Thomas Promise Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 My SO told me that tomorrow will start a 3 day festival of Dragon Boats. It is an Ancient ritual to ward off summertime diseases and plagues. Link to comment
Randy W Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 My SO told me that tomorrow will start a 3 day festival of Dragon Boats. It is an Ancient ritual to ward off summertime diseases and plagues. The DuanWu Jie falls on the 5th day of the fifth lunar month - that's June 12 (tomorrow) this year. Two extra days are thrown in (Monday and Tuesday) to make a three day holiday from work, but those days are made up by having to work on Saturday and Sunday, the 8th and 9th. From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duanwu_Festival A number of theories exist about its origins as a number of folk traditions and explanatory myths are connected to its observance. Today the best known of these relates to the suicide in 278 BCE of Qu Yuan, poet and statesman of the Chu kingdom during the Warring States period . . . It is said that the local people, who admired him, dropped sticky hi triangles wrapped in bamboo leaves into the river to feed the fish. The rice was wrapped so that fish would not eat Qu Yuan's body and eat the rice instead. This is said to be the origin of zongzi. The local people were also said to have paddled out on boats, either to scare the fish away or to retrieve his body. This is said to be the origin of dragon boat racing Link to comment
NickF Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 Talked to ChunMei last night (morning in Nanning, of course.) She and her sisters are busy making zongzi for the Festival. Then she's going shopping. I'm happy she gets to spend the Festival with her family, but I'm even happier she'll be coming home a week from today. Link to comment
Thomas Promise Posted June 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 Zongzi. A really delicous food. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Taiwanese_zongzi_by_fhisa_in_Yokohama_Chinatown.jpg/450px-Taiwanese_zongzi_by_fhisa_in_Yokohama_Chinatown.jpg Link to comment
Randy W Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 (edited) From the People's Daily A taste of Chinese Duanwu Quote Dragon Boat Festival The 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar year is an important day for the Chinese people. The day is called Duan Wu Festival, or Dragon Boat Festival, celebrated everywhere in China. This festival dates back to about 2,000 years ago with a number of legends explaining its origin. The best-known story centers on a great patriotic poet named Qu Yuan. Edited June 13, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history) 1 Link to comment
Randy W Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 First Dragon Boat Festival in space Astronauts willtuckintostickyricedumplings, butalsofacenewrisksThethreeastronautsonboardShenzhouXhaveincreasedfoodchoicesandamorerelaxedworkschedule, butmayalsofacenewrisks.NieHaisheng, ZhangXiaoguangandWangYapingwillcelebrateDragonBoatFestivalonWednesdaywiththetraditionalstickyricedumplingsknownas "zongzi". . . . Some expertsarealsoconcernedaboutthesafetyofthespacemodule'senvironment.Despiteanairpurifiercleaningthemodule'sairandastronautsonpreviousmissionswipingawaydustwithwettissuesbeforeleaving, therecouldbeunknownrisks, saidWangXiang, chiefcommanderofthespacelabsystem."AstronautslivedinTiangong 1 lastyear, bringingmoistureinside. All the windows and doors were shut over the past year. We are worried about the microbes that may have grown inside the module andthehazardsthatmicrobesposetotheastronauts' health." Sound familiar? Link to comment
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