joy on earth.
Moments of tender love and dreams,
So sad to leave the magpie bridge.
Eternal love between us two,
Shall withstand the time apart.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 29 December 2004 )
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