Dragon Boat Festival, often known as tuen ng festival or duan wu festival, is a traditional chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the chinese calendar. it is also known as the double fifth.[citation needed] it has since been celebrated, in various ways, in other parts of east asia as well, most notably korea.
The exact origins of duan wu are unclear, but one traditional view holds that the festival memorializes the chinese poet qu yuan of the warring states period. he committed suicide by drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted by the corruption of the chu government. the local people, knowing him to be a good man, decided to throw food into the river to feed the fishes to prevent them from eating qus body. they also sat on dragon boats, and tried to scare the fishes away by the thundering sound of drums aboard the boat and the fierce looking dragon-head in the front of the boat.
in the early years of the chinese republic, duan wu was also celebrated as "poets day", due to qu yuans status as chinas first poet of personal renown.
today, people eat zongzi (the food originally intended to feed the fishes) and race dragon boats in memory of qus dramatic death.
Mid-autumn Festival is a popular and important lunar harvest festival celebrated by Chinese people。 The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar。 There are some traditions in this holiday。 For example, people would have a big dinner with there families。 After dinner, they often enjoy the full moon which is round and bright。 The other tradition of mid-autumn festival is eating moon cake。 Moon cake is the essential of that day, which means reunion。 As time goes by, there are various kinds of moon cakes, but they are much more expensive than before。 I like mid-autumn festival because my families will get together and have a big dinner on that day.