The Duanwu Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival and Double Fifth, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar. The celebrations commemorate the death of Qu Yuan—a famous Chinese poet from the kingdom of Chu who lived during the Warring States period.
Dragon Boat Festival Celebrations Make a Splash
Li Ga / Xinhua / ZUMA Press
Cooked Zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, is hung to cool off at home of Xu Taoxiang, an 85-year old woman who is expert in making Zongzi, in Changsha City, capital of central China's Hunan Province, June 18, 2012. For decades Xu's family has kept the tradition of making Zongzi by hand to greet the traditional Dragon Boat Festival.
