The festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar on which the Chinese calendar is based. This is the source of the alternative name of Double Fifth. It is known as memorizing the suicide of Qu Yuan in 278 BC (poet and statesman of the Chu kingdom during the Warring States period. )
Quyuan
He committed suicide because his suggestion for the nation had never been adopted, and the states was so corrupted in his eyes.
What do we eat
"Zongzi" Rice dumplings, made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves ;cooked by steaming or boiling.
Drink realgar wine. People believe the wine with Realgar can drive all the evil ghost away.
What do we do
Dragon boat racing
Hanging the wormwood on the door. It is regarded as the sword which can cut off all the evil redolent.
Taking Hebao: Colorful small bags with wormwood inside, also believe as magic thing to keep evil away.