the dragon boat festival ,also called the duanwu festival ,is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the

　　chinese calendar.people always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it.

　　the festival is best known for its dragon-boat races,especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. ití?s

　　very popular.

　　the rice dumpling is made of glutinous rice,meat and so on. you can eat different kinds of rice dumplings.they are very delicious.

　　and dragon boat festival is for qu yuan. he is an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a

　　river.

　　overall, the dragon boat festival is very interesting!

　　端午节(dragon boat festival)

　　the dragon boat festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar(阴历). it is one of the three most important of the annual chinese festivals. the other two are the autumn moon festival and chinese new year.

　　the story of this colorful festival concerns a famous chinese scholar-statesman(政治家) named chu yuan(屈原) who, some three centuries before the birth of christ, served the king of chu(楚怀王)during the warring states period. as a loyal minister(大臣), chu yuan at first enjoyed the full confidence and respect of his sovereign(君主). eventually, through the intrigues of his rivals, he was discredited(不足信的, 不名誉的).