1. Dragon Boat Festival Teacher: Frances Tzeng Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan Fifth graders

2. Outline ◆ Origins 1. date 2. tradition ◆ Customs 1. food 2. activities ◆ Old Taiwanese saying Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwn Dragon Boat Festival

3. 1. date Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Origins Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan Dragon Boat Festival

4. 2. tradition The festival is held to honor the patriot poet, Chu Yuan, who threw himself into Miluo River. Origins Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan Dragon Boat Festival

5. 1. food (1) People celebrate Dragon Boat Festival by eating zongzis or rice dumplings. Customs Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan Dragon Boat Festival

6. (2) kinds of rice dumplings: salty ones and sweet ones (3) different sizes of rice dumplings Customs -food Customs -food Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan Dragon Boat Festival

7. 2. activities (1) watching dragon boat races A. What is a dragon boat? Customs Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan Dragon Boat Festival

8. B. about dragon boat races Customs Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan Dragon Boat Festival

9. (2). fetching Noon Water Water fetched at 12:00 on Dragon Boat Festival is called Noon Water. Noon Water can cure illness. Customs- activity Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan Dragon Boat Festival

10. (3). standing eggs At exactly noon, children stand a raw egg on the ground for fun. Customs- activity Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan Dragon Boat Festival

11. (4). hanging Chinese herbs Taiwan people hang calamus and moxa on their front door to ward off evil and the five poisonous things. Customs- activity Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan Dragon Boat Festival

12. (5). drinking Hsiung Huang wine Adults drink Hsiung Huang wine to protect themselves from the five poisonous things and evil; parents use the wine to write a Chinese character “Wang” on children’s foreheads. Customs- activity Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan Dragon Boat Festival

13. (6). wearing sachets Children wear sachets with aromatic flowers and herbs inside to ward off the five poisonous things. Customs- activity Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan Dragon Boat Festival

14. Old Taiwanes saying Shuang Lian Elementary School Taipei, Taiwan Dragon Boat Festival 五月粽未呷，破裘不願放 。 If you haven’t eaten rice dumpling of Double Fifth Festival, it’s not time to put away your winter coats.

15. Thank you!