You can't miss the "Dragon Boat Festival"

If you love dragons and you are traveling through China, or you plan to travel soon, keep in mind that you cannot miss the Chinese festival dedicated to the dragon figure: The dragon boat festival.

This religious and cultural feast is celebrated in The 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar that this year falls June 3 -of 2022-.

Its origin is in the legend of the death of the Poet Qu Yuan, this being the most popular and known. According to legend, more than two thousand years ago, when the poet knew that his land would fall into the hands of the invaders, he took his life, launching to the Miluo River.

When the people learned about the brave action of the poet, he decided to go up to its boats -in dragon form- With the hope of rescuing him alive, but they failed to find him. Then, they proposed the idea of ​​throwing large amounts of rice so that the fish instead of devouring the poet's body eaten the rice.

Over the years, this date began to commemorate A great holiday, performing sports competitions in which large dragon -shaped boats participated. This holiday is usually held in the southern China where rivers and lakes abound.

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