The Dragon Boat Festival is one of Taiwan's three major annual holidays. People have also referred to the Dragon Boat Festival as the" Poet's Festival" because it is a story related to theremembrance of a poet who lived during the ancient times.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, most schools or groups hold dragon boat races and eat rice dumplings called JonZu. The story said that when the poet died because he jumped into the River, the local people rowed their boats to search for him; And this event had become the dragon boat races. Today, dragon boat races are a popular activity that is famous in Taiwan, China and Korea. There is an international dragon boat races with teams from Taiwan and abroad competing.
The story of making rice dumplings came from the people who were trying to protect this poet's body from being eaten by the fish. So the people wrapped stinky rice with bamboo leaves and threw these dumplings into the river to feed the fish. Of course, nowadays people don't throw the dumplings into river anymore, but enjoy it by themselves.
The story of making rice dumplings came from the people who were trying to protect this poet's body from being eaten by the fish. So the people wrapped stinky rice with bamboo leaves and threw these dumplings into the river to feed the fish. Of course, nowadays people don't throw the dumplings into river anymore, but enjoy it by themselves.
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This is my second year miss the dumplings. Howevery, have a good Dragon Boat Festival in Australia.
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