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Dragon boating festival Dustin Brown Salute to Service Jersey , generally called as Duanwujie in Chinese is celebrated on the 5th of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. For thousand years this traditional festival has been passed down from one generation to the next. It has been marked by eating Zongazi (Steamed glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves) and by racing in dragon boats. On the way of Duanwu, people raced in dragon boats to entertain the god and offered Zongazi as a treat.