It is called Dragon Boat Festival, or Longzhou Jie (龙舟节) in Chinese, because of its close association with dragon boats. Chinese people attach great cultural significance to dragons. The two main activities during the festival are eating zongzi (rice dumplings) and boat races, and both are related to dragons.

Make a double batch of dragon sauce to have some on hand in the fridge for the week. It’s delicious on salads and in bowls.Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival was originally regarded as a traditional medical and health festival. It is traditionally a festival for people to (ceremonially) come against diseases and poisonous insects. How Do People Celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival? Also, 端五 is a variant of Duanwu using wu (五), the Chinese character meaning 'five'. So 'Duanwu' can also mean 'Start of the Fifth Solar Month'. 3. Double Fifth Festival

Collect and grow 75 different Dragon species, like Deadly Nadders, Monstrous Nightmares and Typhoomerangs Head to the Qin Lan Bus Station (琴潭 – not the one in the centre of town near the train station) and board a bus headed to Longsheng Town (龙胜). Buses leave every 15 minutes, the journey will take two hours, and cost 22-28 RMB. There will be plenty of minivan drivers offering to take you there to. Depending on your negotiating skills, you may be able to go with one of them. The most popular one is in commemoration of Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan (340–278 BC) was a patriotic poet and exiled official during the Warring States Period of ancient China. He drowned himself in the Miluo River on the 5th day of the 5th Chinese lunar month, when his beloved Chu State fell to the State of Qin. Local people desperately tried to save Qu Yuan or recover his body, to no avail.

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Dragon Boat Festival customs can be roughly divided into two categories. One is to worship the god of dragon and heroes, such as Qu Yuan. The activities include dragon boat races and eating glutinous rice dumplings.

This recipe goes one step further than a buddha bowl, with a special sauce…dragon sauce! There’s a restaurant here in Montreal called Aux Vivres that serves up a hearty bowl with this sauce called “a dragon bowl”. This recipe is inspired by their dragon bowl. is Why you’ll love this recipe Over time, dragon rice became more widely available to the general public and gained popularity among health enthusiasts due to its many health benefits. Nutritional Benefits July to middle September: The green world will bring you a sense of tranquil that is hard to find in the hustling and bustling city.It’s a good opportunity for photography enthusiasts to shoot beautiful pictures of the rice terraces. Also they can take part in the photo competition to win prizes. Boiling: Transfer soaked Red Dragon Grain (Rice), add salt if desired then bring everything into rapid boil