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The Dragon Boat Festival originated from the totem sacrifice held by the tribes that worshiped the dragon totem in ancient times. It is a festival founded by Chinese ancestors to worship dragons and pray for blessings to drive off evil spirits. People also take the festival to honor and commemorate the famous patriotic poet Qu Yuan committed suicide by jumping into the Miluo River on the same day during the Warring States Period.

Dragon Boat Festival has many traditions, one of them is the dragon boat competition, its history dates back to the Warring States Period. People also wear sachets on the day of the festival to exorcise evil spirits and drive off plagues. The sachets contain cinnabar, xionghuang and Chinese fragrant medicines, which are covered with fragrant-smelling silk cloth then buckled with colorful silk strings to form various shapes and sizes, how exquisite and lovely! Some restaurants hand out their own self-made sachets to their customers sometimes on the Dragon Boat Festival, did you get any so far?

You can’t miss out the one food on the Dragon Boat Festival must-have menu, Zongzi (粽子zòngzi). As for flavors, here we go - pork, bean paste, egg yolk, red dates, chestnut, lotus seed, purple potato, sweet-scented osmanthus, beef tenderloin in abalone sauce, dry scallop with pork etc, you name it. For classic-flavor lovers out there, you’ll never go wrong with pork.

island6 team wish you a happy Dragon Boat Festival! We are open during the festival from 10am to 6pm. Drop by!

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