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今日话题：歪果仁对端午节怎么看
Lincoln: What happens in general during the festival? What are some of the traditional activities?
Yoyo: Eating Zongzi, it’s the sticky rice treats wrapped in bamboo leaves.
Lincoln: Have you had this Nick?
Nick: I have. I haven’t had any this year but I’ve had it in the past.
Lincoln: We’ll try and work on that. Would you say that it’s particularly delicious?
Nick: I think there’s a reason you only eat it once a year.
Lincoln: What about you Wu You; do you like it?
Yoyo: I like it.
Nick: Its fine.
Lincoln: Its fine said Nick Lanigan! What else? I would assume there would be some sort of dragon boat attached to it, walk us through that because I love a good dragon boat.
Yoyo: It includes racing dragon boats [Lincoln: Ok] and do you know why it is dragon boats and not panda boats?
Lincoln: Doesn’t quite roll of the tongue “Panda Boat Festival”.
Nick: Although that is something that I would pay to go and see.
Yoyo: The reason it is related to the dragon is because we want to relate this day to the more masculine dragon energy.
Lincoln: The dragon boat festival is happening, you go and see a dragon boat race and you eat the traditional snacks. What else do you do?
Yoyo: What you need to understand that on this day, the reason we eat zongzi is in commemoration of a certain person. Qu Yuan is a famous Chinese poet, and also the minister of a kingdom called Chu, who lived during the warring states period, so that is about 278 BC. Known for his patriotism, he tried unsuccessfully to warn his king, and then the capital was taken by another country. In that case, he committed suicide and jumped into the river, and that took place on this day. According to the legend, people threw packets of fish into the river to prevent the fish from eating the poet’s body. The thing people were throwing into the river was zongzi.
Nick: So the fish would have something else to eat.
Lincoln: Are those the only activities? I’m sure there has to be others?
Yoyo: There is another activity where you wear a bracelet made with five different colors of strings, where you wrap it up and wear it, On the first rainy day after the festival, you throw it into the water.
Lincoln: why?
Yoyo: Just for good fortune.
Lincoln: This is what I love about Chinese festivals. There is this rich tapestry of things and ideas. You’re eating this food, and you’re feeding the fish and then you’re throwing your bracelet away.
