1. They threw rice wrapped in bamboo leaves into the river to feed aquatic life so that they do not devour the body of Qu Yuan.
2. The tradition is basedon a legend that disillusioned poet Qu Yuan jumped into the Miluo River to demonstrate his will to serve the country.
3. People thus began throwing Zongzi into the river to feed the fishes in hope that Qu Yuan's body would be spared.
4. Some say the rice cakes wrapped in bamboo leaves - called zongzi - were dropped into the water to feed Qu Yuan's spirit.
5. Qu Yuan weighs in as far more important than being just a literary genius.
6. It is said that Qu Yuan returned first to his family's home town.
7. Qu said the number of new orders should be less than 50 billion yuan this year.
8. Scholar of classic poetry Yu Xiaopeng will recite poems by Qu Yuan.
9. The traditional legend holds the festival commemorates the death of a patriotic poet Qu Yuan.
10. The tradition commemorates the life and death of famous Chinese scholar Qu Yuan.