文档介绍：Dragon Boat Festival ( Double Fifth Festival ) 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 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。 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 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。 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 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。 The origins of Dragon Boat Festival Qu Yuan, a famous poet, served as minister to the Zhou Emperor. A wise and articulate man, he was loved by mon people. He did much to fight against the rampant corruption that plagued the court-- thereby earning the envy and fear of other officials. Therefore, when he urged the emperor to avoid conflict with the Qin Kingdom, the officials pressuredthe Emperor to have him removed from service. In exile, he traveled, taught and wrote for several years. Hearing that the Zhou had been defeated by the Qin , he fell into despair and threw himself into the Milou River on the fifth day of the fifth month. People were sad over the patriotic poet's death. They tossed rice and meat into the river to feed the fish, which would pr