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