Dragon boat festival

It is on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which falls approximately in May or June in the Western calendar.

This festival is celebrated in China, Hong Kong South East Asia, as well as in some British cities, with a dragon boat race and the eating of rice dumplings wrapped up in lotus leaves. Originally, the purpose of the boats was to frighten the fish away with the noise of drums and the rice dumplings were used to feed the fish so that the fish would not eat the dead body of Qu Yuan. Whilst the dragon boat race has become an international event in Hong Kong, it is also emerging in some cities in the UK as a spectacular Chinese event.