the Dragon Boat Festival.

Thank you for sharing this festival with us zz - I love to hear of customs and traditions from around the world! Is there a particular reason for this festival? xxx

I don't like the name called Dragon Boat Festival. I think duanwujie it good for us .

I looked up the dragon boat festival in wikipedia and am amazed at how similar different cultures are. Boat racing is so integral to the southern part of India too, it’s a big and prestigious festival here. I did not know that the Chinese had something similar and that also so ancient. It is indeed a very colourful sight and all the beautiful boats decked out and the boatmen raring to go against each other. So how many zongzi did you eat? Were they all home-made with different stuffings? Yummmmmmmm, wish I could try some! I also read that you try to stand an egg on its head exactly at 12 noon and that brings good luck for the coming year! Could you do that?

but it rained in guangzhou.poor us...we can't go outside to see the boat.but later that evening i saw them through the TV.it's quite funny,and i want to be one of the boater.haha... have a nice day.

That sounds wonderful. I have always thought that Chinese festivals to be more a display of art than festival. Though I have never attended one, I have seen them on television and found them to be breathtakingly beautiful. I am hopeful that all had a great time. Could you tell more about the festival so that those of us in mylot land may gain a little more understanding. Thanks.

Yeh ,it's one of our oldest and most meaningful festival ... I really want to watch the boat race! In Xi'an there is not that . I stay at home and make the zongzi with my family ,it's also a wonderful experience ... Hope you happy ...Best wishes to you...

I love the way the Chines people celebrate, here in Melbourne Australia every year in China Town which is a street in the main part of the city they always celebrate the Chinese New year and they bring out the big dragon, it is a very colourful celebration, Happy Dragon boat celebration to you all...

That sounds like a wonderful festival. I hope you had a great time yesterday.

yeh,i like the festival.not only because we can have three day's holiday,but also because we can share the feeling of traditional culture.

i do not like to eat zongzi, it is too viscid

Hehe,that day I didn't eat zongzi,no one make it for me i am far away from my families!