2012年端午节英文课件.ppt

* the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar It is celebrated in memory of Qu Yuan,a patriot poet and loyal minister of the State of Chu during the Warring States Period.He drowned himself in protest against the rule of the country . Commemorate the death of WU Zixu Commemorate Caoe , a filial daughter in Eastern Han, who saved her father by jumping into the river Commemorate Qiujing, a poetess of modern revolution time Eat Zongzi a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves first prepared as sacrificial offerings for Qu Yua