Sunday, June 8, 2008

Dragon Boat Festival

Google celebrates the Dragon Boat Festival (also known as Duanwu Festival - 端午節 - 端午节) in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The festival is to remember the death of poet Qu Yuan who committed suicide after a regime take-over in 278BC. Traditionally, people eat rice dumplings and participate in dragon boat races.

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