The Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival‚ also called the Duanwu Festival‚ is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years‚ the festival has been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped to form a pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves) and racing dragon boats. The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races‚ especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. This regatta commemorates the death
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The Roaring Twenties The 20’s were different than any other decade because it was a time for social and economic change. With those changes‚ many new inventions like the automobile and electricity were making productivity in the 20’s much higher. Money was being earned that changed how people interacted with one another‚ and how they spent it. Celebrities were becoming a thing that shaped the future of America‚ giving children someone to look up to. The new inventions of the 20’s mainly revolved
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Officially on falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month‚ the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Double Fifth Day. While many stories regarding its origin abound‚ the most popular and widely accepted version regards Qu Yuan‚ a minister during the Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC) Legend of the Dragon Boat Festival’s Origin At the end of the Zhou Dynasty‚ the area we now know as China had fallen into a state of fragmentation and conflict. While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for several
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Saint George and the Dragon The painting of Saint George and the Dragon is a very good example of Byzantine art. One reason is because it is a religious painting and also because there is a halo around his head. This painting also has lots of colorful colors and bright oranges and golf leaf which are reminiscent of Byzantine art. Byzantine artists usually painted saints or other religious figures. In the paintings the figures were always standing alone or next to another person. In this painting
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Main Point:The 1920s or The Roaring Twenties were an era of social and political change. Examples/Details/Explanations: a. The dramatic change was a lot such many Americans lived in cities rather on the farm ‚ the country wealth doubled between 1920 and 1929. b. After the World War one in 1918 ‚ American had a massive economic boost with plenty of jobs with new manufacturing plants and built things aside from the airplane engine‚ but household item such has TV ‚ cars‚ refrigerator ‚ radio
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Eastern dragon restaurant and Tian Lai seafood restaurant.After comparing and contrast between the two restaurant I decided to choose Eastern Dragon seafood restaurant.First and foremost‚I would like to talk about the similarity of the two restaurant that I chosen.The first similarity is both also are seafood restaurant and the food are served in between 15 to 30 minutes.The second similarity is a lot of there will be a lot of people on weekends.This are the similarities between Eastern Dragon seafood
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The dragons were the protectors of the region and people known as light. The surviving dragon’s life energy travels to another to insure the life force of all dragons at their death‚ to sustain their kind. The creator wrote across the heavens of our universe their history predefined. Darkness feared the dragons‚ for them knew they kept careful watch on them. Darkness had tried to rise before to take the light‚ but they had halted them. Darkness felt whoever could control the dragons‚ would
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Tahil‚ Mohammad Frazer A. BSIT Z4 My name is Tahil‚ Mohammad Frazer Ambutong born in Sitangkai Tawi-Tawi. My life was simple and happy‚ when I was four-years old we transfer here in Davao City because life in Tawi-Tawi was hard. I grow up honest and loving to my friends and family here. Life to me means friends and family who you can trust and who trusts you. I am pretty much on the happy side of life‚ but like all teens I do I have my "days of." That means I do have some sad days or depressed
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DIEGO TORRES 10/26/11 P: 6 THE HUNGER GAMES‚ SUZANNE COLLINS The book the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins takes place on a country named Panem. Panem was a country that after being terrorized by vague disasters arose from the ashes of North America. The setting of this book can also be described as post-apocalyptic‚ and takes place in the future. In the book Panem is located on the 12 district which was formerly located in the region of Appalachia. The main conflict
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3. One hundred mounted Torrin soldiers‚ dressed in grey tunics‚ steel helmets and chain mail armour‚ and armed with swords or spears‚ positioned their horses around the carriage. The Princess said as swords‚ spears and chain mail armour continued past her window. “Is this necessary?” the Princess said as headless torso after headless torso passed her window. “We’ve had eight years of peace since the Ikedan invasion. Surely‚ we could scale my escort down to fifty men‚ even fewer. It would make
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