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端午节高一英语作文 The Dragon Boat Festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar(ò?àú). 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(?t???ò) named Chu Yuan(?ü?-) who, some three centuries before the birth of Christ, served the King of Chu(3t?3í?)during the Warring States period. As a loyal minister(′ó3?), Chu Yuan at first enjoyed the full confidence and respect of his sovereign(?y?÷). Eventually, through the intrigues of his rivals, he was discredited(2?×?D?μ?, 2???ótμ?). Chu Yuan was never able to regain(???′) the emperors favor and on the fifth day of the fifth moon in the year 295 B.C.(Before Christ), at the age of 37, Chu Yuan clasped a stone to his chest and plunged into the Milo River(?è?T?-) in the Hunan Province(ot??ê?). Respecting the minister as an upright(?y?±μ?) and honest man, the people who lived in the area jumped into their boats and rushed out in a vain search for him. This unsuccessful rescue attempt is a part of what the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates every year. Probably the most exciting and interesting aspect of the festival is the racing of the Dragon Boats. These races not only symbolize the peoples attempt to save Chu Yuan, they also demonstrate the Chinese virtues(?àμ?) of cooperation and teamwork. Another activity of the Festival is the making and eating of a kind of dumpling called Tzungtzu (??×ó). When it became known that Chu Yuan was gone forever, the people, living along the river, threw cooked rice (来自:www.zaidian.cOm 在 点 网:端午节高一英语作文)into the water as a sacrifice(?à?·) to their dead hero. They wrapped(°ü) rice in bamboo leaves(??ò?), and stuffed(ì??ú) it with ham, beans, bean paste(?1é3), salted egg yokes, sausages, nuts, and/or vegetables. To the Chinese the fifth lunar moon is more than just the Dragon Boat Festival. Since antiquity(