After my consideration,i've already decided which festival i gonna choose for our Computer Graphics 2 assignment 1..
The festival that been choosen is --------------> DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
the reason that this festival been selected by me is because i think this festival is special enough and besides i love to eat rice dumpling!! XD
Below are some origin of this festival :
The festival that been choosen is --------------> DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
the reason that this festival been selected by me is because i think this festival is special enough and besides i love to eat rice dumpling!! XD
Below are some origin of this festival :
Chinese/Rice Dumpling Festival,is also known as Dragon Boat Featival.In chinese,we called this festival as 'Duan Wu Jie'.
Duanwu commemorates the life and death of the famous Chinese scholar Qu Yuan. He was a loyal minister serving the King of Chu during the Warring States Period in the third century BCE. Initially his sovereign favored Qu Yuan, but over time, his wisdom and erudite ways antagonized other court officials. As a result Qu Yuan was accused of trumped-up charges of conspiracy and ejected by his sovereign. During his exile, Qu Yuan composed many poems to express his anger and sorrow towards his sovereign and people.
In the year 278 BCE, at the age of 61, Qu Yuan drowned himself in the Miluo River. He clasped a heavy stone to his chest and leaped into the water. Knowing that Qu Yuan was a righteous man, the people of Chu rushed to the river to try to save him. The people desperately searched the waters in their boats looking for Qu Yuan but were unsuccessful in their attempt to rescue him. The people then made rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves and threw them into the river. They believed this would stop the fish from eating Qu Yuan's body. Some would even row down stream in a boat, beating drums and shouting out loud in the hope to scare the fish away (it was believed that it is how the Dragon Boat event is related to the festival.)
Since then, the 5th day of the 5th month in the Chinese calendar has been set as Duan Wu Festival to remember the incident. Although there were versions of legends and stories that indicate Duan Wu has existed way before Qu Yuan's death, the tradition still carries on.
In the year 278 BCE, at the age of 61, Qu Yuan drowned himself in the Miluo River. He clasped a heavy stone to his chest and leaped into the water. Knowing that Qu Yuan was a righteous man, the people of Chu rushed to the river to try to save him. The people desperately searched the waters in their boats looking for Qu Yuan but were unsuccessful in their attempt to rescue him. The people then made rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves and threw them into the river. They believed this would stop the fish from eating Qu Yuan's body. Some would even row down stream in a boat, beating drums and shouting out loud in the hope to scare the fish away (it was believed that it is how the Dragon Boat event is related to the festival.)
Since then, the 5th day of the 5th month in the Chinese calendar has been set as Duan Wu Festival to remember the incident. Although there were versions of legends and stories that indicate Duan Wu has existed way before Qu Yuan's death, the tradition still carries on.
Some picture of this festival :
[rice dumpling]
[Qu Yuan]
[Dragon Boat Race]