You asked me about the Dragon Boat Festival. Now let me tell you something about it.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese festival we Chinese 【小题1】 (celebrate) for over 2, 000 years. It’s one of the three most important lunar (阴历) festivals in China, along with the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival takes place on the 【小题2】 (ten) of June this year.

Over the years, many stories have been told about the 【小题3】 (begin) of this festival. Among them, 【小题4】 (famous) one is about Qu Yuan, a well-known scholar (学者) in ancient China. He not only wrote good poems but also gave 【小题5】 (suggest) to the king. The king didn’t like him 【小题6】 he devoted (献身) himself to his country. This great person drowned (溺水) himself in the Miluo River on the 5th day of the 5th Chinese lunar month because his Chu State fell to Qin State. Local people tried to save him or find his body, but they didn’t find him 【小题7】 (success). Qu Yuan was later considered as 【小题8】 national hero. To remember him, every fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people beat drums and go boat racing on the river as they once did 【小题9】 (keep) fish away from his body.

Dragon boat racing is one of the most important customs Chinese people practice to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. This activity 【小题10】 (hold) widely in China’s southern and southeastern areas where there are lots of rivers and lakes.

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Wendy

The Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar holiday, occurring on the 【小题1】 (five) day of the fifth lunar month. The Chinese dragon boat festival is a significant holiday 【小题2】 (celebrate) in China, and the one with the 【小题3】 (long) history. The origin of this summer festival centers around a scholarly government official named Qu Yuan. He was a good and respected man, but because of the misdeeds of jealous rivals he eventually 【小题4】 (fall) into disfavor in the emperor’s court. Unable to regain the respect of the emperor, in his sorrow Qu Yuan threw 【小题5】 (he) into the Mi Low river. Because of their admiration for Qu Yuan the local people living adjacent to the Mi Luo River rushed into their boats 【小题6】 (search) for him while 【小题7】 (throw) rice into the waters to appease the river. They were 【小题8】 (able) to find Qu Yuan. Their 【小题9】 (effort) are still commemorated today during the Dragon Boat 【小题10】 (festival).

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