The Duanwu Festival, known as the Dragon Boat Festival, (found) in memory of Qu Yuan, who was poet and minister of the state of Chu during the Warring States period (475-221BC). The festival date is on the fifth day of May on the Chinese lunar calendar.
Traditional (celebrate) of the Dragon Boat Festival include eating rice dumplings, drinking wine and (race) dragon boats. You don't have to live in China long (know) the country's most popular foods good stories behind them.
That's (particular) true of rice dumplings, have been connected with the Dragon Boat Festival for more than a thousand years.
Rice dumplings wrapped in leaves remain with us today as the (tradition) way to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. In general, northern Chinese prefer sweet versions of these steamed treats while southerners like salty tastes. In the north, some rice dumplings are plain, to be dipped into sugar. In the south, however, locals have (they) own creativity. They have added hum, chestnuts and mushrooms into zongzi over centuries.
