Chinese Summer Camp 2010 Hosted by The Confucius Institute at The University of Akron W Issue 3 – Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Today we are celebrating: Duanwu Festival ( Chinese : 端午節 ) , also known as Dragon Boat Festival , is a tradi- tional and statutory holiday associated with Chinese and other East Asian and Southeast Asian societies as well. It is a public holiday in mainland China ,where it is known by the Mandarin name Duānwǔ Jié. The festival is also cele- brated in countries with sig- nificant Chinese populations, such as in Singapore and Ma- laysia . Equivalent and related fes- tivals outside Chinese-speaking societies in- clude the Kodomo no hi in Japan , Dano in Korea , and Tết Đoan Ngọ in Vietnam .The festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar on which the Chinese calendar is based. This is the source of the alternative name of Double Fifth. In 2009 this falls on May 28 and in 2010 on June 16. The focus of the celebrations includes eating the rice dumpling zongzi , drinking realgar wine xionghuang- jiu, and racing dragon boats . Saturday, August 7, 2010 The Cleveland Dragon Boat and Flats Oxbow Associations proudly present the 2010 Cleveland Dragon Boat Festival . Last year's festival was an awesome event, and we are looking forward to even more excitement in 2010! http://clevelanddragonboatfestival.com/index.php