范文一
At the end of the Zhou Dynasty,the area we now know as Chin a had fallen in toast ate off rag men tat i on and conflict.While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for several centuries,several other states,originally feudal do mains,tried to carve out their own kingdoms.Thest ate of Qin would eventually emerge the victorandunify all of Chin a under one rule for the first time in history.
Qu Yuan served as minister to the Zhou Emperor.A wise and art i cul ate man,he was loved by the common people.He did much to fight against the rampantcorrupt i on that plagued the court--there by earning the envy and fear of other officials.Therefore,when he urged the emperor to avoid conflict with the Qin Kingdom,the officials pressured the Emperor to have him removed from service.Inexile,he traveled,taught and wrote for several years.Hearing that the Zhou had been defeated by the Qin,he fell into des pair and threw himself into the Milou River.His last poem reads:
Many a heavy sigh I have in my des pair,Grieving that I was born in such an unlucky time.Iyoke date am of jade dragons to a phoenixchariot,And waited for the wind to come,to sour upon my journey
As he was so loved by the people,fisher men rushed out in long boats,beating drums to scare the fish away,and throwing zongz i into the water to feed braver fish so that they would note at Qu Yuan's body.
The Modern Dragon Boat Festival started from that time to this day,people commemo rated Qu Yuan through Dragon Boat Races,eating zongzi,and several other activities,on the anniversary of his death:thefifth day of the fifthlunar month.
Dragon Boat races are the most exciting part of the festival,drawing crowds of spectators.Dragon Boats are generally brightly painted and decorated canoes.Ranging anywhere from40to100feet in length,their heads are shaped like open-mouthed dragons,while thest ern send with as caly tail.Depending on the length,upto80rower scan power the boat.A drummer and flag-catcher stand at the front of the boat.Before a dragonboat enters competition,it must be"brought to life"by painting the eyes in a sacred ceremony.Races can have any number of boats competing,with the winner being the first team to grab a flag at the end of the course.Annual races take place all over China,Hong Kong,Macao,Taiwan,and other overseas Chinese communities.
范文二
The Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar holiday,occurring on the fifth day of the fifthlunar month
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China,and the one with the longest history.The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons.Competing teams row their boats forward to a drum beat racing to reach the finish end first.
The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs to attempts to rescue the pat riotic poet Chu Yuan.Chu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifthlun arm on thin277B.C.Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water.Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet.This later on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings.
The celebration's is a time for protection from evil and disease for therest of they ear.It is done so by different practices such as hanging healthy her bson the front door,drinking nut ritiousconcoctions,and displaying portraits of evil'snemesis,Chung Kuei.If one manages to stand an egg on it's end at exactly12:00noon,the following year will be a lucky one.
范文三
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 dragonboat 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?svery popular.
The rice dumpling is made of glut i no us rice,meat and soon.You cane at 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.
Over all,the Dragon Boat Festival is very interesting!
范文四
Fifthlun arm on this the Dragon Boat Festival,also called Duan Yang Jie,afternoon day festival,may festival,a i festival,term in a lfive,midday,summer day.Although the name is different,but all around the custom of the peoples holiday is the same.The Dragon Boat Festival is Chin as two thousand years old customs,on this day,every family hanging moxacal am us,dragonboat racing,eating zongzi,drink real gar wine,swim all ill s,sweet bursa.
Today is the Dragon Boat Festival,you know the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival?!Idont know!Let me tell you!Do you remember the pat riotic general chuquyuan?I to say him!
Quyu an is the warring states period abroad,very learned.He beside the king a few to image is his country rich and strong.Treac hero us court official,listen to the words,bad king king chuquyuan Xiao Zhiexile.Inexile,quyu an hear dthatchu capital held by the enemy,and the people suffer,very in dig nation.Falls on this day,he came to them i luo river edge,with a stone,in order to jump jumped into them i luo river.Abroad people heart hat cast jiangquyu an was very sad.They rowed steadily to salvagequyuan,with tears in their eyes,also threw rice dumplings into the river feed the fish,hope that the fish do nth arm the body of quyuan.This is may duanyang the origin of zongzi.
The Dragon Boat Festival has a lot of interesting activities.Columns such as dragonboat racing,hanging sachet,sachet,cinn a bar,real gar,xiang,out sourcing to wire cloth,fragrance4excessive,again the five-color silk string into a rope buckle,for all kinds of different shape,form a series,variety,andexqu i site.Have the habit of hanging mox a leaf,cal am us.
There were so many activity in the Dragon Boat Festival!
范文五
Qu Yuan,an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river.Quw as a minister of the State of Chusituated in present-day Hun an and Hube i provinces,during the Warring States Period(475-221BC)(战国时期).
He was up right,loyal and highly esteemed for his wise counsel that brought peace and prosperity to thest ate.
However,when a dishonest and corrupt prince vilified Qu,he was disg raced and dismissed from office.
Realizing that the country was now in the hands of evil and corrupt officials,Qugrab bed a largest one and leapt into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month.Nearby fisher men rushed over to try and save him but were unable to even recover his body.
There after,thest ate declined and was eventually conquered by the State of Qin.