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　The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the
fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked
by eating zong zi (glutinous rice（糯米）wrapped to form a pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves)
and racing dragon boats.
　　The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially in the southern provinces where
there are many rivers and lakes. Thisregatta（赛舟会）commemorates the death of Qu Yuan , an
honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river. Qu was a
minister of the State of Chu situated in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during theWarring
States Period(475-221BC)（战国时期）. He was upright, loyal and highly esteemed for his wise
counsel that brought peace and prosperity to the state. However, when a dishonest and corrupt prince
vilified Qu, he was disgraced and dismissed from office. Realizing that the country was now in the
hands of evil and corrupt officials, Qu grabbed a large stone and leapt into the Miluo River on the
fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to try and save him but were unable to
even recover his body. Thereafter, the state declined and was eventually conquered by the State of
Qin.
　　The people of Chu who mourned the death of Qu threw rice into the river to feed his ghost every
year on the fifth day of the fifth month. But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners
that a hugereptile（爬行动物）in the river had stolen the rice. The spirit then advised them to wrap
the rice in silk and bind it with five different-colored threads before tossing it into the river.
During the Duanwu Festival, a glutinous rice pudding called zong zi is eaten to symbolize the
rice offerings to Qu. Ingredients such as beans,lotus seeds（莲子）,chestnuts（栗子）, pork fat and
the golden yolk of a salted duck egg are often added to the glutinous rice. The pudding is then
wrapped with bamboo leaves, bound with