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Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China and one of the traditional folk festivals in China. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people celebrate this festival every year. There are many traditional activities in the Dragon Boat Festival, the most famous of which are dragon boat racing and eating zongzi. Next, let's learn about the traditional activities and operation steps of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Dragon Boat Racing

Dragon boat race is one of the most popular traditional activities of Dragon Boat Festival. It originated from the rivers, lakes and seas in the south of China, and is an ancient traditional sport. Dragon boat racing requires a long and narrow dragon boat and a team of dozens of people to row it. The following are the operation steps of the dragon boat race:

1. Get ready for the dragon boat: the dragon boat is an essential tool for the dragon boat race. You need to choose a long and narrow dragon boat, which is about 10 m long and about 1 m wide.

2. Recruit team members: Dragon boat racing requires dozens of teams to row dragon boats, and it is necessary to recruit enough team members.

3. Practice rowing the dragon boat: rowing the dragon boat requires certain skills and coordination, and you need to practice in advance to get familiar with the skills and coordination of rowing the dragon boat.

4. Complete equipment: Dragon boat racing needs some equipment, such as paddles, life jackets and helmets.

5. Start of the race: You need to warm up before the race, and then row the dragon boat according to the prescribed route. The team that reaches the finish line first wins.

eat Zongzi

Eating zongzi is another traditional activity of the Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi is a kind of food wrapped with glutinous rice and other ingredients. It has many different flavors, such as jiaozi with salted meat, jiaozi with bean paste, jiaozi with egg yolk meat and so on. Here are the steps to eat zongzi:

1. Preparation materials: glutinous rice, zongzi leaves, meat or other ingredients need to be prepared for making zongzi.

2. Wrap dumplings: wrap glutinous rice and other ingredients with dumplings leaves and tie them tightly with a rope.

3. Cooking zongzi: Put the wrapped zongzi into the pot and add water to cook it.

4. Take out the zongzi: Take out the cooked zongzi and let it cool before eating.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, people will also carry out other traditional activities, such as hanging mugwort leaves, wearing sachets and drinking realgar wine. These activities are to commemorate Qu Yuan and prevent epidemics.

final result

Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China with a long history and rich cultural connotations. Traditional activities such as dragon boat racing and eating zongzi let people feel the traditional culture of the Chinese nation while celebrating the festival. Let's celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival and wish the country prosperity and people happiness and well-being!