Tomb Sweeping Day During The Tang Dynasty

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Tomb Sweeping Day: DONE Tomb Sweeping Day was created during the Tang Dynasty when Experor Xuanzong was the ruler. He created this day because people were celebrating the death of their loved ones everyday and he decided to make one day out of the year to honor their deaths instead of everyday.

Dragon Boat Festival:
The Dragon Boat Festival started in the Zhou Dynasty. The Dragon Boat Festival is for remembering Qu Yuan. He was a poet and an official. He warned the Zhou to not go into war with the Qin.When the Qin conquered the Zhou, Qu Yuan was sad. He took his own life by launching himself into the Milou River. When the people heard about his death, they went out into the Milou River in boats and threw glutinous rice balls, also called