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Tomorrow (June 8, 2008) is this year’s Dragon Boat Festival! Wanting introduced 6 Kinds of Rice Dumplings You Haven’t Seen at her blog, which you must read!
The Duanwu Festival is a Chinese traditional and statutory holiday. It is a public holiday in mainland China and in Taiwan, where it is known as the “Duanwu Festival”. It is also a public holiday in Hong Kong and Macau, where it is known as Duen Ng Festival. Its alternative name in English is “Dragon Boat Festival”, after one of the traditional activities for the holiday.
More at Wikipedia.
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