端午节的由来的英语作文通用20篇

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At the end of the Zhou Dynasty, the area we now know as China had fallen

into a state of fragmentation and conflict. While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for

several centuries, several other states, originally feudal domains, tried to

carve out their own kingdoms. The state of Qin would eventually emerge the

victor and unify all of China under one rule for the first time in history.

Qu Yuan served as minister to the Zhou Emperor. A wise and articulate man,

he was loved by the common people. He did much to fight against the rampant

corruption that plagued the court-- thereby earning the envy and fear of other

officials. Therefore, when he urged the emperor to avoid conflict with the Qin

Kingdom, the officials pressured the Emperor to have him removed from service.

In exile, he traveled, taught and wrote for several years. Hearing that the Zhou

had been defeated by the Qin, he fell into despair and threw himself into the

Milou River. His last poem reads:

Many a heavy sigh I have in my despair,Grieving that I was born in such an

unlucky time.I yoked a team of jade dragons to a phoenix chariot,And waited for

the wind to come,to sour up on my journey

As he was so loved by the people, fishermen rushed out in long boats,

beating drums to scare the fish away, and throwing zong zi into the water to

feed braver fish so that they would not eat Qu Yuans body.

The Modern Dragon Boat Festival started from that time to this day, people

commemorated Qu Yuan through Dragon Boat Races, eating zong zi, and several

other activities, on the anniversary of his death: the fifth day of the fifth

lunar month.

Dragon Boat races are the most exciting part of the festival, drawing

crowds of spectators. Dragon Boats are generally brightly painted and decorated

canoes. Ranging anywhere from 40 to 100 feet in length, their heads are shaped

like open-mouthed dragons, while the sterns end with a scaly tail. Depending on

the length, up to 80 rowers can power the boat. A drummer and flag-catcher stand

at the front of the boat. Before a dragon boat enters competition, it must be

"brought to life" by painting the eyes in a sacred ceremony. Races can have any

number of boats competing, with the winner being the first team to grab a flag

at the end of the course. Annual races take place all over China, Hong Kong,

Macao, Taiwan, and other overseas Chinese communities.

Qu Yuan , an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by

drowning himself in a river. Qu was a minister of the State of Chu situated in

present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during theWarring States

Period(475-221BC)(战国时期).

He was upright, loyal and highly esteemed for his wise counsel that brought

peace and prosperity to the state.

However, when a dishonest and corrupt prince vilified Qu, he was disgraced

and dismissed from office.

Realizing that the country was now in the hands of evil and corrupt

officials, Qu grabbed a large stone and leapt into the Miluo River on the fifth

day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to try and save him but

were unable to even recover his body.

Thereafter, the state declined and was eventually conquered by the State of

Qin.

With the coming of national day, I have a one week holiday.

I really expect to it, because it want to have a short trip during these days. I will travel to Jiuzhai Valley with my parents for three days.

I have heard that the scenery of Jiuzhai Valley is very beautiful in autumn that it’s the best time to travel there.

Autumn is my most favorite season so I want to enjoy the beauty of such a wonderful place. I do some preparations for this trip.

For example, I search the Internet to see the travel raiders and I have known where the most attracting place is and where to live in. I am sure it will be a wonderful journey.

There are only several days for the coming trip, but I have been too excited to wait.

I am a college student, this is my fourth year in the college, which means

that I will graduate soon. Nowadays, many of my classmates have taken the action

to find the job interview, while I tell myself to calm down, actually, I have no

idea about my future, so I haven’t taken the action.

When the graduate season comes, students have to worry about their jobs,

for me, I have many annoyances, first, I don’t know which city should I go. On

the one hand, I want to stay in the present city that I live, because I have

many college students here, I can fight my career with them, we can also take a

drink when we have time. But on the other hand, if I want to stay in this city,

it means I have to be far away from home. I want to stay with my family, my

parents want to see me and I want to accompany them, working at my hometown is a

perfect idea for me. Now I still don’t know how to choose, once I have made the

decision, I have to give up something.

Before I make the best choice for me, i won’t find the job interview.

“五月五，是端阳。插艾叶，戴香囊。吃粽子，撒白糖。龙船下水喜洋洋。”每当我听到这首儿歌，就想起了小时候过端午节时热闹的场面。

Five, "May is Dragon Boat Festival. Inserted Artemsia argyi, wearing sachet. Eat rice dumplings, sprinkle sugar. Shimizu Kiyoyo dragon boat. " Whenever I hear this song, think of the scene lively little during the Dragon Boat festival.

端午节是为了纪念投汩罗江而死的爱国诗人屈原。赛龙舟不为了捞救屈原。把粽子投进江里，是为让鱼蛟虾蟹吃饱了，不再去吃屈原的遗体。经过很长时间的演变，往江里投粽子渐渐变成了农历五月初五这天吃粽子。

The Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the Miluo River to die of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Dragon boat racing to fishing to save Qu Yuan. Threw rice dumplings into the river, is to let the fish Jiao crab had eaten enough, not to eat his body. After a very long time evolution, to the river throwing dumplings became May in Chinese lunar calendar day to eat dumplings.

端午又称重五，所以许多习俗和“五”这个数字联系在一起。用红、黄、蓝、白、黑五色丝红系在儿童的脖颈、手腕或足踝上，称长命缕。各家要插“五端”：菖蒲、艾草、石榴花、蒜头、龙船花。南方过端午节时，要吃“五黄”：黄鱼、黄瓜、咸鸭、蛋黄、黄豆瓣包的粽子，喝雄黄酒。

The Dragon Boat Festival and weighing five, so many customs and "Five" the numbers together. The use of red, yellow, blue, white, black colored silk red line in the childs neck, wrist or ankle, said a long thread. Each must insert "five ends": Acorus calamus, Ai Cao, pomegranate flower, Ixora, garlic. The Dragon Boat Festival, eat yellow: yellow croaker, cucumber, salty duck, egg yolk, soybean valve package dumplings, drinking realgar wine.

啊，我真喜欢端午节啊!

Ah, I really like the Dragon Boat Festival!

As the drawing presents, there is a man walking across the street

absorbedly focusing on his cell phone without noticing the surroundings. This

sort of phenomenon is not uncommon and rare in some metropolis, especially among

the youngsters.

What the picture illustrates is the prevailing situation that has long

existed in todays China. That is the mobile phone obsession. With the advent of

information age, people are becoming

increasingly fascinated on the electronic products, especially the cell

phones. Not surprisingly, you could easily notice that most of us are obsessed

in sending messages, playing online games with their mobile phones. It cannot be

denied that this phenomenon may negatively impact the relationship among people,

and therefore they will become estranged and isolated.

Personally, in view of the overuse of mobile phones, I hold that we

individuals should raise the necessary awareness that good relationships are

reinforced by sincere and face-to-face communication.

Save the Wild Animals

Many wild animals are facing the danger of extinction, because the environment that they are living in has changed greatly. For example, with the developmet of cities, the using of insecticide and serious pollution, their living areas have become narrowcr and narrower. Many of the wild animals, now are confronted with food crisis. At the same time, man is killing off species just for getting their fur, skin, horns, teeth and meat.

In order to protect our resources of ecology, people should realize that the loss of any species is at least the loss of source of knowledge and a source of natural beauty. There fore, measures of the following should be taken: pollution standards are made to keepdown poisons; killing off certain rare species is prohibited; national parks should be set up as wild life, reserves.

Only if we human beings take some drastic measures can wild animals be preserved.

保护野生动物

许多野生动物正面临绝种的危险，因为它们生活的环境发生了极大的变化。譬 如，随着城市的发展，杀虫剂的使用和严重的污染，野生动物的生活区域变得越来越狭小。许多野生动物目前正面临着食物方面的危机。同时，为了获取野生动物的毛、皮、角、牙齿和肉，人类正在屠杀野生动物。

为了保护生态资源，人们应当意识到任何物种的缺失，至少意味着知识资源和自然美的缺失。因此，应采取以下措施：制订污染标准以降低有毒物质;严禁杀害某些稀有物种;应建立国家公园作为野生动植物保护区。

我们只有采取一些有力措施，才能保护野生动物。

With the development of technology, bicycle sharing comes into peoples

lives. It becomes more and more popular and much news reported it. At the same

time, we should see that there are some problems caused by bicycle sharing.

On one side, bicycle sharing makes it very convenient of people traveling.

You can find a bicycle anywhere at any time when you want to go out for a

cycling, and the price of one trip is very low. It cansave time for people. On

the other side, its management is not perfect. Even kids can open the lock and

ride the bicycle, there is no doubt that such behavior is very dangerous. Whats

more, many people deliberately break it, like throw it to the river or destroy

the code above it.

In my opinion, we should take a developing view about bicycle sharing. It

is obviously helpful to human beings as a high-tech product. The government

should introduce relevant provisions toregulate this market to avoid its

disadvantages.

To be or nor to be, that is a question. To succeed or to fail? How to

succeed and how to achieve? These problems confuse many teenagers in

nowadays.

We all have dreams, and we all work hard to realize them. But there will

always be some problems and setbacks to stop the pace of advance. When they

appear, what should we do? To stop or to go on? Mrs. Curie told us the answer.

We all know that Mrs. Curie discovered radium, but how many people really know

how hard she worked? At that time, there were many people disapprove of Mrs.

Curie. Although she got over hundreds of difficulties, she still believed in

herself and never gave up. Finally, she succeeded to discover radium. She proved

that she was right by her continuous hard work and her strong spirit. We should

learn from Mrs. Curie. She told us the truth through her own experiences that

believe in yourself, you can do it! Never give up, face the difficulties with a

smile, someday, you will be proud of yourself.

The key to success is confidence. It makes you brave, helps you get over

the troubles, and brings motivation to you. For example, somebody always get

nervous when they have an important speech, if they are in a nervous mood, the

results are always terrible. But if they are confident to themselves, the

results turn out to be better. Therefore, be confident, believe in yourself,

keep smile in your face when comes to difficulties, and you will achieve

more.

The usage of Internet becomes one of the most controversial topics in the

society. As a college student, I believe Internet is beneficial to me more than

the way it harms me. There are many advantages for using Internet.

First, I can best use my time to find information online instead of going

to different libraries. Also, the information can be dated back in decades ago.

It is very helpful to use those information as reference and historical proof.

In the library, it is hard to find so much "old" information. Another advantage

to use Internet is that I can stay home and have a lecture online. It is much

more convenience to me because I can stay warm to have class in the winter time

instead of spending two hours on the bus and physically attend class. In

addition, Internet provides me a better way to communicate with my friends and

professors. I can get response from my professor in a few minutes instead of

waiting outside of his door for hours. Some of my friends are living in a

foreign countries, I can simply just drop him an email whenever I can and get a

message from him very quick. It is much better than waiting for letters. Also,

the email will not lose while the letter might be losing in the process of

delivery.

However, there are also disadvantage of using Internet. For example, I

might spend too much time on the Internet to concentrate on my study. Also,

there is a chance that I am cheated because of the Internet purchasing. Last,

Internet has lots of information, both helpful and harmful. There might be too

much tempatation that I will access some of the harmful information I can on the

Internet.

Even though the usage of Internet has both positive and negative effect to

me, I still consider Internet is a symbol of technology development. I believe I

can use the Internet very well as long as I know how to control myself.

The first snow came. How beautiful it was, falling so silently all day

long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the

living, on the graves of the dead! All white save the river, that marked its

course by a winding black line across the landscape; and the leafless trees,

that against the leaden sky now revealed more fully the wonderful beauty and

intricacies of their branches. What silence, too, came with the snow, and what

seclusion! Every sound was muffled, every noise changed to something soft and

musical. No more tramping hoofs, no more rattling wheels! Only the chiming of

the sleigh-bells, beating as swift and merrily as the hearts of children.

又是一年粽香时。

北方人过端午，除了吃粽子和鸡蛋以外，早晨要起早，采艾蒿而且是带露水的，扫舍驱瘴，佩香囊，少了南方人的赛龙舟。

记得小的时候的端午节这天，天还没亮就被妈妈煮了一夜的粽子香气给叫醒，便赶紧起床，顾不得洗脸冲向厨房，揭开锅探手取出温热的惦记了一年的粽子，粽叶合着糯米大枣的香气扑鼻沁心，妈妈包的是四个棱角的粽子，一个个紧实玲珑，还没等拆开绳子，口水都咽了好几下了，剥开绿色粽叶，晶莹润泽，撒上白糖，那无与伦比的甜蜜顿时萦绕全身，那种香味对于我来说，比任何食物都好吃几倍!

那时会讶异的发现我和妹妹的手腕上，被妈妈晚上趁我们熟睡时悄悄绕上了五色丝线，惊喜的感觉不亚于如今的孩子收到圣诞礼物。妈妈说那是彩绳避邪的。

还要佩香囊。小孩佩香囊，不但有避邪驱瘟的意思，而且佩戴它，对于小姑娘那真是一种最美的装饰品。香囊内有朱砂、雄黄、香药，外包以丝布，各家有各家的形状，最常见的有石榴、元宝、海棠等等，形形色色，清香四溢，玲珑夺目。这一天就是弥散着特殊香氛的一天，女孩子聚在一起拿出香囊互相观赏，比比谁的样子好看香气最足，免不了馈赠几个给朋友带回家里慢慢品赏，看看它的香味到底能持多久。也常有调皮的男娃娃趁小姑娘不备，伸手抢几个，一溜跑开，气的女孩忙追去…

晚上，大人们忙碌了一天坐在餐桌旁，这一天要拿出贮备了久时的好酒，在酒盅里加上雄黄——喝上一盅雄黄酒;那时最爱听父母讲端午节的来历，从他们的讲述中知道了许仙和白娘娘美丽动人的故事，爸爸说白娘娘是白蛇变的，她喜欢上了叫一个许仙的书生，两人如何在断桥相识，白娘娘为许仙不顾一切的去盗取灵芝草，但是许仙听从了一个法海和尚，就在端午节这天，在酒里面放了雄黄让白素贞喝下，果然美丽的白娘娘变成了一条白蛇……，我们听的入了神，记得妈妈还逗我们说：你们也喝点看看能不能变成蛇?我们将信将疑的抿了一口有着特殊的药味的雄黄酒，那时真的担心自己长出蛇的样子来，不时摸摸身后……

今天，没有起早，没有采蒿，没有人给佩戴香囊和五色丝带，也搞不到雄黄酒，只是唯独吃到了妈妈包的粽子，还是止不住让我想念过去的端午节，那种有着中国浓厚传统文化的节日。现在的洋节也开始被我们接受，开始逐渐兴起了，而有着悠久历史和浓郁文化传统的端午节却被韩国注册了，我们过节的味道也越来越淡了，

可惜!又是一年粽香时。

Mention everybody knows that theDragonBoat Festival in China, and they all want to eat dumplings, dragon boat racing.

But, you know how the Dragon Boat Festival? Let me tell you the truth. Ancient chu lived a man named qu yuan, he remained at the officer, and very loyal to the emperor, he often propose for the emperor. Qu yuan is anathema to treacherous court official, however, there are some, and beside the emperor said qu yuan it is not good, the bad, the emperor listened to believe, the qu yuan to the frontier. Qu yuan, with a patriotic heart. Qu yuan, please go to other countries, but he didnt go to, just worried about his own country. Lost of qu yuan, chu is getting closer and closer to death, in the end, even the king chu being seized.

One day, qu yuan heard that is going to die, chu was very sad, thought, even countries all perish, Im still alive? Thought of here, he picked up the stone jumped into the lost.

This is the fifth day, people sadly, they threw rice into the river, let the fish eat rice, do not eat qu yuan, boating and struggling to go to the river look for qu yuan.

This is the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, you know!

在中国提起端午节人人都知道，而且都要吃粽子，赛龙舟。

可是，你知道端午节是怎么来的吗?让我来告诉你吧。古时候楚国住着一个人，名叫屈原，他在朝中当官，对皇上非常忠诚，他经常为皇上出谋献策。但是，有一些奸臣对屈原恨之入骨，于是在皇上身边说屈原这不好，那不好，皇上听了竟然相信了，把屈原贬到边疆。屈原怀着报国之心。别的国家都请屈原去，但他不去，只是担心自己的祖国。失去了屈原，楚国离灭亡越来越近，最后，连楚王都被别国扣押。

有一天，屈原听说楚国快要灭亡了，非常伤心，心想：连国家都灭亡了，我还活着有什么用?想到这里，他抱起石头跳进了汩罗江。

这一天是五月初五，人们伤心极了，他们把米扔入江里，让鱼吃米，不吃屈原，并且奋力划船去河里找屈原。

这就是端午节的来历，你知道了吧!

dear dick,

how time flies! i’m very glad to hear from you again. you want to know what is going on in schools in china? in a word, everything has changed. every school takes part in the campaign of reducing learning load. in the past, i used to study until 11:30 on weekends. but now i can arrange things on my own, such as reading books, visiting museums, or taking computer lessons in my weekend days. in the evening i can watch news on tv or read newspapers. what’s more, my parents support me. they said although i was a student, i didn’t have to work all day long. i think the idea of reducing learning load is well accepted by everyone.

best wishes,

yours,

li hua

农历五月初五为端午节，也称端阳节。是日清晨，家家户户门头插柳枝，有为屈原招魂和避瘟疫之意。小孩手腕系五色棉线或丝线绳，身佩香囊荷包，并在口、鼻、耳边涂抹雄黄酒，相传这样可以避五毒(即蛇、蝎、壁虎、蟾蜍、蜈蚣)。武威有五月端午穿出来”的说法，男女青少年身着时兴的夏装，尽情游玩。青年妇女讲究绣香草荷包，缀上流苏，赠送亲友。旧时，未出嫁的姑娘将荷包带在衣襟或系在发辫上，诱人摘取，如不被人摘去，便会自惭貌丑。是日，家家吃粽子或油饼子卷糕，亲友间相互馈送。下午，城乡居民成群结伴，游览寺庙，旧时游海子，现在海水干涸，庙宇也毁于地震，改游文庙、古钟楼、雷台、海藏公园、西郊公园等。小孩到野外攀树折枝，编制柳帽，以预防暑气。

每年的五月初五，是我国的一个重要传统节日――端午节。

每逢到这一天，家家户户都要吃棕子、喝雄黄酒、挂菖蒲、艾叶、有些地方还举行划龙舟比赛……

关于端午节，有一个流传很广的故事。中国古代有一位伟大的爱国诗人，名叫屈原。在公元278年，农历五月初五的那天，屈原在绝望、悲愤之下，投入旧罗江，当地的百姓闻讯后，马上划船去打捞，一直行止洞庭湖始终不见屈原的尸体。

为了寄托哀思，人们荡舟江河之上，此后就变成为龙舟比赛。百姓又怕江河里的鱼吃掉屈原的身体，就纷纷从家里拿来米a投入江中，以免鱼虾糟蹋屈原的尸体。后来就形成了吃粽子的习俗……

根据以上故事来看，这些都是为了纪念屈原而形成一种风俗习惯。我国还有许许多多的传统文化，作为一名中国人，我平时还要更多地去了解这些灿烂古代文化。

中国有许许多多丰富多彩的传统文化，博大精深，源远流长。由于我从小非常爱吃粽子，所以对“端午节”的印象非常深刻。

今天是农历五月初五——传统的端午佳节，也是纪念我国爱国诗人屈原的节日。为此，我选择了一个特别的庆祝、纪念方式——包粽子。今天是端午节，妈妈叫我和他一起包粽子。这不是很好办吗？我很快答应下来。

俗话说得好“新官上任三把火。”妈妈的话音刚落，我就马上从厨房拿来了一叠青翠欲滴的粽叶，接着，又拿来了一捆棕绳，端出糯米和其他馅料。“开始包粽子啦！”我情不自禁地欢呼起来。欢呼完了后，我擦了擦手掌，瞟了一眼桌上的材料。神气十足地说：“包粽子的材料你给我听好了，本帅哥秦师傅要把你们变成一个个大粽子。你们可要听话哦！不听话是要吃了你们的哦”

于是，我选了一片粽叶就开始包起来。我先把粽叶底下卷成三角形，上面露出一部分粽叶，卷成了一个“喇叭形”，就开始添米和馅料。我看了看妈妈，妈妈还在粽叶呢！我得意洋洋得想：呵呵，老妈真慢，连我也比不过，真是一头大蜗牛！正当我沉浸在喜悦中时，妈妈看了看我手中的粽子，说：“你包的方法不对。”这句话给我当头泼了一头冷水。我吓了一跳，不小心用力捏了一下。“哗”，糯米就像飞珠滚玉似的跳了出来，散了满桌。妈妈滑稽地说：“看来，这位小帅哥秦师傅的手艺不太高超哦！”我顿时像泄了气的皮球，但是还不情愿地说：“那我怎么办？”“我来给你做个示范！”妈妈爽快地回答。

我瞪大了眼睛。只见爸爸拿起一片粽叶，麻利的卷出了一个三角的形状，添上米和馅，手轻轻地向对角处卷，再绑上粽绳，一个三角粽就包好了。我也学着爸爸的样子，折粽叶，加馅料和米，紧米，包好，再加上棕绳。这样，一个粽子就在我手中诞生了。

我们就按照这样的方法一个一个地包了起来……把水烧好后，我和妈妈把粽子一个一个小心翼翼地放进锅里。在煮粽子时，我的心情就如十五个吊桶——七上八下。不一会儿，我就要去厨房看一下，总担心粽子掉出米粒煮成一锅粥。站在锅旁，目不转睛地看着那在锅中上下摆动的粽子，好像在说：“主人，主人，不要担心，我会保护好自己的。”一个小时终于到了，粽子煮好了。

我吃着这些香喷喷的粽子，心里美滋滋的。不禁有些感慨，我们包的粽子，虽然没有超市里的好看、味道好，可这是自己亲手做的，不仅用自己的行动表达了对爱国诗人的深切敬意，还体会到了包粽子的快乐！

据《史记》“屈原贾生列传”记载，屈原，是春秋时期楚怀王的大臣。他倡导举贤授能，富国强兵，力主联齐抗秦，遭到贵族子兰等人的强烈反对，屈原遭馋去职，被赶出都城，流放到沅、湘流域。他在流放中，写下了忧国忧民的《离骚》、《天问》、《九歌》等不朽诗篇，独具风貌，影响深远(因而，端午节也称诗人节)。公元前278年，秦军攻破楚国京都。屈原眼看自己的祖国被侵略，心如刀割，但是始终不忍舍弃自己的祖国，于五月五日，在写下了绝笔作《怀沙》之后，抱石投汨罗江身死，以自己的生命谱写了一曲壮丽的爱国主义乐章。

According to "historical records" "Qu Jia biography" records, Qu Yuan, is the spring and Autumn period chuhuaiwang ministers. He advocated the virtuous empowerment, enriching, strongly linked Qi Qin, is strongly opposed by the son of noble Abram, Qu Yuan was greedy removal, was driven out of the capital, exiled to the yuan, Xiang river. He was in exile, wrote his "Li Sao", "heaven", "Nine Songs" and other immortal poems, unique style, profound (and thus, Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the poet Festival). In 278 BC, the Qin Chu kyoto. Qu Yuan saw that his country was invaded, heartbroken, but always not abandon their country, in May 5th, was written in words as "Huai Sha", bouldering Miluo River to die, to their own lives and write a magnificent patriotic movement.

传说屈原死后，楚国百姓哀痛异常，纷纷涌到汨罗江边去凭吊屈原。渔夫们划起船只，在江上来回打捞他的真身。有位渔夫拿出为屈原准备的饭团、鸡蛋等食物，“扑通、扑通”地丢进江里，说是让鱼龙虾蟹吃饱了，就不会去咬屈大夫的身体了。人们见后纷纷仿效。一位老医师则拿来一坛雄黄酒倒进江里，说是要药晕蛟龙水兽，以免伤害屈大夫。后来为怕饭团为蛟龙所食，人们想出用楝树叶包饭，外缠彩丝，发展成棕子。

Legend of Qu Yuans death, Chu abnormal grief people poured into the Miluo River to pay their respects to Qu Yuan. The fishermen rowed boats, back and forth on the river to salvage his real body. A fisherman out of rice ready for Qu Yuan, eggs and other food, "plop, plop into the river to throw, let the fish and shrimp to eat, not to bite the flexor doctor. People imitate one after another after seeing. An old physician, a jug of wine poured into the river, say to medicine Halo Water Dragon beast, so as not to harm flexor doctor. Later, as if for the Dragon Balls food, people come up with neem leaves board, color outside the winding wire, developed into a brown son.

以后，在每年的五月初五，就有了龙舟竞渡、吃粽子、喝雄黄酒的风俗;以此来纪念爱国诗人屈原。

Later, in the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year in May, have dragon boat races, eating zongzi, drinking realgar wine customs; in order to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

Dear Maria,

Im very happy that you are interested in Chinese culture,especially the festivals.Now let me tell you something about the Dragon Boat Festival.The Dragon Boat Festival,also called the Duanwu Festival ,is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.People always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it.

The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races,especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. It’s very popular.

The rice dumpling is made of glutinous rice,meat and so on. You can eat different kinds of rice dumplings.They are very delicious.

And Dragon Boat Festival is for Qu Yuan. He is an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river.

Overall, the Dragon Boat Festival is very interesting!

Your friend

Li Hua

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