(Solve lantern puzzles)
Guessing lantern riddles"
Riddles are written on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift. As riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata .
The most exciting part of the festival, drawing crowds of spectators.
Dragon Boats are generally brightly painted and decorated canoes. Their heads are shaped like open-mouthed dragons, while the sterns end with a scaly tail. Depending on the length, up to 80 rowers can power the boat. A drummer and flag-catcher stand at the front of the boat. The winner is the first team to grab a flag at the end of the course. Annual races take place all over China.
Eating zongzi
---- pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumplings, with a filling, wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves and bound with colored thread and boiled in water for hours. The fillings can be egg, beans, dates, fruits, sweet potato, walnuts, mushrooms, meat, or a combination of them.
However, he was disgraced and dismissed from office. Realizing that the country was now in the hands of evil and corrupt officials, Qu jumped into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month. The nearby fishermen rushed over to try and save him but were unable to even recover his body.
The fisherman threw zong zi into the water to feed fish so that they would not eat Qu Yuan's body.
The Double Fifth Day is at the beginning of summer, when diseases are likely to strike, people also wear talisman to fend off evil spirits. Adults may drink Xiong Huang Wine, and children carry fragrant silk pouches (香囊), to prevent evil.
Their loyalty to love touched magpies, so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).
At night when the sky is dotted with stars, you can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star, which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid.