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1、DragonBoatFestivalTheDragonBoatFestival,the5thdayofthe5thlunarmonth,hashadahistoryofmorethan2,000years.ItisusuallyinJuneintheGregoriancalendar.The?origin?of?this?summer?festival?centers?arounda?scholarly?government?official?named?Qu?Yuan.He?was?a?good?and?respected?man
2、,?but?becauseof?the?misdeeds?of?jealous?rivals?he?eventuallyfell?intodisfavor?in?the?emperor's?court.朝搴阰之木蘭兮夕攬洲之宿莽日月忽其不淹兮春與秋其代序唯草木之零落兮恐美人之遲暮Unable?to?regain?the?respect?of?the?emperor,in?his?sorrow?Qu?Yuan?threw?himself?intothe?Mi?Luo?river.Because?of?their?admiration?
3、for?Qu?Yuan,the?local?people?living?adjacent?to?the?Mi?Luo?Riverrushed?into?their?boats?to?search?for?him?whilethrowing?rice?into?the?waters?to?appease?the?riverdragons.Although?they?were?unable?to?find?QuYuan,?their?efforts?are?still?commemorated?todayduring?the?Drago
4、n?Boat?Festival.Dragon?Boat?race Traditions?At?the?center?of?this?festival?arethe?dragon?boat?races.?Competing?teamsdrive?their?colorful?dragon?boats?forwardto?the?rhythm?of?beating?drums.Theseexciting?races?were?inspired?by?thevillager's?valiant?attempts?to?rescue?QuY
5、uan?from?the?Mi?Luo?river.?This?tradition?hasremained?unbroken?for?centuries.Tzung?Tzu A?very?popular?dish?during?the?Dragon?Boatfestival?is?tzung?tzu.?This?tasty?dish?consistsof?rice?dumplings?with?meat,?peanut,?eggyolk,?or?other?fillings?wrapped?in?bambooleaves.The?t
6、radition?of?tzung?tzu?is?meant?toremind?us?of?the?village?fishermen?scatteringrice?across?the?water?of?the?Mi?Luo?river?inorder?to?appease?the?river?dragons?so?thatthey?would?not?devour?Qu?Yuan.The?time?of?year?of?the?Dragon?Boat?Festival,the?fifth?lunar?moon,?has?more
7、?significancethan?just?the?story?of?Qu?Yuan.ManyChineseconsider?this?time?of?yearan?especiallydangerous?time?when?extraefforts?must?be?made?to?protect?theirfamily?from?illness.AiHaoisakindofspecialfelonherb,theleavesofwhicharebelievedbyourChinesepeopletohavemagicpowero
8、fprotectingusfromdangerousorevilthings.Usuallypeoplehangitoverthedoor.ThankYou
