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 people‘s 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 heritage.

　　端午節(jié),又稱(chēng)為端午節(jié),定在第五個(gè)月的第五天據(jù)中國(guó)日歷。這個(gè)節(jié)日是為了紀(jì)念屈原的死,一個(gè)忠厚老實(shí)的詩(shī)人和政治家據(jù)說(shuō)在河流溺水自殺。

　　這個(gè)節(jié)日最重要的活動(dòng)是龍舟競(jìng)賽。它象征著人們的努力救屈原。在當(dāng)前時(shí)期,這些比賽也證明合作和團(tuán)隊(duì)合作的優(yōu)點(diǎn)。

　　此外,節(jié)日還被吃的粽子(糯米)。粽子是糯米做的塞滿了不同的餡料包在竹葉或蘆葦葉。人哀悼屈原的死亡把粽子扔進(jìn)河里喂他的鬼魂。

　　隨著時(shí)代的變化,紀(jì)念轉(zhuǎn)向防止邪惡和疾病是一個(gè)時(shí)間的。人們會(huì)把健康的草藥掛在前門(mén)清理房子的壞運(yùn)氣。雖然這個(gè)節(jié)日的意義可能與過(guò)去不同,它仍然使觀察者看到的機(jī)會(huì)豐富的中國(guó)文化遺產(chǎn)的一部分。