有关端午节的英语美文阅读 有关端午节的英语美文阅读 有关端午节的英语美文篇一 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. 端午节,又称为端午节,定在第五个月的第五天据中国日历。这个节日 是为了纪念屈原的死,一个忠厚老实的诗人和政治家听说在河流溺水自杀。 这个节日最主要的活动是龙舟竞赛。它象征着大家的努力救屈原。在 目前时期,这些比赛也证实合作和团体合作的优点。 另外,节日还被吃的粽子(糯米
