After preparing the chung-tze, each family goes to the river towatch the dragon boat race, which takes place on this festival. Thedragon boat race symbolizes the story of Chyu Yuan. It is a rowingboat team competition with about thirty people on each team. Allthe spectators cheer and shout enthusiastically. After the excitingrace, both the competitors and the spectators usually eat manychung-tze. The Dragon Boat Festival symbolizes the unique meanings ofChinese history; furthermore, the process of making the rice dumplings, the hanging of the moxa herb, and the boat race are away of drawing all members of the family together again. Perhapsone day we will have a very different celebration, but so far I still
like this holiday being celebrated in a traditional way.