[News] The Dragon Boat Festival
I have saw this news on today's ShangHai Daily.
Quote:
The central subject of the festival Qu was a famous poet and well-liked official of the Chu Kingdom
who drowned himself in the Miluo River in today's Hunan Province after the king refused to follow his advise on important military matters.
People saddened by Qu's death tossed ZONGZI into the river and patrolled in boats shaped like powerful dragons in hopes of scaring fish away from Qu's body.
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Last Year, South Korea applied ro the United Nations to list its version of the Dragon Boat Festival as an intangible cultural heritage.
" The application by a foreign country was an alert for all chinese people."
In today's china, many youngsters are more familiar with Western festivals such as Chirismas and Valentine's Day than with history behind the Dragon Boat Festival.
Quote:
The central subject of the festival Qu was a famous poet and well-liked official of the Chu Kingdom
who drowned himself in the Miluo River in today's Hunan Province after the king refused to follow his advise on important military matters.
People saddened by Qu's death tossed ZONGZI into the river and patrolled in boats shaped like powerful dragons in hopes of scaring fish away from Qu's body.
……
Last Year, South Korea applied ro the United Nations to list its version of the Dragon Boat Festival as an intangible cultural heritage.
" The application by a foreign country was an alert for all chinese people."
In today's china, many youngsters are more familiar with Western festivals such as Chirismas and Valentine's Day than with history behind the Dragon Boat Festival.
