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About Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival together with Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival forms one of the three major Chinese holidays. Since the summer is a time when diseases most easily spread, Dragon Boat Festival began as an occasion for driving off evil spirits and pestilence（瘟疫） and for finding peace in ones life. * Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, has had a history of more than 2,000 years. About Dragon Boat Festival Cao E Qu Yuan Hsiung Huang Wine雄黄酒 Dragon Boat Race赛龙舟 Rice Dumpling粽子 Chinese mugwort艾草 About the legend of the Dragon Boat Festival Activices Poems Chung Kuei About the legend of the Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival first legend, is a memorial to the Eastern Han Dynasty Cao E .Her father drowned in the river, a few days do not see the body, when Cao E was only fourteen years old, day and night along the wail. Seventeen days later, also a river in the May 5th, five days after carrying out the dead father. About the legend of the Dragon Boat Festival Qu Yuan was minister of the state of Chu and one of Chinese earliest poets. He was a good and respected man，but because of the misdeeds（陷害） of jealous rivals（充满忌妒的竞争对手） he eventually lose faith in the emperors court（朝廷）.He left the court .In 278 BC, he heard the news that Qin troops had finally conquered（征服） Chus capital, plunged（纵身投入） himself into the Miluo river, clasping（抱紧） his arms to a large stone. The day happened to be the 5th of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar（农历）. Dragon Boat Race Traditions at the center of this festival are the dragon boat races. Competing teams drive their colorful dragon boats forward to the rhythm of beating drums. These exciting races were inspired by the villagers（勇敢的） valiant attempts to rescue Qu Yuan from the Miluo river. Hsiung Huang Wine Adults drink hsiung huang wine（雄黄酒） and children are given fragrant sachets（香包）, both of which are said to possess qualities