Happy Dragon Boat Day

Today, Sunday June 8 is Dragon Boast Festival. This is the day that ushers in the summer here in Taiwan -- although it has already been pretty hot and humid for the last couple months. Today, as I was walking I saw two Chinese ladies trying to make chicken eggs stand up. Well they did it. I asked why they were doing this and they commented that on Dragon Boat Day around 12:00pm you can make chicken eggs stand up. They were right as all three were standing. You do see some interesting things here in Taiwan.

Here is some more from Wickipedia on the Dragon Boat Festival celebrated here.

The Duanwu Festival is a Chinese traditional and statutory holiday. It is a public holiday in mainland China[1][2] and in Taiwan, where it is known as the "Duanwu Festival". It is also a public holiday in Hong Kong and Macau, where it is known as Duen Ng Festival. Its alternative name in English is "Dragon Boat Festival", after one of the traditional activities for the holiday.
The Duanwu Festival has also been celebrated in other East Asian nations. For their equivalent or related celebrations, see Dano (Korean festival), Tết Đoan Ngọ (Vietnam), and Kodomo no hi (Japan).
The Duanwu Festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, giving rise to the alternative name of Double Fifth [3]. In 2008, this falls on 8 June. The focus of the celebrations include eating zongzi (see picture above) which are large rice wraps with some interesting things inside, drink realgar wine, and race dragon boats.