FRIDAY SPECIAL! Today is Duanwu Festival (端午节), or the Dragon Boat Festival, and it is celebrated by Chinese people to commemorate Qu Yuan (340 BCE - 278 BCE), a poet and government minister from the State of Chu during the Warring States Period of China (476 BCE - 221BCE).

Tune in to find out the traditions of Duanwu Festival as well as its origin story.

Have a happy Dragon Boat Festival and 端午节安康!

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