traditional chinese holiday meals are indispensable on some festivals. for example, the dragon boat festival is a day established in memory of the ancient poet qu yuan and people usually hold dragon boat races and eat zongzi on that day. the mid-autumn festival is an occasion for viewing the full moon.

the round moon is a symbol for completeness and family reunion. the special food of the day is yuebing, a round cake known as the mooncake. the spring festival is the chinese

lunar new year’s holiday. bes ides the popular poultry and meat, people cook traditional food according to regional customs,

for example, jiaozi, or boiled dumplings, and niangao, or the new year cake .

端午節the duanwu festival