Duanwu Festiva l端午節, also known as Dragon Boat Festival and the Double Fifth,5th day in 5th month every year accordance to the lunar calendar. In Mandarin, it is known as Duānwǔ Jié; in Hong Kong and Macau, by the Cantonese name Tuen Ng Festival; in Hokkien-speaking areas, by the names Gō͘-go̍eh-cheh/Gō͘-ge̍h-choeh (五月節) and Gō͘-ji̍t-cheh/Gō͘-ji̍t-choeh (五日節). The focus of the celebrations includes eating rice dumplings zongzi (Chinese: 粽子; pinyin: zòngzi), drinking realgar wine xionghuangjiu (Chinese: 雄黃酒; pinyin: Xiónghuángjiǔ), and racing dragon boats.
The Dragon Boat Festival 赛舟会）commemorates the death of Qu Yuan , an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river. Qu Yuan was a minister of the State of Chu situated in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period (475-221BC)（战国时期）. He was upright, loyal and highly esteemed for his wise counsel that brought peace and prosperity to the state. However, when a dishonest and corrupt prince vilified Qu, he was disgraced and dismissed from office. Realizing that the country was now in the hands of evil and corrupt officials, Qu grabbed a large stone and leapt into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to try and save him but were unable to even recover his body. Thereafter, the state declined and was eventually conquered by the State of Qin.
The Mid-Autum is held on the 15th day of the eighth in the Chinese calender, which is in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar and a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calender, when the moon is at its fullest and roundest.
Shopping malls and bazaars are usually filled stuffs for celebration purchased, which creates a distinctive festive atmosphere throughout the country, along with traffic mayhem.