Duanwu Festival （端午节, Duānwū Jié）is a traditional Chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Double Fifth.[citation needed] It has since been celebrated, in various ways, in other parts of East Asia as well. In the West, it's commonly known as Dragon Boat Festival.
Today, people eat bamboo-wrapped steamed glutinous rice dumplings called zongzi （the food originally intended to feed the fish）and race dragon boats in memory of Qu's dramatic death.
One of the most popular are to commemorate Qu Yuan said. It is said that 278 BC, the Qin Chu Kyoto break. Quyuan see their country invaded,含恨have voted Miluo River Stone died after the death of Qu Yuan, Chu abnormal grief people, this day each year have flocked to the river bank to pay Qu Yuan, in May of each year so there will be a dragon-boat race初五, tzu eat, drink hsiunghuang wine, the custom of hanging wormwood. Dragon-boat race has one of the most characteristics, it vied with one another in intense scenes like Quyuan strong patriotic spirit, like thousands of years has been an inspiration to us.
Since this profound cultural background, so the Dragon Boat Festival has now become our major traditional Chinese festivals. Today she still has great vitality, in Deqing us every day, every household on the door will hang calamus, wormwood, is said to be evil spirits misfortunes. Families and ultimately, natural tzu package, it shows a thick scent of bamboo tzu, the children are our favorites, dates brown, ham, brown, brown beans ... ... a mouth-watering food does! Some places, people will wear a , girls in order to make this colorful accessories, fragrance Madadayo both, perhaps more beautiful themselves, walking in the street naturally attracted a lot of boys who linger eyes.
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Ancient folk medicines(民间药物) such as realgar(雄黄酒)are added to the food eaten on the Festival day. This is believed to prevent disease and to promote a healthy digestive system(消化器官). The drinking of realgar in wine supposedly relieves(解除) the effects of poisons accumulated in human bodies.
饮雄黄酒：雄黄本属矿物， 含有三硫化砷成分，与酒混合。即成雄黄酒，用以驱虫解五毒，小儿涂于头额。耳鼻，手足心。 并洒墙壁问， 以法诸毒。流传民间之《白蛇传》故事，即是以雄黄酒解蛇虺诸毒，而现白蛇原形。此种习佰，在长江流域地区的人家很盛行。
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?so 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!