The Dragon Boat Festival custom in Taizhou

Wrap jiaozi, make sachets, weave colored ropes, and beat eggs.

The Dragon Boat Festival is inseparable from folk cultural activities. Every year around the Dragon Boat Festival, folk cultural performances with unique local characteristics will be held all over Taizhou. Taixing Gulou Square held a folk art performance of "Approaching the Dragon Boat Festival". Dragon Boat Race, Flower Boat Swing, Holding Donkey Flower Drum, Dragon Dance, Wooden Clutches, Stilts, Hua Dan and other programs vividly interpret the folk culture with Taixing characteristics, and also create a happy, peaceful and civilized holiday atmosphere.

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Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is another traditional custom of China people. Zongzi, also known as "corn millet" and "tube zongzi". It has a long history and various patterns. On the morning of Dragon Boat Festival, every family eats zongzi to commemorate Qu Yuan. Zongzi is usually wrapped the day before, cooked at night and eaten in the morning. Jiaozi is mainly made of tender reed leaves which are rich in ponds, and bamboo leaves are also useful in some areas, collectively called zongye. The traditional form of zongzi is a triangle, which is generally named after the inner pulp. Glutinous rice dumplings are called zongzi, adzuki bean dumplings are called adzuki bean dumplings, and jujube dumplings are called jujube dumplings, which are collectively called glutinous rice dumplings. Jujube jiaozi homophones "junior high school", so it eats the most. Children who plan to study can win the championship early. In the past, Jinshi ate jujube jiaozi on the morning of taking the imperial examination. Until now, some parents have to make jujube jiaozi for candidates on the morning of the entrance examination for middle schools and universities.