The Dragon Boat Festival originated in China, it was originally a festival for Chinese people to cure diseases and prevent epidemics. In the land of Wu and Yue, before the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a custom of holding tribal totem sacrifices in the form of a dragon boat race on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Later, because the poet Qu Yuan died on this day, it became a traditional festival for Chinese Han people to commemorate Qu Yuan. Dragon Boat Festival has been a traditional Chinese custom for more than two thousand years. The Etiquette theme of praying for blessings and eliminating disasters entrusts people's good wishes to welcome good luck, ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. On this day, Chinese people have the habit of making Zongzi and eating Zongzi. Have you ever tasted this in China?
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