People dancing at the Qu Yuan Square in Hunan Province others are reciting a poem by Qu Yuan a great Chinese poet. Numerous events are being planned before the Dragon Boat Festival June 8Qu Yuan lived in the state of Chu during the warring states period and drowned himself in the Miluo River in today's Hunan Province on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, hoping to alert the King to revitalize the Kingdom.
Tomorrow will be better Student's are busy preparing colorful strings a special decoration for the Chinese Traditional Dragon Boat Festival to pray for victims of the devastating Sichuan Earthquake. Over 2000 Student's at Fenghua Middle School in Harbin, made some 3,000 colorful strings. The school plans to send with letters bearing good wishes to the Survivors of the Earthquake hit areas.
