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Dragon Boat
Why do people row dragon boats
during the Dragon Boat Festival?
People rowed boats into the river to try and save Qu Yuan. However,
by the time they got there, Qu Yuan was long gone.
Hence, they thought of rowing dragon boats to scare away the fishes in the river so that they would not attack Qu Yuan's corpse.
And now every year on the 5th day of the 5th month on the lunar calendar, people would row dragon boats to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan.
Dragon boat racing can be dated back to more than 2000 years ago. Originally, it was only a mean of commemoration, now it has become a renowned sport worldwide.
Every year many races are held all over the world like the Guangzhou International Dragon Boat Racing Tournament where athletes from various countries like America, Australia, Singapore, Canada and many more come together to take part in this race.
Egg
Balancing
Dragon Boat Festival is the time where the weather starts to become warm.
And because of gravity between the earth and the sun，
on this day, you would be able to make an egg stand at 12 noon!
Did You Know？
In the southern side of China,
children would celebrate Dragon Boat
Festival by flying kites.
And in western and central Japan,
parents would also fly kites on their son's first Dragon Boat Festival after they are born to
wish for their son's health.
China & Japan
Japan's Boy's day happens to fall on the same day as the Dragon Boat Festival.
Hence, families with son's would fly a koinobori flag on this day, to pray that their son would become successful.
Japan
Koreans would also celebrate on the 5th
day of the 5th month, however, they celebrate the Gangneung Danoje instead of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Koreans would watch mask drama, participate in ssireum (Korean Wrestling), swing and many other activities on this day instead of eating rice dumplings and rowing dragon boats.
Korea
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