The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is 端午节, commonly known as the Dragonboat Festival in English. It is a public holiday in China and the fesival was added to the UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage List on October 30th 2009. It commemorates the suicide of poet and patriot Qu Yuan in Miluo River after his kingdom of Chu was invaded by Qin.
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Singapore has opened up post-pandemic, so the shop is re-opened for business! Sorry for the long wait!