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In addition to the
Spring Festival, Chinese people also celebrate the following festivals:
------Lantern Festival
This falls on the 15th of the first lunar month, an occasion for eating
yuanxiao, or sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour, hanging
lanterns, visiting lantern shows, performing the Dragon Lantern
and Drum Dances.
------Pure Brightness
Festival
This day falls around April 5 of the western calendar, and it is named
after the fifth solar term of the Chinese calendar. Activities include
excursions and tomb- sweeping.
------Dragon Boat Festival
Falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, this festival was
set aside in memory of the great poet Qu Yuan, who drowned
himself over 2,000 years ago after the emperor refused to heed his
remonstration. The main activity is Dragon Boat racing. in the countryside,
people also carry incense pouches, get roped up, drink realgar wine and
eat Zongzi (a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in
bamboo or reed leaves).
------Double-Ninth Festival
This festival is named because it falls on the ninth day of the ninth
lunar month. The main feature is chrysanthemum-admiring the flower
and drinking chrysanthemum wine. A special cake is also served. in addition,
many people go on excursions to lose themselves in nature.
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