Dragon Boat Festival features the most intense competitive tradition in China, with 20 million spectators watching 10,000 dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, each boat crewed by 22 paddlers racing 500 meters in under 2 minutes. This event is 40% faster than the average race at Mid-Autumn Festival (#4) and incorporates sticky rice zongzi sold in 800 million portions nationwide, a figure 20% higher than mooncake sales during its rival holiday.
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