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Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu Jie) Explained

Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu Jie) Explained

Dragon Boat Festival is one of the oldest holidays in China, said to date back nearly 2,500 years to the Warring States Period.

It is held the fifth day of the fifth month each lunar year, and has several possible origins. By far the most popular tale is that of Qu Yuan.

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