Today, across China people are celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival. This traditional Chinese holiday pays tribute to Qu Yuan, a poet from China's Warring States Period.
During the Dragon Boat Festival it is traditional to eat "yongzi"( a glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed).
"But the most important traditional practice is dragon boat racing. Its origins can be traced to when the poet threw himself into the Miluo river and people in boats tried to save him, though he still drowned."
See full video on the Dragon Boat Festival:
http://vod.cctv.com/html/media/NewsHour/2009/05/NewsHour_300_20090528_1.shtml
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