Arumy's notebook entry: Jun 16, 2010 Happy Dragon Baot Festival!
Happy Dragon Baot Festival! it will bring you luck IF you eat some ZongZi. once there was a sotry here.Qu Yuan,an ancient patriotic poet in China,was exiled by the emperor Chu because of his honest suggestions about this kingdom. The emperor believe in the baddies's words except for Qu's. During the period of his exile,he had suffered a lot,he really wanted to sever for his country ,but there seemed no way for him,then he droped himself into Yuan river( a rive in Hunan province in China) and then died, showing his loyalty of his country and awakening the fool emperor. In order to show respect to this great patrotic poet, the ancients in China made ZongZi on this day and throwed some into the rive in case that fishes ate Qu's flesh. Although we don't throw it anymore,and we still make it today and enjoy it.