'Qu Yuan' Tagged Posts

Qu Yuan, Jeremiah and Christ Written by Rev Tay Piak Kheng 21 June 2026            Every year on the fifth day of the fifth Lunar month, the Chinese in Singapore will eat rice dumplings and race dragon boats. The Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet in China. He was a loyal minister of the State of Chu, but was later ousted and exiled to the south by treacherous ministers. Seeing that…