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| The Dragon Boat Festival is just around the corner and while the making of zongzi has been around for years, some mums still follow the custom of embroidering scent bags for their kids and other family members. |
| Parks, lakes and rivers around the country will be alive with the sounds of drummers pounding out furious beats and racers vigorously urging their dragon boats across the water tomorrow to celebrate the traditional Dragon Boat Festival (duanwujie). |
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The 5th of the 5th lunar month. Hang moxa stick and calamus outside of house, have a dragon boat race, eat glutinous rice dumpling and drink realgar liquor etc.
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Dragon Boat Race, a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) painting. One of the streamers in the painting bears the characters meaning "a long, long life to his majesty", prompting the assumption that the race is being held to celebrate the empernr's birthday. |
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