​Woman, 54, takes on all-male teams in boat racing

Villagers paddled out in boats to save him and, upon realizing it was too late, threw rice dumplings, or Zongzi, into the river to prevent fish from eating his body. They also thrashed their paddles and beat their drums to scare them away.

Therefore, boat racing and eating sticky rice dumplings have become one of the most prevalent traditions for people to commemorate the festival and the patriot Qu.