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    Duanwu (Dragon Boat Festival)

    Fifth day of the fifth lunar month

    Tradition
    Taoist / Chinese
    Next observed
    June 8, 1970

    What It Is

    Commemorating the patriot-poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the Miluo River in protest. Rice dumplings (zongzi) were thrown in to feed the fish so they would not eat his body.

    How to Observe It

    Where in your life is integrity worth loss? Eat something wrapped in a leaf. Row against a current.

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