1. Tuen Ng

The Buzz -- This popular event, which takes place on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (May or June), commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a Chinese hero from the third century BC. Qu Yuan drowned himself in order to express his opposition to the crooked government of that time. The legendary events that followed in an attempt to save this brave man are recreated during this festival with a highly wrought dragon boat race, with the din of loud drums resounding through the air, and with many jumping into the Mi Lo River.