文档介绍：关于端午节英语作文—端午节的由来
The exact origins of Duan Wu are unclear, but one traditional view holds that the festival memoriali
关于端午节英语作文—端午节的由来
The exact origins of Duan Wu are unclear, but one traditional view holds that the festival memorializes the Chinese poet Qu Yuan (c. 340 BC-278 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 sound of drums aboard the boat and the fierce looking carved dragon head on the boat”s prow(船头).
In the early years of the Chinese Republi