The Dragon Boat Festival, which comes on the 5th day of lunar May is one of our traditional festivals. The origin of this festival can be traced back to the Warring States Period. There was a patriotic poet named Qu Yuan. He was removed from the imperial court by a treacherous officials' slander. But, when he heard his country was conquered by enemies, he felt very sad and jumped into the river to show his loyalty. When people heard about this, they threw Zongzi into the river to feed the fish, so as to protect Quyuan's remains from the fish. They also held a Dragon Boat Race to commemorate him. Now it's still a custom to eat Zongzi and hold a Dragon Boat Race on that day.

　　農(nóng)歷五月初五的端午節(jié)是我國(guó)傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日之一。這個(gè)節(jié)日的起源可以追溯到戰(zhàn)國(guó)時(shí)期。從前有一位愛(ài)國(guó)詩(shī)人，名叫屈原。因被奸臣誹謗而離開(kāi)朝廷。但，當(dāng)他聽(tīng)說(shuō)他的國(guó)家被敵人攻破后，他感到很傷心，就跳進(jìn)河里以示他的忠誠(chéng)。人們聽(tīng)說(shuō)了這件事，就把粽子扔進(jìn)河里喂魚(yú)，以保護(hù)屈原的遺體不被魚(yú)所吃。他們也舉行龍舟比賽來(lái)紀(jì)念他?，F(xiàn)在，在這一天吃粽子和賽龍舟仍然是一種習(xí)俗。