2025-05-29
The Dragon Boat Festival (Duānwǔ Jié)** is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the **5th day of the 5th lunar month** (usually in June). With over 2,000 years of history, it honors **Qu Yuan** (340–278 BC), a patriotic poet who drowned himself to protest corruption. People raced boats to save him and threw rice into the river to feed his spirit—originating **dragon boat races** and **zongzi** (sticky rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves).