介绍:
The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on May 5th on lunar calendar. It is a folk festival widely spread with a history of over 2,000 years, and is one of the most important Chinese festivals as well. There are various celebrating activities on that day, among which the customs of eating rice dumplings and dragon boat racing are quite important. There are many legends on the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. Some people think it is to commemorate the poet Qu Yuan, while others say it is to be in honor of Wu Zixu, a famous general during the Warring States period. However, the legend of Qu Yuan spreads most widely. People appreciate highly the noble sentiment and prominent talent of this patriotic poet and are very sympathetic with the ending that he committed suicide by drowning himself in a river.
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