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The Chinese festival "Dragon Boat Festival"

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Qu Yuan The Dragon Boat Festival is about the death of the minister and poet  Qu Yuan  who was exiled because he was found to have plotted against the alliance. During his exile he wrote a bunch of poetry. 28 years later the state of Qin captured Qu Yuan and in despair Qu Yuan committed suicide. The townspeople who still respected him tried to rescue him. The townspeople could not find the body and in despair fed the fish rice balls so his body wouldn't be eaten by the fish. To this day we honor him by doing dragon boat festivals and throw raw rice dumplings in the river. Because this is a festival day i will show you pictures. Thank wikipedia for this information.