Residents learn making Chinese incense at a workshop organized by Zhaoshang Subdistrict Office on Sunday to mark the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival that falls on Thursday. Apart from eating zongzi, a part of the Dragon Boat Festival tradition is also related to incense. Noticing that summer was a time when people would easily get sick from heat and mosquito bites, ancient people tended to make and wear incense bags to protect themselves from diseases. Therefore, these Dragon Boat Festival traditions are also considered as the earliest form of epidemic-preventing measures in China.

Courtesy of Zhaoshang International Community Club

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