A significant Chinese traditional festival, the Dragon Boat festival is a day for many Chinese people to rediscover peace in their lives and drive off pestilence. Among the many Chinese traditional festivals, the Dragon Boat festival is said to have the longest running history, as it continues to be celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar for centuries.

The highlights of this day are the dragon boat races, where competing groups of rowers paddle their boats swiftly to the pulse of pounding drums.

On this Chinese traditional festival, people hang oriental plants calamus and moxaat their doors and paste pictures of Chung Kuei, the demon queller, to drive off deadly diseases. Adults drink hsiung huang wine and wear fragrant sachets, both practices are said to ward off evil and invite peace.

The most popular dish on this traditional Chinese festival is the tzung tzu , which is sweet rice wrapped in bamboo leaves and filled with varied fillings like pork, nut, or egg.

It is said that ancient Chinese people threw tzung tzu into the Miluo River to entice fishes to get out of the body of their hero Chu Yuan, who killed himself by drowning.

The Dragon Boat is a Chinese traditional festival that is said to commemorate the poet-statesman Chu Yuan. The boat races are Chinese traditional customs that symbolize the attempted rescue of Chu Yuan.