boat festival commemorates every year.
probably the most exciting and interesting aspect of the festival is the racing of the dragon boats. these races not only symbolize the people's attempt to save chu yuan, they also demonstrate the chinese virtues(美德) of cooperation and teamwork.
another activity of the festival is the making and eating of a kind of dumpling called tzungtzu (粽子). when it became known that chu yuan was gone forever, the people, living along the river, threw cooked rice into the water as a sacrifice(祭品) to their dead hero. they wrapped(包) rice in bamboo leaves(粽叶), and stuffed(填满) it with ham, beans, bean paste(豆沙), salted egg yokes, sausages, nuts, and/or vegetables.
to the chinese the fifth lunar moon is more than just the dragon boat festival. since antiquity(古代), they have believed that this month is a pestilential and danger-fraught(瘟疫的及充满危险的) period. children born in this month are said to be difficu