Dragon Boat Festival Holiday 2016 will be from June 9th to June 11th, 2016. During the holiday, all the courses will be canceled.
Please pay high attention to traffic safety, personal safety as well as the property safety during the holidays. The advice is as follows:
(1) Please observe the regulations of Beihang University and Foreign Students Dormitory. Overnight staying in dormitory for your visitors shall be strictly prohibited. Do not be drunk. The use of high-power electrical appliances in student dormitories is strictly prohibited (induction cooker, electric oven, etc.) And Keep quiet and clean in your dorm.
(2) Please make sure that you have closed doors and windows and turned off the water and electricity before leaving.
(3) Please take good care of your identity documents (e.g. passport, student card, etc.) and the personal belongings.
(4) It is forbidden to buy or ride motor bicycles.
(5) Please keep away from crowded or dangerous areas (e.g. WuDaoKou, SanLiTun Village, Houhai).
(6) If you have a travel plan, please inform your teacher of your plan and destination in advance.
(7) In case of emergency, please dial 010-82317110 for the Security Department of the university or 110 for the police, and contact the International School.
We wish you a happy holiday!
International School
May 30th, 2016
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Dragon Boat Festival Introduation
The Dragon Boat Festival, also often known as the Tuen Ng or Duanwu Festival, is a traditional and statutory holiday originating in China.
The festival now occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar, the source of its alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival. The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, so the date varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar. In 2016, it falls on June 9. The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice treats wrapped in bamboo leaves), drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats.
The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan (c. 340–278 BC) of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty.[11] A cadet member of the Chu royal house, Qu served in high offices. However, when the king decided to ally with the increasingly powerful state of Qin, Qu was banished for opposing the alliance and even accused of treason.[11] During his exile, Qu Yuan wrote a great deal of poetry. Twenty-eight years later, Qin captured Ying, the Chu capital. In despair, Qu Yuan committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River.
It is said that the local people, who admired him, raced out in their boats to save him or at least retrieve his body. This is said to have been the origin of dragon boat races. When his body could not be found, they dropped balls of sticky rice into the river so that the fish would eat them instead of Qu Yuan's body. This is said to be the origin of zongzi.
* Article from wikipedia.
* Pictures from Baidu.
