Chinese traditions - the Dragon Boat Festival

        The Chinese New Year on June 6 is China's Dragon Boat Festival,on the day, people will be dragon boat racing and eating stick rice dumplings to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Child will wear mirrors to prevent ominous things around. The door of every household wormwood and sprinkling the wine on them on behalf of peace. It is said that the origin of stick rice dumplings , it was the patriotic poet Qu Yuan to express patriotism and jumped into the Miluo River, people scared that fish were eat Qu Yuan. In this way to prevent the body of Qu Yuan, so the rice wrapped in leaves and thrown into the Miluo River. The later it evolved into what we are eating the dumplings. Which mirrors the origin of it is because of China's folk tales, White Snake, in order to drive away the white snake (not mascot) so with the wine on them, but gradually evolved into powder or realgar powder into the bag decoration, worn on the body, can prevent the ominous things around.