The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. This festival is to commemorate the death of QU Yuan, an upright and honest poet and statesman who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river. The most important activity of this festival is the Dragon Boat races. It symbolizes peoples attempts to rescue Qu Yuan. In the current period, these races also demonstrate the virtues of cooperation and teamwork. Besides, the festival has also been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice). Zong zi is made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. people who mourned the death of Qu threw Zong zi into the river to feed his ghost every year. With the changes of the times, the memorial turns to be a time for protection from evil and disease for the rest of year. people will hang healthy herbs on the front door to clear the bad luck of the house. Although the significance of the festival might be different with the past, it still gives the observer an opportunity to glimpse a part of the rich Chinese cultural herita.
端午节，又称端午节，是庆祝第五个月的第五天的农历。这个节日是为了纪念死去的曲元，一位正直、诚实的诗人和政治家，据说他在一条河中溺水身亡。端午节最重要的活动是龙舟比赛。它象征着人们的尝试去救曲元。在当前时期，这些比赛也表现出合作和团队合作的优点。此外，节日也被吃粽子标记。粽子是用糯米做的，用不同的填料填充，用竹叶或芦苇叶包裹。人们哀悼屈原将粽子扔到河里喂他的鬼魂每年。随着时代的变化，纪念馆将是一个保护的时间，从邪恶和疾病的其他年份。人们将在前门挂上健康的草药以清除房子的厄运。虽然这个节日的意义可能与过去不同，但仍然给观察者一个机会，看到了丰富的中国文化遗传的一部分。