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The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month by zongzi and holding dragon boat races.
The festival began during the period of Warring States and has a of more than 2,000 years.The date of the festival is said to be the date Qu Yuan died.He was a wise and upright man. he couldn't be understood by the emperor of Chu and was sent .On the day when Chu was beaten by Qin,Qu Yuan jumped into Miluo River andhimself.
After theof Qu Yuan,people of Chu went to Miluo River and threw some eggs and rice the river they wished that the animals in the river wouldn't eat Qu Yuan.
Now the Dragon Boat Festival has become a festival for the Chinese people.