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Title: Dragon Boat Festival ???


1
Dragon Boat Festival??? duan wu jié
  • STARTALK Chinese 2008

2
BASIC INFORMATION
  • Occurs on the 5th day of 5th month of the Lunar
    Calendar
  • Dragon Boat (lóng chúan - ?? ) Races commemorate
    search for Qu Yuan, a poet
  • Races also spread good luck Dragons symbolize
    good fortune

3
OTHER FESTIVITIES
  • Martial Arts Demonstrations
  • Street Theater
  • Food Sweet Buns, Dragon Boat Dumplings (zòngzi -
    ??), Roasted Pine Nuts
  • Fire Crackers to signal change of seasons

4
THE STORY OF QU YUAN - ??
5
QU YUAN POLITICIAN AND LATER, POET
Qu Yuan was a high-ranking official (dà guan - ??
) during the warring states period (475-221
B.C.). He was removed from his position and he
became a poet.
6
QU YUAN WANDERS
  • Unhappy and disrespected, he left one day to
    write a poem (shi - ? ) about his life and hopes
    whilst wandering alongside a river. He was never
    seen again and was presumed to have committed
    suicide (zì sha - ?? ).

7
THROWING DUMPLINGS
His followers decided to throw sticky rice,
wrapped in leaves, into the river so that the
fish would not consume his body and soul.
8
ALTERNATE TALE THE FISHERMAN (yú mín - ?? )
9
THE ENCOUNTER
  • The fisherman threw rice for Qu Yuan to eat, but
    it was being consumed by a large river dragon.

10
WRAPPING THE DUMPLINGS
  • Qu Yuan told the fisherman to wrap the rice in
    leaves and to tie the leaves with multicolored
    string (xiàn - ?)

11
THE END
  • Created by Anthony Tran for a Chinese Culture
    Presentation on 7/31/08
  • Presenters/Group Members
  • Jane Enkhbold
  • John Papavizas
  • Anthony Tran
  • Megan Mohr
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