时至今日，端午节在中国人民中仍是一个十分盛行的 隆重节日。国家非常重视非物质文化遗产的保护， 2006年5月20日，该民俗经国务院批准列入第一批国 家级非物质文化遗产名录。
同学们你们知道端午节的由来吗？
The first one is that:
Since the summer is a time when diseases most easily spread, Dragon Boat Festival began as an occasion for driving off evil spirits and pestilence and for finding peace in one's life.
Dragon Boat Festival
韩晶 Han Jing
The Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar, has had a history of more than 2,000 years. It is usually in June in the Solar calendar. 端午节（农历五月初五）是中国古老的传统节日 ，始于春秋战国时期，至今已有2000多年历史 。通常在阳历的六月份。
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On Dragon Boat Festival, parents also need to dress their children up with a perfume pouch. They first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fill the bags with perfumes or herbal medicines, and finally string them with silk threads. The perfume pouch will be hung around the neck or tied to the front of a garment as an ornament. They are said to be able to ward off evil.
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Today, Dragon Boat Festival in the Chinese people is still a very popular grand festival. Country attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage, May 20, 2006, the State Council approved the inclusion of the folk first batch of national intangible cultural heritage
Ask some questions 1.How to say “端午节” in English? 2.When is Dragon boat festival? 3.What do we do on Dragon boat
festival? 4.What is the origin of Dragon boat
disease for the rest of the year.
Thanks for listeFestival is a traditional festival of in China. There are many essential activities in that day.
Food: Rice Dumplings
Glutinous rice filled with meat, nuts or bean paste and wrapped in bamboo leaves.
Dragon boat racing
Dragon boat racing is an indispensable part of the festival, held all over the country. As the gun is fired, people will see racers in dragon-shaped canoes pulling the oars harmoniously and hurriedly, accompanied by rapid drums, speeding toward their destination.
Another one is that:
The Dragon Boat Festival is held to memorilize the poet Qu Yuan of the Warring States Period. He commited suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River because he was digusted by the corruption of the Chu government. The local people, knowing him to be a good man, decided to throw food into the river to feed the fishes to prevent them from eating Qu's body. They also sat on dragon boats, and tried to scare the fishes away by the thundering sound of drums aboard the boat and the fierce looking dragon-head in the front of the boat.
Other Customs
·Hang the picture of Zhong Kui (a ghost that can exorcise), calamus and moxa in their houses;
·Drink realgar wine. These are for protection from evil and