Dragon Boat Festival
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1"Dragon boat festival is a traditional Chinese holiday which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. In 2024, Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 10 (Saturday).
Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four top traditional Chinese festivals, along with the Spring Festival, Qingming Day, and Mid-Autumn Festival.
The origin of this festival is to commemorating the national hero Qu Yuan for his patriotism and contributions. All C5 donors are our heroes, but please only invite less than 15 guests.
1. Traditional food: Rice dumpling, tea flavored egg, she will prepare other food
2. Origami dragon boat making and racing https://youtu.be/KxOMI6VJ654?si=7JpL6LOcfhu0ymJ9
3. Tea ceremony hosted by Prof Junchao Shi, who has been invited to deliver seminar about Pu'er Tea in Library of Congress and host tea ceremony there.
Please pick a date among Jun 3, Jun 10, or Jun 17. It will be in the morning from 10am-12:30pm. There will be traditional Perfume Pouches filled with herbal medicine as gifts for each guest. Traditionally, during Dragon Boat Festival perfume pouches are hung around kids' necks or tied to the front of a garment as an ornament. In ancient time, it act as a fashion item and produces wonderful aroma, it's also a on-the-go first aid pouch that contain herbs to help treat illnesses when there's no clinics near by. "
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