Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Questions about Duanwu festival

1. Why do Taiwanese eat Zongzih at Duanwu festival?
2. Do you eat anything else?

6 comments:

  1. 1.To commemorate our admiration and respect for the great poet Chu Yuan
    2.NO,just Zongzih

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  2. John, thank you for your reply. In Japan, Duanwu Festival has another name, which is Iris' Festival. It's because we Japanese soak Iris' bath, and eat Zongzih to avoid bad things.
    Also, we eat not only Zhongzih and Kashiwamochi but also the sweets which were imagined Iris.

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  3. Who is Iris?I'm sorry that my history of Japen is poor. Is Iris "いざăȘぎ"?

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  4. Iris is a flower, which is called Ayame in Japanese. :)

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  5. How wonderful to soak bath in winter!!!

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  6. To Thomas: In Japan, Duanwu Festival is held on May, so it is not in winter. But Soaking in a hot spring in winter is so pleasant, right?

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