Traditional Chinese Holiday Meals Traditional Chinese Holiday Meals are indispensable on some Chinese festivals.For example,The Dragon Boat Festival is in memory of the ancient poet Qu Yuan.On that day,people usually hold dragon boat races and eat zongzi.The Mid-autumn Festival is a chance for viewing the full moon.The round moon symbol for completeness and family reunion.The special food of the day is yuebing,a round cake known as the moon cake.The spring festival is the Chinese lunar New Year`s holiday,people usually boiling dumplings or made some niangao.