00:00The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday to commemorate the life and
00:05death of Ku Yuan, who committed suicide by wading into the Miluo River in protest against
00:12the wrongful policies of the feudal dynasty in his times.
00:16The local people raised their boats to find the beloved Ku in the river and threw balls
00:21of sticky rice into the river to keep the fish from eating his body.
00:25Since then, people have been celebrating the festival by holding Dragon Boat Raisers and
00:32eating sticky rice dumplings or Song Si for thousands of years.
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