端午节 The Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival,one of the most important festivals in China.It is celebrated with special reference to the death of Qu Yuan,an officeal of Chu,who drowned himself in the river Milo on this day thousands of years ago.

The Dragon Boat Festival,as its name indicates,is a day on which a dragon-boat race takes place.This is done to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan.This custom is still being observed as it used to be.Many pe-ople however,have already regarded it merely as a time for amuse-ment,without attaching the least historical significance to the day.

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端午节

五月初五是端午节，中国最重要的节日之一。这个节日是纪念数千年前楚国一位官员一一屈原，他在这天于汨罗江溺水身亡。

端午节(龙舟节)，正像其名称所指的那样，是举行龙舟比赛的日子，这样做是纪念屈原的逝世。 这一习俗仍然保留至今。 然而今天，许多人已经仅仅把它作为是一种娱乐的活动，丝毫没有把其历史意义与这一天联系起来。