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Every year, the Dragon Boat Festival (also known as Duanwu Jie) falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. It’s all about commemorating the tragic death of Qu Yuan – a poet and court advisor during ancient China’s Warring States period.
ChangHoSek s Hokkien changs are generously filled with braised pork belly, salted egg yolk, premium dried scallops, shrimp and mushrooms. There are two options- with or without their signature abalone. (Photo: ChangHoSek)
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As storied histories go, he drowned himself in the river after his warning prediction that the kingdom of Chu would be invaded by the state of Qin rang true. Folklore has it that the local villagers tried to save him by banging on drums to sound the alarm, rowing their boats out to find him, and throwing rice dumplings into the water to deter any fish from eating his corpse.