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端午节
农历五月初五是端午节，又叫龙舟节。几千年来，人们过端午吃粽子
、划
龙舟，粽子呈三角锥形，用糯米做成，加之外面包有一层竹叶或芦苇叶，味道
鲜美。 端午节最初只是为了安抚一种河中蛟龙，最后演变成节日，一种纪念屈原
的节日在大众流行开来。屈
原是战国时期楚国的大诗人，伟大的爱国人士，他
出生于公元前340年，屈氏家族在当时是楚国当政的
三大贵族之一。屈原先前
深得楚怀王赏识，被封为左徒，辅助国王起草律章，制定内政外交之策。 战国时期，诸国并峙，纷争不断，战国七雄中的齐、楚、燕、赵、魏、秦
都想统一七国。其中，秦国
实力最强（于公元前221年统一了七国，建立了中
国历史上第一个大一统的皇国），位于今天的陕西省
及其附近地区。楚国位于
长江流域，是七国中最大的国家，后来也成了秦国的死敌。
屈原认识
到秦国是楚国最大的威胁，所以他对内推行政治改革，对外与齐
国联盟，以确保国家安全。但是，楚王周
围尽是些自私自利的小人，他们嫉妒
屈原，收受秦国的贿赂之后，在楚王面前谗言污语，劝他放弃屈原的
建议，国
王渐渐疏远了这位大诗人，最后屈原被流放二十年。
在流放的岁月里，看到自己深爱
的祖国日渐衰弱，屈原悲痛欲绝。公元前
278年，秦军攻陷楚国首都。悲愤中屈原写下了他最伟大的诗
篇《离骚》。农历
五月初五，屈原悲愤交加，抱石跳进了汨罗江，将生命献给了自己的国家。
由于屈原热爱自己的祖国和人民，深受人们爱戴和敬仰。当人们得知他跳
江的噩耗以后，纷纷划船前去抢
救他的尸体，但最终没有找见。这便是每年农
历五月初五龙舟竞赛的由来。
所有跟龙舟节相关
的传统习俗之中，流传最广的或许要数包粽子、吃粽子
了。粽子的故事也与屈原之死有关，屈原跳江自杀
以后，人们用竹简装米丢在
水里以抚慰屈原的在天之灵。同时，人们希望这样河中的鱼就不会咬噬屈原的
尸体了。
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屈原的生平充满悲楚，
然而，作为诗人，他取得了很大的成就。事实上，
他被当成中国文学史上第一位诗人，在他以前，只有民
歌。屈造了一种新的诗
体：
xx。
English Version
Duanwu Festival
The Duanwu Festival,
or the The Dragon Boat Festival, falls on the
fifth day
of the fifth lunar month. For
thousands of years, Duanwu has been marked by
eating
Zongzi,a pyramid-shaped dumpling made
of glutinous rice and wrapped in bamboo
or
reed leaves to give it a special flavor,and racing
dragon boats.
During the Warring States
Period China was marked by the appearance
of a
number of contending kingdoms existing in a state
of confrontation,war,and
instable states were
all striving for domination were Qi, Chu, Yan,
Wei,
Zhao, Han and Qin, whose territory was
mainly in the present-day Shaanxi Province
and
environs, was the strongest power ( and in fact
the last ruler of the State of Qin
succeed in
221B.C. inestablishing the Qin Dynasty, the first
unified empire in Chinese
history
).Chu,located along the Yangtze River,had the
largest area among the seven
states and
consequently Qin’s foremost enemy
Qu Yuan
realized that Qin was the greatest menace to Chu,
so he proposed
government reforms and an
alliance with the neghboring Qi State as a way to
ensure
Chu’s the King of Chu was surrounded
by self-seekers,who were jealous of
Qu
accepted bribes from the Qin’s envoy,dissuaded the
King from taking
Qu Yuan’s advice and brought
about the poet’s estrangement from the King. Qu
Yuan
was finally sent into exile for 20 years.
Of all the customs associated with the Dragon
Boat Festival,possibly the most
wide spread is
the preparation and eating of Zong story behind
Zongzi also
goes back to Qu Yuan’s death.
After the poet had killed himself, people cast
sections
of bamboo filled with rice into the
river to honor his doing this,people wish
that the fishes in the river would stay away
from Qu Yuan’s body.
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Qu Yuan’s life was a tragic but, as a poet, he
achieved great fact, he is
considered to be
the first poet in Chinese his time, there were
only
folk songs. Qu Yuan created a new style
of poetry, which became known as Chu Ci.
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