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端午节英语作文：端午节的由来1000字
【#端午节# 导语】端午节是古老的传统节日，始于中国的春秋战国时期，至今已有2000多年的历史，下面无忧考网给大家分享端午节的英语作文，供大家参考 第2页 /总页数 3 页
端午节英语作文：端午节的由来1000字
【#端午节# 导语】端午节是古老的传统节日，始于中国的春秋战国时期，至今已有2000多年的历史，下面无忧考网给大家分享端午节的英语作文，供大家参考。
Duanwu Festival (端午节, Duānwū Jié) is a traditional Chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Double Fifth. It has since been celebrated, in various ways, in other parts of East Asia as well. In the West, it's commonly known as Dragon Boat Festival.
The exact origins of Duan Wu are unclear, but one traditional view holds that the festival memorializes the Chinese poet Qu Yuan (c. 340 BC278 BC) of the Warring States Period. He committed suicide by drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted 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 fish so they would not eat Qu's body. They also sat on long, narrow paddle boats called dragon boats, and tried to scare the fish away by the thundering s