6/12/10
I just found out that the Dragon Boat Festival in China is June 14-16. The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the 5th day of the fifth Chinese lunar month. The Chinese people enjoy one day off this day. The 2010 festival will be on June 16 and the 2011 festival falls on June 6.
Dragon Boat Festival is in memory of a great patriot poet of the State of Chu during the warring States period (475-221 B.C.), Qu Yuan who drowned himself to protest his emperor who gave in to the bully State of Chin. To avoid the fish to consume his body, people of Chin launched their boats and threw rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves into the river where he was drowned to feed the fish. People today still eat the bamboo-leaf rice dumplings (zong zi). Teams of dragon boats, similar to long canoes, train for weeks for the contests in this day, not only in China, but also in other Asian countries with Chinese populations.
I was certain that the CCAA would release this upcoming week, but now with the holiday, it makes me wonder if they will wait until the following week? Time will tell as I will keep my blog updated. Have a great week-end!
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Amy and Thomas, We pray that you will get to know your little girl soon. I don't know if I told you, my cousin adopted two special needs boys from China. He had to get their cleft pallets fixed and they are the happiest kids and very bright. Hope you have as much luck!
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