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1、写端午节的英语日记DragonBoatFestivalDragonBoatFestival,oftenknownasTuenNgFestivalorDuanWuFestival,isatraditionalChinesefestivalheldonthefifthdayofthefifthmonthoftheChinesecalendar.ItisalsoknownastheDoubleFifth.citationneededIthassincebeencelebrated,invariousways,inotherpartsofEastAsiaaswell,mostnotablyKorea.
2、TheexactoriginsofDuanWuareunclear,butonetraditionalviewholdsthatthefestivalmemorializestheChinesepoetQuYuanoftheWarringStatesPeriod.HecommittedsuicidebydrowninghimselfinariverbecausehewasdisgustedbythecorruptionoftheChugovernment.Thelocalpeople,knowinghimtobeagoodman,decidedtothrowfoodintotheriverto
3、feedthefishestopreventthemfromeatingQusbody.Theyalsosatondragonboats,andtriedtoscarethefishesawaybythethunderingsoundofdrumsaboardtheboatandthefiercelookingdragon-headinthefrontoftheboat.IntheearlyyearsoftheChineseRepublic,DuanWuwasalsocelebratedasPoetsDay,duetoQuYuansstatusasChinasfirstpoetofpersonalrenown.Today,peopleeatzongzi(thefoodoriginallyintendedtofeedthefishes)andracedragonboatsinmemoryofQusdramaticdeath.